Month: November 2010

Dr. Craig Neuenswander, superintendent of schools, said it best: “It seems we’re discussing a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.”That concluded comments about whether trustees of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, who sit most…

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt correspondent Vada Aikins is retiring from her position with the Iola Register at the end of the month. She’s been the Register’s liaison with her hometown since 1988. Before that, she was…

Jack R. Dixon, 70, of Toronto died Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, at Fredonia Regional Hospital. Graveside inurnment services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Yates Center Cemetery.   Memorials to Friends for Life may…

Vineta Ruth Robb, 88, of Uniontown died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, at Guest Home Estates in Fort Scott.  She was born Oct. 19, 1922, in Hiattville, to Loran and Blanche Myrtle (Pettit) Potter.  On Nov.…

COFFEYVILLE — According to head coach Ron Schomaker, Iola Middle School’s wrestlers are starting to get it. “We made some drastic improvements this tournament,” Schomaker said following Saturday’s competition at the Coffeyville Roosevelt Middle School…

SEDALIA, Mo. —  Not much worked for Allen County Community College’s Red Devils as they still have not recorded a victory in the 2010-2011 basketball season. The Red Devil men were on the road over…

Iola Middle School’s seventh-grade girls held Pittsburg scoreless for three quarters Saturday. The Ponies led 10-0 at halftime on their way to a 19-2 victory. That came on the heels of a 26-13 loss to…

There is no good reason for heartless people to dump animals out anywhere. Animals are more faithful than some people know. One reason animals are dump-ed on county roads is they are charged a fee…

As Iola deals with the loss of Haldex, we should focus on industries tied to agriculture and the Neosho River. A plant that depended on soybeans, or wheat, or corn, or beef cattle as a…

As November deepens, elementary students spend time studying the first Thanksgving and the early Americans who celebrated it — both pilgrims and Indians. Jefferson Elementary School students got to hear from a local Native American…