Month: December 2010

HUMBOLDT — When longtime Humboldt correspondent Vada Aikins decided to retire recently, there was a bit of worry as to who would take up the torch, getting the news of Humboldt out to Register readers.In…

 The year will end with an excess of moisture, which is a statistical aside to what in the past several weeks has become one of the drier falls in recent years.Through 7 a.m. today 42.54…

A few days ago Dale Daniels hooked up a five-bottom plow to his tractor and spent the afternoon reshaping terraces in soybean fields south of Humboldt.The opportunity arose because of the ongoing dry spell that…

BRONSON — Eugene Webber, 42, was killed early Sunday morning in a house fire.The fire was reported at about 2:30 a.m. The single-story house was fully engulfed when firefighters from Bronson and Bourbon County District…

Much is being made of the compromise reached by President Barack Obama and Congressional Republicans last week that continued the Bush tax cuts for two more years, extended unemployment benefits for 13 months and reduced…

Earlier and earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease has become possible as neurologists learn more about the disease and scanning equipment and techniques improve. But the ability to know that a patient will develop the dreaded…

Elizabeth Catherine “Gram” Fox, 98, of Gardner died Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, at Olathe Medical Center.  She was born Dec. 12, 1912, in Le Roy, to Robert Lewis and Mabel Maud (McDowell) Clark. She graduated…

CHERRYVALE — Iola High’s junior varsity wrestlers got a workout Saturday. They each had at least four matches as they competed in the Cherryvale High Junior Varsity Invitational tournament.Chase Roettgen took first place in his…

Bert’s Bees, a natural skin care product, and Herbacin Wuta Kamille skin-firming body lotions are available at the Iola Pharmacy for shoppers looking for stocking stuffers.A variety of University of Kansas, Kansas State University and…

While there are other groups looking to make sure families in need have Christmas gifts for their children, the Iola Elks were focused on making sure folks have been fed.Elks members distributed 33 food baskets…