Their edict is simple.“We go as fast as our slowest rider,” Lisa Fontaine said.In this instance, the pace of their weekly bicycle jaunt through and around Iola was dictated by a lumbering Register reporter with…

Memorial services for Derek Aldrich of Garnett, whose death on Saturday was published in Tuesday’s Register, will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday at  First Christian Church in Garnett.  Visitation will be from 6 to 8…

Proud to be an Iolan! I wanted to thank not only Bob Johnson and the Iola Register for the wonderful plug on the 11 & under Iola Indians baseball team, but the entire Iola and…

Raise the flags back to full-staff, Mayor Mike Woolston ordered. Beth Peacock, city events manager, declared that Monday’s celebration would be the best ever. There would be no Red Cross booth, no sales people for…

GARNETT — Iola’s American Legion AA Indians had troubles early in their first game Tuesday and late in their second.Host Garnett capped a doubleheader sweep with a three-run rally in the fourth inning to dispatch…

HUMBOLDT — The Iola Seahorses took home several top finishes in a dual swim meet in Humboldt Wednesday evening.“They did a great job tonight, both individually and as a team,” Seahorses coach Emma Gilmore said.…

The third annual Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run For Your Life will serve as a major source of income for a number of local organizations.The event, sponsored by Thrive Allen County and Allen County Crime…

Today’s thunderstorms may be just what the doctor ordered for Nick Stroup.Stroup, of Silver Lake, plans to bring his hot air balloon, The Finest Hour, to Iola Friday evening as part of the Charley Melvin…

After moving from Iola at age 10, Chris Weiner is back in town and here to “do something great for the community.”Whether at the Allen County Fair, the Charley Melvin Mad Bomber Run For Your…

His gift for gab paid off handsomely for Charly Cummings.Cummings, 32, Yates Center, won the Livestock Marketing Association’s 2011 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship.In his third year of competing, Cummings beat out 32 other contestants from…