USD 257 administrators may seek a charter school grant from the federal government if they can get the paperwork together and the grant request written in time.Recent economic conditions have meant dwindling funds for education,…

Jason Cannon’s life, which has had some rocky times, is on the verge becoming more complicated.After having had three surgeries the past 2½ years to remove two tumors from near his brain and to deal…

One might think that since Kaysha Elmenhorst is in her eighth year of participating in the Allen County Fair, the emotions involved with tonight’s livestock auction might have settled down.Guess again.“Oh, I’m going to cry,”…

Louis Sanchez, 92, of Humboldt died Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, at his home.Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Humboldt. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s…

James Willard Rhine, 59, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011, of a heart attack in Iola. Jim was born Sept. 26,1951, in Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, the son of Willard Dale and Wilma Elizabeth Eyerly Rhine.…

…

Despite closing the doors on its alternative education center in May, the Humboldt school district will continue to serve diploma seeking adults, but now, students can get a USD 258 education from anywhere in the…

“There are locusts all over the ground behind Flynn Appliance Center (11 N. Jefferson Ave.) and on the courthouse lawn,” said a note left at the Register.A reporter went to see, finding  nothing on the…

We got the record.The high temperature in Iola Tuesday officially was 108, which broke by one degree the previous high for Aug. 2 of 107 in 1934.Readings of temperature and precipitation are made daily at…

The makeshift dam that pools water in Elm Creek east of State Street will be repaired.Allen County commissioners authorized Bill King, director of Public Works, to fill holes in the dam, on county right of…