It’s a new day, Ken Rowe told Allen County commissioners Tuesday morning, and time to look again at how ambulance service is delivered in Allen County.Rowe is one of eight Iola councilmen, although he spoke,…

Iola High School sophomores taking American history got a hands on lesson in Civil War medicine Tuesday when the school district’s superintendent facilitated a battle clinic re-enactment.“It seemed like the real thing but without the…

As the Kansas Legislature struggles to find a solution to the $8.3 billion hole in the Kansas Public Employee Retirement System (KPERS) fund, school teachers, police and other government workers are being “painted in a…

Funeral services for Vivian Henkle of Iola, whose death on Saturday was reported in Monday’s Register, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Calvary United Methodist Church in Iola. Burial will be in Le…

I would like to say that I don’t understand how putting up a sign saying something like “USD 257 a School of Excellence” is insulting to other schools in our area. It is just saying…

A team of Australian and British geologists say in an article in Nature Geoscience they have discovered fossilized, single-cell organisms that are 3-4 billion years old — which would make them the oldest known fossils…

A 13-and-under traveling baseball team is being formed for next spring and summer season. Tryouts for the team are Saturday at Iola’s Riverside Park.The tryouts are at 1 p.m. on field No. 3 at Riverside.…

Iola High School will hold Blue and Gold scrimmages for volleyball and football Thursday evening.The Fillies will take the volleyball court from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the IHS gym. The Mustang football team will scrimmage starting…

HUMBOLDT — Two more nights of racing for Humboldt Speedway’s four regular divisions. Points championships are on the line.The Speedway always has tremendous competition on the track in the pure stock, factory stock, B-Mods and…

The popular gospel trio The Booth Brothers will return to the Bowlus Fine Arts Center Saturday to mark the season opener for the 2010-11 Southeast Kansas Christian Artist Series.And, much like their past appearances, tickets…