Republicans are finding it politically expedient to change in all kinds of ways these days. On Tuesday higher-ups lined up to endorse same-sex marriage.In the queue are former presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, Meg Whitman, a…

Snow days are usually fun for kids and a challenge for parents. Lisa Cloud, a mother of four boys, doesn’t mind it so much. “If we were stuck inside then we might (go a little…

Hospital trustees recognized a gift of $112,500 at their meeting Tuesday night. The initial gift was for $100,000 from Emerson Lynn, Jr. of which half is to help purchase equipment for the new hospital, and…

Storm falls short of forecasts Early Tuesday morning, with wet, wind-driven snow plastering her thick curly coat, Bossy left the herd and struck out for a brushy corner of pasture southeast of Humboldt.From experience, the…

Area schools have adjusted their substate playoff schedule following the recent wintry weather that forced many schools to close this week.Iola High’s boys and girls, who were to open Class 4A substate action Tuesday at…

Roughly 300 young wrestlers will be at Iola High School Saturday for the Allen County Open/Novice Invitational.Wrestling begins at 9 a.m. and will feature youths from 25 clubs across Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Thirty-one Allen…

For more than two years the Iola Register has outsourced its printing to the Lawrence Journal-World. The result is a superior product. The Register lacked the resources and talent to produce the full-color product that…

There will be no reconstruction on Highway 54 inside the city limits on the east side of Iola.City council members voted down a motion made by Don Becker, on a 4-3 decision Monday night. Council…

As the second round of winter storms threaten to make roads impassable, people have been flocking to Walmart to stock up on last-minute necessities, and store employees have seen the effects. “With the two storms…

Monday night’s school board meeting was predominately somber.Superintendent Brian Pekarek gave a brief legislative update. A few proposed bills have Kansas school districts concerned, but one  stands out among the others: Changing the Kansas Constitution…