The Iola City Council and Allen County Commissioners will hold a joint meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the Creitz Recital Hall in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, regarding a possible EMS merger.The meeting will…

The Iola City Council has received what amounts to “a stern warning” from Allen County Attorney Wade Bowie regarding alleged violations of the Kansas Open Meetings Act, or KOMA.The 27-page report involves several allegations made…

No news seems to be good news for KDOT, following a public hearing regarding the U.S. 54 construction east of Iola through Gas and LaHarpe.Three citizens met with Kansas Department of Transportation officials to address…

Residents of the Crossroads Motel were left in the dark, both literally and figuratively, Thursday afternoon when the electricity was shut off with just 18 hours’ notice given.Jessica Wright, Doug Brown and Dennis Aquino were…

By BOB JOHNSONbob@iolaregister.comPower was restored to Crossroads Motel Friday after its owner, Kiran Gandhi, arranged to pay an overdue utility bill.The city disconnected electricity to most of the motel’s 61 rooms at noon Thursday, after…

Chloe Reusser and Sean Spencer, Wichita, are engaged to be married April 26, 2013, at City Life Church, Wichita. Chloe is the daughter of Layne and Nancy Reusser, Wichita. Her grandparents are Shirley and the…

It’s like a waiting game — being super sick. Waiting to feel better. Or worse. Watching my elderly dad battle back from surgery only to learn his prostate cancer is now coursing through his bones…

Well before dawn Tuesday, I woke to find our car covered bumper to bumper with a thick coat of wet snow.With my new right hip barely a month in place, I was a little reluctant…

David Ostrander, 54, Piqua, passed away on Feb. 22, 2013, in Wichita.A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. today, at the Penwell-Gabel Humboldt Chapel in Humboldt.Penwell-Gabel Humboldt Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Donald Dean Ludlum, 78, Iola, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at Allen County Hospital.Dean was born June 12, 1934, on the family farm west of Elsmore, the son of William Russell and Meryl (Alderman)…