Month: October 2015

Because Burlington High School was the only school to travel to Iola on Monday, the Fillies JV volleyball team decided to play the Wildcats in a best-of-five set matchup rather than the usual three-set match…

WELLSVILLE — After giving away the ball five times, including thrice in the red zone, Iola High School’s junior varsity football team lost 58-16 to Wellsville on the road Monday night.The defeat was the Mustangs’…

Several times over the past several years the Register has included a few paragraphs about cost of production in harvest stories.Before a kernel of corn is dumped at an elevator, most farmers figure they have…

Sen. Michael O’Donnell, a Wichita Republican, supports permitting guns in college and university settings,  according to the Associated Press.O’Donnell hasn’t changed his mind, although he hedged a bit when members of the Kansas Board of…

Knox Jay Dutton, 1 of Smithville, Mo., son of Shiloh and Brooke Dutton and grandson of former Iola High School drama instructor David Dutton, died Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015.Funeral services were Friday, with burial in…

Area residents are invited to give the gift of life Wednesday afternoon with the return of the Iola Community Blood Drive.The Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City will set up from noon to 6…

A cooperative effort among area school districts to develop a center for vocational education is getting closer to fruition, USD 257 board members were told Monday evening.Board President Tony Leavitt said he, board member Dan…

Tracy Keagle hopes to see downtown Iola transformed this week with loads of chalk, a spritz of hair spray and a healthy dose of imagination.Keagle is one of the organizers of the inaugural Farm-City Days…

ARKANSAS CITY — Both the men’s and women’s soccer teams from Allen Community College went on the road to face off against Cowley County Community College on Saturday afternoon, but neither squad was able to…

In Washington, D.C., everyone’s agog to see how things will play out in the U.S. House of Representatives, where a minority faction of Republicans is holding the majority hostage.One outcome is the impending resignation of…