Allen County commissioners will decide next Tuesday morning whether to accept a bid from Nelson Excavating, Iola, to fill the hole created by razing of the old Allen County Hospital. Before then, Ag Engineering, Uniontown,…

“There’s a charge in the air. An excitement about the change,” is how Patty McGuffin, director of nursing, described the months-long effort at Allen County Regional Hospital to improve the work culture there. “We have…

In an all-Kansas matchup for the NAIA Women’s Basketball National Championship, Kelsey Larson will be heavily relied on to help lead Baker to victory over rival MidAmerica-Nazarene. “It is an unreal feeling right now,” Larson…

Dear editor, We thank the Iola Register for reporting Carl Slaugh’s comments regarding methods of economic development in Saturday’s paper. We believe all three strategies are accurate and they have been used by Iola Industries,…

Nancy Ruth Gillaspie, 66, of Independence, Mo., unexpectedly passed away on the afternoon of March 16, 2016, at Saint Luke’s Hospital on the Plaza in Kansas City, Mo. Nancy was born on March 27, 1949,…

Harold Dean Sprague, 95, rural Colony, died Monday, March 21, 2016, at Windsor Place in Iola. Harold was born Dec. 20, 1920, in Kincaid, the son of Arzy and Hazel (Beal) Sprague. He grew up…

Iola officials will take advantage of low oil prices while they can and do a bit more street work in 2016 than originally planned. City Council members, in a special meeting Monday, approved more than…

HUMBOLDT (USMTS.com) — Jason Hughes isn’t ready to give up his stranglehold on Humboldt Speedway’s victory lane quite yet. On Saturday night, the defending national champion of the USMTS Casey’s Cup powered by S&S Fishing…

It’s nice we can be of help. In his testimony before a state committee on taxation, conservative economist Scott Drenkard said he uses Kansas as an example of what not to do.  In fact, Kansas…

Violet Lee Stevens, 80, Iola, died Saturday, March 19, 2016, at Olathe Medical Center. Violet was born Jan. 7, 1936, in Hanford, Calif., the daughter of John and Lylas Simon. At a young age she…