Month: December 2017

Both Allen Community College men’s and women’s teams put forth winning first-half efforts versus Cowley County on Saturday. Unfortunately, neither could finish as the men fell 63-54 and the women lost 75-51.The men fell to…

Due to technical issues at our printer, today’s Iola Register is running a couple hours behind schedule. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Doris O. Hopkins, 97, died on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, at Wheat State Manor in Whitewater.  Mrs. Hopkins was a school teacher at Benton Elementary School and retired in 1985 after 24 years.  She was…

James W. Potter, 91, Iola, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, at Allen County Regional Hospital.He was born March 29, 1926, in Iola to George and Edna (Drake) Potter. After high school, he served in…

Sandra K. Garver, 67, Iola, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, at her home after losing her battle with cancer.Sandra was the first of three children born to Wayne E. and Oleata (Roberts) Hiser.…

This  is the time of year when we make plans to gather around a table, surrounded by family, and give thanks for the many things we have to be grateful for. It is a happy…

Tucked away in the middle of a 40-acre patch of brush and timber on the Allen-Neosho counties line stands a sycamore, its bark accentuated by dark splotches and limbs looking as though they suffer arthritis.The…

I felt bad that in Wednesday’s paper we seemed to give short shrift to the drawings local artist Tom Ellis presented to Allen County commissioners as a means to make the east entrance to town…

Kelli Frazell’s days can be a roller coaster of emotions. One encounter may bring high-fives. Another, an apology and a wish the circumstances were different. Frazell is a Navigator with Thrive Allen County. It’s her…

Miss Chelsea’s Dance Studio and the Kansas Youth Dance Company present “The Nutcracker” tonight at 7 o’clock at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. Among the performers, above, from left, are Averie Sharon, Lauren McDermeit and…