Community to discuss upcoming courthouse bond election

The Iola Register will host a forum at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 10 for the community to learn more about a proposed $9.95 million remodel of the Allen County Courthouse. Voters will decide the fate of the bond project in the Nov. 7 election.
Allen County voters rejected a $9.95 million bond issue to renovate the judicial quarters of the courthouse. Such issues typically require steering committees that involve county employees as well as the public at large. Photo by Richard Luken / Iola Register
by Tim Stauffer, Register managing editor
Published: October 3, 2023
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The Iola Register will host a forum at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 10 for the community to learn more about a proposed $9.95 million remodel of the Allen County Courthouse. Voters will decide the fate of the bond project in the Nov. 7 election.

With the fate of a $9.95 million remodel of Allen County Courthouse just five weeks away, a community forum next Tuesday evening will offer the public an opportunity to speak with those leading the effort to pass the bond project.

The forum will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Allen County Courthouse. The meeting, sponsored by the Register, is open to the public at no cost. It will also be livestreamed. 

The Oct. 10 event will begin with guided tours of the courthouse and presentations by the panelists. The second hour is dedicated to answering audience questions.

Tim Stauffer, Register managing editor

Tim Stauffer came to The Iola Register in 2018, becoming the fifth generation of his family to work at the small-town newspaper. Tim graduated with honors from the University of Kansas in 2007 and subsequently served for one year as an AmeriCorps volunteer in Seattle, providing GED instruction at Youthcare’s Orion Center. He then served 2.5 years as a Peace Corps volunteer in El Salvador. After his time as a Peace Corps volunteer, Tim received his MA in English Education from New York University, graduating with distinction. He then taught high school English for 5.5 years at Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas. While teaching, he completed the Hollyhock Fellowship Program through the Stanford Center to Support Excellence in Teaching. Tim and his wife Violeta have two children.

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