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It took just one clue for someone to figure out that the Farm-City Days medallion was hidden at the LaHarpe City Park.  The medallion was found in record time, on the first day of the…

Kansas reported an increase of 1,855 positive cases of COVID-19 and an additional 40 deaths from Wednesday to Friday, according to a report from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Allen Community College is…

Iola City Council members will meet Tuesday — not Monday — for their regular bi-monthly meeting. The meeting is being pushed back a day because Monday is Columbus Day, with all city offices closed. On…

A different kind of time requires a different kind of play. And Allen Community College Theatre Department’s version of “The Inspector General” is delightfully different, at any time. The coronavirus pandemic put the kibosh on…

Mike Caywood is glad to be back in Kansas. He’s the new advertising manager at the Iola Register, and brings with him years of experience in the newspaper business. Caywood started out as a paper…

In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, Sen. Caryn Tyson, 12th District, emerged as a leading GOP voice championing efforts to limit the governor’s emergency powers. Though some question the timing as partisan —…

Mike Bruner wants voters to have choices. And when it comes to the 12th District Kansas Senate race, he says the differences between the candidates couldn’t be more clear.  Bruner, a Democrat from Humboldt, is…

Commissioners have approved a scaled-back version of a new transportation system for Allen County, which will provide rides for essentially anyone to anywhere. The version of the program they approved included purchasing a 14-passenger vehicle…

Daniel Kays, director of the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, couldn’t help but get a little emotional as he listened to musician Albert Cummings and his band perform in September. The audience tapped along to the…

Another 25 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Allen County this past week, bringing the county’s total to 97 since the pandemic began with one death. More than half of those cases — 52 —…