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Former Allen Countian Levi Ramsey continues to recover after receiving a gunshot wound to his leg.  “He’s still pretty sore,” his sister Brittney Haynes told the Register. “The doctors told him he must have had…

In a year’s time Lehigh Portland State Park will look more like a state park.  The Lehigh-Portland Visitor Center will look out over the lake and at least two campgrounds will be completed.  State officials…

The Iola Senior Citizens Thrift Store has found a solution for its disposal of surplus items that will also serve those in need. Dimity Lowell, with the center, spoke with Allen County Commissioners Tuesday morning about…

HUMBOLDT — This week’s blistering heat wave can be capped off Saturday with one of the coolest, most refreshing events in Southeast Kansas: Water Wars.  It’s an opportunity to get blasted from all sides by…

Improvements to the Allen County Fairgrounds were a hit with 4-H’ers and visitors. The fair wrapped up Sunday with the annual livestock auction. Mylee Miller, who is in her eighth year of 4-H, said she…

Young actors show off the skills they learned from the Children’s Summer Theatre Workshop with a performance Saturday morning at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.

No one feels the pulse of downtown Iola like Kelly Sigg.  How the retailers are faring. What sales and promotions they’re trying. What people want.  “It’s in my blood,” the 64-year-old said Wednesday.   So,…

Some years you win it all at the county fair. And other times, nothing goes right. The Springer family is experiencing the unfortunate end of that equation at this year’s fair, after losing several of…

The 4-H Swine Show took place Thursday evening at the Allen County Fair. Judge Conner Vernon gave some pointers to the youngsters presenting their pigs in the showmanship competition.

Friday’s Allen County Fair activities included the bucket calf show and the dairy cow show with judge Nathaniel McGee. Among the winners, Kason Botts won the purple ribbon in both Dairy Cattle Showmanship, age 10-13,…