It’s a scenario many home and business owners know all too well: Fix something as part of a remodel project, and you’re bound to uncover even more problems. The Allen County Regional Hospital’s facilities board…

Doctors are teachers, in a way.  They educate patients about their diseases, how medications work and lifestyle changes that could improve their condition. For Dr. Sam Wilcox, a new physician for the Allen County Regional…

As impressed as the small crowd was Monday of the newest additions to the Allen County Regional Hospital grounds — a relocated gazebo and a nearly mile-long crushed limestone trail — it’s just as important…

It’s been four months since Allen County Regional Hospital changed the way it provides emergency room services, and members of a local physicians group that previously covered the ER are still adapting. The Family Physicians,…

The Iola Area Chamber of Commerce organized ribbon cuttings to celebrate the openings of two facilities recently renovated by Allen County for the Allen County Regional Hospital and the Saint Luke’s Health System. The Medical…

Jeremy Armstrong, the new administrator for Allen County Regional and Anderson County hospitals, is no stranger to small towns. He grew up in Wetmore, a town of about 300 north of Topeka, and served as…

A Kansan with experience managing rural hospitals in the state has been tapped to lead Allen and Anderson county hospitals. Jeremy Armstrong has been named administrator of both Allen County Regional Hospital in Iola and…

Over the course of about one year, Allen County has approved $5.6 million worth of investments at the Allen County Regional Airport. Only about $170,000 of that money came directly from county funds. The vast…

Two major hospital remodel projects are expected to be completed this month and have so far come in under budget. Crews are renovating two sites. Allen County Regional Hospital’s former labor and delivery unit is…

Every minute matters during an emergency. So when officials with Saint Luke’s Health System took over Allen County Regional Hospital, they were concerned that so many local residents chose to seek care — especially emergency…