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…

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…

Some doctors enjoy working in a small town, where they can develop more personal relationships with their patients. Some doctors specialize in a particular field, focusing their time and attention on a specific goal. Some…

A health clinic at Moran will close next month. The Allen County Regional Hospital and Saint Luke’s Health System announced the clinic’s closing on Thursday, although patients were notified in a letter earlier this month.…

The head of hospitals in Iola and Garnett has resigned. Elmore Patterson, who has served as administrator of the Allen County Regional Hospital since the switch to a lease with Saint Luke’s Health System in…

A group tasked with taking care of Allen County’s hospital facilities approved two major remodel projects, even though the $1.6 million total cost was about 50% more than expected. One project will convert the former…

The cost of remediating mold at the Medical Arts Building will be nearly 10 times less than expected. The Allen County Regional Hospital facilities board approved a bid by a local cleaning contractor to address…

County commissioners assured hospital officials they’ll find a place to store boxes of old records – and soon — and expressed enthusiasm for the group’s plans to remodel a medical arts building. Three members of…