Four of the nine Iola High wrestlers know what to expect. They had their first tastes of Kansas Class 4A Regional wrestling last year.In its first full varsity season of competition, Iola goes into the…

Sunday’s performance by the Iola Area Symphony Orchestra at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center will be a “Scandinavian Smorgasbord.” The performance begins at 3 p.m.The program will begin with the prelude from “Holberg Suite” by…

Iolan Jeannie Cloud quietly crossed a milestone Wednesday. She donated her 100th pint of blood.Cloud has been donating blood “off and on since I was 18,” she said.“It makes me feel good to do this.…

Dr. Craig Neuenswander gave USD 257 board members somber news Wednesday evening. If state aid plays out as anticipated, the district will have to close a $902,000 hole in its 2010-11 budget.At the start of…

George Louis Evans, 76, died Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. He was the son of the late George W. and Virginia Sophia (Wenzel) Evans. He served in the U.S. Army and retired from Plibrico as a…

Mass of Christian burial for Bea King, whose obituary was published in Tuesday’s Register, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John’s Catholic Church in Iola.

Jacqueline Suson “Jackie” Avery, 67, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, at her home in Shidler, Okla.She was born Nov. 12, 1942, in Nowata, Okla., the daughter of Norma Bell and Bruce Paris Sr. She grew…

Opal I. Martin, 96, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, at Pinecrest Nursing Home in Humboldt. She was born in southeast Oklahoma on July 9, 1913, the oldest daughter of 14 children born to Dessie and…

Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana announced Monday he would not seek re-election because he was fed up with Congress.“For some time, I have had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should.…

Victims of the recession would be hammered if lawmakers lift the sales tax exemption on utilities, lobbyists told the House Taxation Committee Monday. They urged the committee to look elsewhere for money.Taxing residential utilities would…