Month: September 2010

Arthur Lee West, 90, of rural Moran died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola.He was born Jan. 31, 1920, west of Iola, to Charles and Fransina (Morning) West. He grew…

Linda Mae Trainor, 52, of Iola died Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010, at her home.She was born Oct. 8, 1957, in Philadelphia, Pa., the daughter of Daniel and Yvonne (Cook) Kelly. She grew up in New…

Voters will decide Nov. 2 whether to increase a countywide sales tax by 1/4 of a cent to go toward a new Allen County Hospital.Members of the Allen County Healthcare Committee address questions about the…

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform met yesterday. The high-powered group of politicians, economists and business leaders is due to tell the nation how to deal with its deficit in a report expected…

BRANSON — Nothing wrong with a little sibling rivalry. Kyle McCammon and Kelly (McCammon) Murphy laugh about who beat whom at the 2010  Ironman 70.3 Branson Sept. 19. Both are Iola High graduates and children…

COLUMBUS — It was Adam Kauth throwing the 54-yard touchdown pass to Bryce Misenhelter Monday in a fifth quarter between Iola High and Columbus.The Register reported the wrong quarterback on Wednesday.

Nicole Rockhold and Andrea Miller are outnumbered on the Allen County Community College volleyball team. They are the only sophomores on the squad.“But you can’t tell we have that many freshmen playing for us,” said…

Injuries and just plain trying to find the best 11 guys on offense and defense has put Iola High’s Mustangs behind the eight-ball in 2010.The 0-4 Mustangs have had to make changes along the offensive…

Iolan Andrew Benedict had a first-hand view of the U.S. Navy’s rescue of dozens of passengers from a capsized skiff in the Gulf of Aden Monday.Benedict, a sonar technician-petty officer third class with the Navy,…

LE ROY — A hurricane brought Clarence Dassrath to Kansas.In the late 1980s, the Trinidad native was living in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.“Hurricane Hugo wiped out 90 percent of St. Croix in 1989,” Dassrath…