Second-time parents Robert and Sarah Hyden were attracted to Allen County Hospital’s prenatal classes because they were interested in learning about massage therapy during labor. On Wednesday, Jody Mader, a massage therapist and certified…

Ralph E. Smith, 91, of Iola died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, at he Allen County Hospital in Iola.He was born March 12, 1919, in Vail, Iowa, to Otho G. and Grace E. (Jones) Smith. The…

Ann E. Michael, 77, of Colony died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola.She was born July 23, 1933, on the family farm south of Westphalia, to Clement Francis and Lena…

I am writing this letter as a citizen of Allen County independent from ACARF (Allen County Animal Rescue Facility). I think this is an appropriate time to remind those cruel and cowardly people who drop…

Register/Jocelyn Sheets Iola High’s wrestling team began working toward the opening of 2010-2011 season on Monday. Senior Lee Berg works on a takedown against freshman Bryce Misenhelter during a practice Wednesday.

Getting the ball rolling on securing management for the hospital’s operations and new construction are the most immediate tasks facing new trustees of Allen County Hospital.In their first act of official business Tuesday night, members…

Eight students at McKinley Elementary got to skip the hullabaloo of the lunchroom Wednesday and ate instead in the company of their principal at a table covered in checkered cloth, bedecked with vases of daisies…

LAHARPE — At barely two months old, the new drop box library in LaHarpe City Hall is growing by leaps and bounds.In addition to 375 books on loan from the Southeast Kansas Library System, the…

Jean Marie Townsend, 71, of Bronson died Saturday, Nov. 13, at her home.   She was born Sept. 3, 1939, in Bell Gardens, Calif., to James and Henrietta Louise Trusdale Wasner.  She had worked as a…

Robert E. Grisier, 91, died Monday, Nov. 15, 2010 in Burlington.Services were this morning at Campbell Funeral Home in Yates Center. Interment was in Kalida Cemetery. Memorials to Gideon’s International or Woodson County Historical Society…