YATES CENTER — Jake Morrison bogeyed the first hole he played on his home course Monday to open the 2011 Kansas Sand Greens State Golf Tournament.Then he birdied the second hole. By the end of…

Clara Ellis counted her blessings twice Sunday evening after both of her children narrowly escaped injury or worse in the Joplin tornado.Ellis told the Register in a telephone interview from her Iola home that daughter,…

HUMBOLDT— A Facebook post asking for help with a home remodeling project led to more than ailing Desert Storm veteran Richard “Richie” Kerns ever imagined.Kerns and his wife, Laurie, have been remodeling their house at…

HUMBOLDT — Kids in Humboldt, Moran, LaHarpe and Iola have an opportunity to learn to cook as part of Allen County Extension Service’s “Kids Can Cook” program.The three-day program began Monday in Humboldt.For 21⁄2 hours…

It will take at least a week — maybe two — for wreckage from a Union Pacific train derailment to be cleared from tracks about five miles south of Moran, a company spokesman said today.The…

Iola City Council members will consider whether to legalize the shooting and selling of fireworks in Iola’s city limits.Fireworks have been off limits for years, council members noted, although many residents largely ignore the ban.The…

Iola will develop a dog park in the south part of town, if enough financial support is pledged by advocates.City Council members voted 5-3 to pursue the park, provided costs are limited to $20,000 or…

Iola city council members are considering a hefty increase in the city’s water rates.In a report about the state of the water fund, City Administrator Judy Brigham asked council members for what would amount to…

 Graveside inurnment services for Donald E. Stanley of Elsmore, whose obituary appeared earlier in The Iola Register, will be at 12:30 p.m. in the Elsmore Cemetery. The Rev. Connie Cox will officiate.  All are invited…

Graveside inurnment services for Verna M. Devine of Iola, whose obituary appeared in The Iola Register earlier, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mount Hope Cemetery in Humboldt.  Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of…