Month: June 2011

Duane McGhee and Dorothy Tippie were married June 24, 1951, at Northcott Christian Church in Northcott.Together, they raised four children on their dairy farm west of Colony, moving to Iola in 1980. They worked, sang,…

One needs only to look as far as any major medical facility to know that there are many benefits, both the economies of scale and convenience to the patient, to have medical offices close to…

I have been contacted by local citizens regarding the site of the new hospital. Many are not in favor of the site by the current medical clinic because of the costs associated with the purchase…

Kansas was used as an example in a national story on Medicaid financing Thursday.“R. Andrew Allison, who is executive director of the Kansas Health Policy Authority and president of the National Association of Medicaid Directors,…

Dominant pitching performances by Ethan Ericson, Jerrik Sigg and Ryan Latta propelled the Iola American Legion Post 15 AA Indians to a doubleheader sweep Thursday.The Indians powered past visiting Spring Hill 9-1 in the opener…

The third annual Hal Wray Memorial Golf Tournament is July 9 at Iola’s Cedarbrook Golf Course.Actually, it is the fourth year for the golf tournament sponsored by the Sons of American Legion (SAL) Post 15…

LAHARPE — Angelia Roney isn’t above recruiting at work.The owner of Angelia’s in downtown LaHarpe pays close attention to the customers who enter her restaurant each day.If it’s somebody new, she more often than not…

Romaine Tharp’s obituary in Wednesday’s Register reported that Tharp still lived in Iola at the time of her death.She had been living in Overland Park for the past two years, information that was not included…

Corn brought $7.55 a bushel Tuesday, about double the mid-June 2010 price. On that same day, the Senate defeated a measure eliminating the 45-cents-a-gallon ethanol subsidy, which would have cut federal expenses by $6 billion…