Jerrik Sigg is on the brink of a special individual season on the football field. Iola High has not had a 1,000-yard rusher in 19 years.Sigg, a 6-1, 172-pound senior, has 947 yards on 164…

By BOB JOHNSONbob@iolaregister.comHUMBOLDT — Confederate forces, mistaken for a band of whooping Indians, attacked Humboldt at dusk on Oct. 15, 1861.Arnold Schofield, with booming voice and presence that commands attention, read a first-person appraisal of…

CHANUTE — Ash Grove’s cement plant here will be one of six to furlough employees this winter due to what the company described as “poor economic conditions that continue to affect the entire U.S. cement…

The fourth Thrive Allen County annual meeting will be “a night to focus on positive efforts and good news,” of the area, David Toland said Wednesday afternoon.Toland is Thrive’s executive director.The meeting, this year in…

“Being involved in the arts makes students well-rounded,” said Regina Christienson, Iola High’s new drama and speech teacher.Whether it be learning to speak comfortably before large crowds, being able to appreciate the works of great…

Don Ervin Criger, 72, of Humboldt died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City.Don was born on Aug. 1, 1939, in Marmarth, N.D., to George A. and Helen…

When Gov. Rick Perry was told that his radical tax plan would be a huge windfall for the rich, he said, “I don’t care about that.”How voters will react remains to be seen.Gov. Perry proposed…

Iola High’s Mustangs play their season finale Thursday night in LaCygne against Prairie View High’s Bufflaos. These two teams will become league opponents next year.So Mustangs, it is up to you to start the change.…

Playoffs in 2011 are out of the question for Iola High’s Mustangs and Prairie View High’s Buffalos. So what’s on the line in Thursday’s football season finale?“We’ve talked to our kids about playing for pride…

Iola finished third in the southeast Kansas Take Charge Challenge.Fort Scott won the $100,000 prize for the region in the Kansas Energy Office distribution of stimulus money in the energy conservation contest. Chanute was second,…