The argument for raising the country’s minimum wage above $7.25 an hour is to provide a “living wage,” for those in low-paying jobs. For 2014, states agreeing to pay more than the federal level include…

Iola City Council members are considering a new approach to their strategic planning procedures, while also considering a better way to implement those plans into the city’s future.Corinne Bannon, with the Hugo Wall School of…

After a lengthy discussion Monday night, USD 257 board members voted 4 to 2 to approve the Neighborhood Revitalization Plan revision to include all of Iola.Board member Mark Burris was absent.Areas in the plan receive…

HUMBOLDT — A generator that went on the fritz at the solid waste treatment plant is of immediate concern for council members here.Improvements are being made to the plant through assistance of BG Consultants, Manhattan,…

COLONY — If all goes as planned, Colony will have a medical presence in town before long.Anderson County Hospital CEO Dennis A. Hachenberg confirmed to the Register the hospital plans to open a rural health…

A pair of dogs with upbeat attitudes, Buster and Zoe, eagerly await an exercise period each day that has become a ritual for them and their owner, Joyce Tarter.“We come here every day,” said Tarter…

MORAN — Visiting Oswego made life tough Monday for Marmaton Valley Junior High’s basketball squads.The Wildcat boys teams dropped both of their contests, falling 49-31 in A team action and 15-11 in the B team…

FREDONIA — Humboldt Middle School’s girls A team could not hang on to their five-point lead in the fourth quarter, before host Fredonia ended their contest with a 10-point run.Fredonia won, 28-23.“Hopefully we can learn…

INDEPENDENCE — Iola Middle School’s basketball teams picked up a pair of narrow road victories Tuesday.The seventh-grade A team led host Independence, 8-2, after one quarter, and held on from there in a 32-31 victory.On…

Sonny (Lloyd) and Sandy (Nicholas) Northcutt, LaHarpe, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday.The couple was married on Jan. 18, 1964 at Iola Calvary Methodist. Their anniversary celebration will be from 2 to 4…