Oh, but do we need another gold-shovel moment. Remember the day — the smiles — when we broke ground on the new hospital? This was the lead in the May 8, 2012 Register: “The morning’s…

Dear editor, I would like to apologize for speaking my mind on economic development issues when my thoughts would have been more appropriate not said at all or covered in-person or privately. My place as…

Word has been received of the death of Yates Center native and former Iolan Cecil Paul Lind, 85, Arlington, Texas.   Lind, a standout athlete who worked with the Atomic Energy Commission, Phillips 66 and…

Iola Planning Commission members endorsed Wednesday a plan to rezone a portion of the old Allen County Hospital site from commercial to residential land to accommodate a new apartment complex along U.S. 54. The Planning…

In 2011 — after local voters twice rejected smaller governing bodies — Iolans tapped eight local residents to serve on the first city council in more than a century. But even with the new governing…

Charles M. Burton, 72, Iola, died Thursday, March 10, 2016.    Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola, with burial to follow in Highland Cemetery.

M. Leanna Bettis, 70, Humboldt, passed away Monday, March 14, 2016, at Country Place in Chanute. Leanna was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1978 and fought a long, valiant battle with the disease. Leanna was…

G&W Foods was given assurance Tuesday that Allen County commissioners “are 100 percent committed” to location of a G&W grocery in Iola. Commissioners talked with Dan Williams, G&W president, in a conference call.  The call…

Sheila Lynee Sizemore, 44, LaCrosse, died Monday, March 14, 2016, at her home.   Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at First Christian Church, 619 Oak St., LaCrosse. Burial will be in the…

Antonio Gabriel Perez “Tony,” 78, passed away at home March 9, 2016.  Tony was born on March 21, 1938, at St. John’s Catholic Hospital in Gas. He attended St. John’s Catholic School and Iola High…