Month: April 2016
A group of Iola High School students proved once again their knowledge of being the consummate consumers. The IHS LifeSmarts Challenge Team of Ryan Eyster, a junior, and seniors Taylor Heslop, Yohon Sinclair, Abigail Taylor…
One outcome of creating attendance centers among the elementary grades beginning this school year is the opportunity for teachers to work more closely together. At last Monday’s USD 257 board of education meeting, first-grade teachers…
A topic that long has fascinated local folks is whether the small white crosses along old Highway 169 north of Iola mark graves. They’re on property that once held the Allen County Poor Farm. The…
About a dozen years ago I tried an experiment at the Register in which reporters changed beats for three months. The sports editor went to general news. School board went to a reporter who usually…
When longtime Iolans Richard and CeCe Huston decamp for Leavenworth this month, the Iola Senior Citizens thrift shop at 223 N. State St. will lose two essential members of its roughly 12-person volunteer corps. The…
Iola will receive more than $144,000 in federal funds to help pay for sidewalk improvements around its three elementary schools and Iola Middle School. The grants were announced Friday by the Kansas Department of Transportation.…
Holly Jerome is seeing firsthand how far resilience and a positive attitude can carry a team. But she wonders — after the dust settles — whether it will have made a difference. In late February,…
YATES CENTER — The usual suspects led the way for Humboldt High’s softball team in its 15-0 and 20-0 wins over Yates Center. Cub coach Brad Piley picked up his 200th career victory, and leaned…
YATES CENTER — Humboldt High’s baseball continued its early-season dominance Thursday, with a pair of 20-run wins in Yates Center. “It was important to get on top of them early and put them away,” Humboldt…
