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LAHARPE — The Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department is offering flu shots from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the LaHarpe Senior Center. The health department accepts most health insurance forms, except for…

Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: I have two daughters. “A” is 16, a junior in high school. “B” is 15, a freshman. B showed a gift for music at a young age. We…

Reports of potential gunfire are keeping law enforcement officers on their toes this week. Allen County sheriff’s deputies were called to assist with an investigation stemming from Neosho Falls Tuesday morning after a subject reportedly…

Members of the Prairie Rose 4-H Club participated in the Moran Day festivities by riding the float they helped create this past Saturday. Riding on the float, from left, are Doug Dix, Lucas Owens, Kylar…

As Saturday’s Register article noted, alpha-gal syndrome, caused by a lone star tick bite, has severe consequences. Potentially fatal, the syndrome requires those who have it to avoid eating anything associated with a mammal.  An…

Iola’s Unity Club members explored at their monthly meeting Sept. 11 how different generations interact in the workplace. Ellen Thompson reported on Chuck Underwood’s book, “Understanding Generational differences in the workplace, Marketplace & Living Room.” …

Hi, Carolyn: I was in a 15-year relationship that ended about a year and a half ago. It was mostly good but pretty rocky for the last five, with things both of us did to…

Iola High School will crown its 2023 Fall Homecoming King and Queen at 6:15 p.m. Friday, prior to the Mustangs’ football game against Anderson County. Queen candidates are, from left, Leeann Maloney, Abigail Meiwes, Shelby…

Thrive Allen County is one of 10 project teams across the state of Kansas awarded a Change Community Solutions grant.  NetWork Kansas, a Kansas-based nonprofit dedicated to the growth of entrepreneurship and small businesses, approved…

Iola city crews will begin their annual chip-seal resurfacing of city streets on Wednesday. This year’s work will be focused primarily east of Cottonwood Street south of U.S. 54 and east of Kentucky Street north…