HUMBOLDT — When used intentionally, technology can bring people together. This year’s Middle of Everywhere music festival aims to create a fusion of social events, both live and virtual, for Labor Day weekend. The three-day…

Community members are encouraged to attend Monday evening’s Iola City Council meeting to discuss traffic concerns.  At the Aug. 12 meeting, council member Kim Peterson requested two traffic items be reviewed. The first is with…

HUMBOLDT — Reading intervention teacher Bonnie Welch hopes a bright new reading room will inspire her students, not only while they are in her class, but long after.  “It’s exciting to see what you pour…

Work on an extensive transmission line project is inching closer to Allen County. The line’s route will traverse Coffey, Anderson, Allen, Bourbon, and Crawford counties in Kansas, and Barton and Jasper counties in Missouri. In…

Allen Community College is welcoming more students this year, including those who are staying in dorms. It’s a good start and evidence that years of work are starting to pay off, said John Masterson, longtime…

The City of Iola will host a public meeting Sept. 9 to seek community input on alternatives for an upcoming lagoon project. The $11.2 million project is a step toward addressing excess ammonia in the…

As a community newspaper, the Register benefits from a variety of community voices. With that in mind, we are upgrading our online commenting platform to Disqus, used by a number of major publishers. We’re moving…

The arts bring people together, so it seems fitting that a benefit auction to raise money for the Bowlus Fine Arts Center’s 60th anniversary should focus on shared experiences.  “We want something special and unique,…

After an update from Alan Weber of Your Community Foundation, Allen County commissioners are weighing options with the county’s environmental fund. The fund was established in 2012 with the county contributing $50,000 in 2013. “That…

When Peyton Wallace learned about a scholarship opportunity while reading The Iola Register, he knew it had the potential to change his life.  The trustees of the Barbara and Herschel Perry Charitable Trust announced in…