Living in a world where people easily check their phone for the time or with a glance at their high-tech wrist watch, there is something nostalgic about an old pendulum or manual wind clock. Modern…

Sometimes, things come full circle. Such is the case with Iola’s Southwind Cycle & Outdoor shop. The business got its start after a Lenexa-based bicycle shop, Velo+, opened a location on South Washington Avenue just…

Allen County is one step closer to finalizing its work in bringing a new home to Humboldt. Commissioners Bruce Symes and David Lee agreed Tuesday to pay a developer $47,000 for the construction of a…

Among 30 Iola High School students, all but two said they plan to leave the area after graduation. “What would it take to bring you back?” Patrick Zirjacks, with Thrive Allen County, asked. Their answers…

Heeding the warning of “start small,” Iola Council members agreed to a phased approach to recycling Monday evening. Members discussed the potential of establishing a city-run recycling utility, agreeing it would be best to start…

The Iola school district will enter a lottery to see if they can get two electric school buses for about half the price of one diesel bus. Board members, though, still have questions about the…

Your Community Foundation awarded $15,000 in seven grants as part of its 2023 giving. The grants focused on promoting health and education efforts to various community organizations. The foundation’s president Job Springer presented the recipients…

Freezing rain and drizzle overnight coated streets and sidewalks with ice on Monday morning, canceling schools, closing or delaying the opening of businesses and government offices, and briefly shutting down highways until they could be…

Rep. Fred Gardner, R-Garnett, is optimistic about a tax reform bill, despite a likely veto from Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.  Gardner stopped by the Register office on Friday, fresh off the first week of the…

PITTSBURG — Starting next fall, Iola High School students will be able to grow up to 500 heads of lettuce each week, all year long.  It will happen courtesy of a hydroponic growing container offered…