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…

In an impressive milestone, Burns & McDonnell, a global engineering and construction firm, celebrated the 125th anniversary of its founding and first project with a special luncheon in Iola on Dec. 13. The event brought…

Iola Elementary School fourth grader Elijah Mentzer correctly spelled the word “intertwine” to win the IES spelling bee Friday morning. IES recognized the top four spellers. The first place winner was fourth-grader Elijah Mentzer; fifth…

More than a dozen bald eagles, juveniles and adults, stopped for lunch on Thursday afternoon at the Neosho River near the spillway at U.S. 54, west of Iola. The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks…

Even though her job doesn’t officially begin until Feb. 1, Barbara Button has already hit the ground running in her new role as Humanity House director. Button is dedicating her Thursdays and Fridays to learning…

HUMBOLDT — Almost three years out from the “perfect terrible storm,” Cole Herder, Humboldt administrator, says the city is on much better footing should it find itself in another prolonged deep freeze. Beginning Feb. 9,…

Area veterans can learn more about a health clinic coming in the spring. The Veterans Administration is offering community meetings to answer questions about the opening of a VA clinic at 1408 East St. The…

This week’s bitterly cold temperatures have brought a natural comparison to mind: “At least it’s not as bad as February 2021.” That particular cold snap, officially named Winter Storm Uri, was one of the worst…