Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, I’d like to add my voice to those supporting the rezoning of the North Walnut property to allow refitting a dilapidated nursing home into apartments. I believe this not only will be an…
Dear editor, I would think that people would want that former nursing home, a true eyesore, to be converted into apartments. There’s mice and rats in there and vagrants coming and going. Iola should take…
Dear editor, The Iola Planning Commission met Jan. 18 to consider rezoning to allow construction of 51 new apartments at the old Arkhaven site. I attended and spoke but I was unprepared. My apologies to…
Dear editor, I am writing in support of rezoning the area on North Walnut to allow the old Arkhaven site to be converted into 51 one- and two-bedroom apartments. I attended the zoning meeting…
Dear editor, Iola has an affordable housing problem. In my opinion, it’s time for city leaders to approve making the old nursing home on North Walnut Street into affordable apartments, as recently proposed. Many years…
Dear editor, Today at 5 p.m. will be my last day at Quality Automotive Services, Inc. The feeling is bittersweet and so many memories are there. It had been a good life and business for…
Dear editor, The county’s Economic Development Director, Jonathan Goering, reported at the Dec. 21 meeting of Allen County commissioners that Allen County is one of eight communities to receive a Moderate Income Housing Resource grant.…
Dear editor, From every dark cloud has a silver lining. Climate warming has permitted archaeologists plying the Yukon, where ice shelves and glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates, to find important artifacts left by paleo…
Dear editor, I have received word from the Kansas State High School Activities Association that Marvin Smith was not selected for the 2022 class of Hall of Fame, but that his file on record will…
Dear editor, I read with interest the article in the Nov. 16 Iola Register by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Common sense dictates that if youth under age 21 are not deemed to have adequate mental…
