The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is fast approaching. This event provides us with the funding needed to do cutting-edge research; educate students, health care professionals and the public on the prevention and early…

Proud to be an Iolan! I wanted to thank not only Bob Johnson and the Iola Register for the wonderful plug on the 11 & under Iola Indians baseball team, but the entire Iola and…

Dear Editor,   Much is being written each day about the quality and cost of our health care system. Figures and comparisons are made to our cost vs. other countries. Still no one is asking…

God bless her, Susan Lynn has been a great example of fairness in her reporting of the hospital trustee proceedings. Her family genes dictate this wonderful writing ability.But when I read the article chronicling Tuesday’s…

How does the pool management justify the extra money charged when people leave the pool to go outside, but not leave the vicinity.When they try to come back in they will have to pay full…

I see the hospital board has flip-flopped on the site of the hospital. If the pungent aroma of bovine bother you, there are a number of land parcels large enough to accommodate a new hospital.…

 Dear Editor,   The late Floyd Smith, principal of Iola High School, once asked the students: “Isn’t it a smart man who changes his mind?”This could be applied to the trustees who changed their minds…

Greed is a terrible thing. No good ever comes from it. And greed is the only thing holding up progress on the new hospital.I don’t know the property owners, but they have been offered way…

To the person or persons who defaced one of the Elm Creek Community Garden signs:I commend you on the accuracy of your spelling.However, you may want to retake biology as your knowledge of human anatomy…

Dear Editor,Sixteen years ago I left Iola, because I didn’t like some of the rules that were being put in place. Now I find myself back here trying to raise my daughter.Well, to get to…