Dear editor, I would just like to remind everyone that spring is upon us, a time when things take root. It reminds me of how vicious words can grow and spread like poison ivy. Once…

Dear editor, I follow the news about Iola because I am an alumna of Iola High School.  This week, I noticed a post on Facebook listing the requirements to allow students to attend prom.  I…

Dear editor: I started working when I was 14-15 years old.  I did it because my mom was the bread winner of the family with my father was often absent for whatever reason.  I have…

Dear editor, Forty or more years ago Emerson Lynn began writing occasional Register editorials explaining how the financial integrity of Social Security could be maintained far into the future.  On Christmas Eve, I happened onto…

Dear editor, I am outraged that there are people in my home town that are so disrespectful. I put a new flower arrangement on my parents’ headstone in Highland Cemetery in September.  The first of…

Dear editor, I am sick and tired of people throwing their trash out the windows of vehicles along city streets, highways and country roads.  My husband, John Kress, even with stage 3 cancer, would walk…

Dear editor, The article about Iola Christmas lights had me harummping quite a bit.  It was known last year that the system was failing badly as lights were being pieced together then. But nothing was…

Dear editor, Gov. Laura Kelly and Lt. Gov. David Toland are economic and community development super heroes. Their campaign slogan should be “Jobs for Kansas workers and customers for Kansas businesses.” The $14 billion in…

Dear editor,  In a letter to the editor on Oct. 25, Bowlus patrons from Humboldt said they attended the recent  Quiana Lynnell program and termed it “world class” entertainment. It is too bad, however, that…

Dear editor, Patrick Schmidt is smart, qualified, and committed to making life better for Kansas families. Patrick graduated from Tufts University with a major in international relations and served as an intelligence officer in the…