Iola’s 106 municipal employees yesterday became eligible to participate in the federal Social Security program from which city workers have been excluded for the past 15 years. The federal law has been amended and the…

HOLLYWOOD (AP) — Buster Keaton, 70, the baggy-pants comedian of the silent screen, died today. A spokesman said he succumbed to lung cancer at his home in suburban Woodland Hill. His wife of about 25…

In a typical season, Iola High’s Fillies would have had half a dozen games under their belts before breaking for the holidays. But this has been anything but a typical season. The Fillies had to…

Blessed with a tireless work ethic and a natural gift for athletics, Joshua Honeycutt scaled to heights most Iolans would never have dreamed possible. The 2007 Iola High School graduate’s stellar professional track and field…

Jerry Ellis McClure, age 80, died Friday, Aug. 13, 2020, at Jane Phillips Hospital, Bartlesville, Okla.  He was born on May 29, 1940, in Iola, to Leslie Kenneth McClure and Elsie Louise (Michael) McClure.  He…

MARION, Iowa — As the wind howled, Jennifer Horning couldn’t help but think of a similar storm she’d gone through about 34 years previously. The Iola native was at home during the lunch hour Monday…

Iola is back at square one in its search for a new city administrator. Mayor Jon Wells said after Monday’s City Council meeting the city is starting over in its search. Iola had agreed to…

For over 150 years, The Iola Register has documented life in Iola and Allen County. The thousands of pages of newsprint we’ve published contain the first draft of our community’s history. In countless instances, this…

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Iola’s 2021 spending plan is slowly coming into focus. City Council members spent the better part of two hours Monday hearing budget proposals from Iola’s various department heads, with a familiar refrain.  Capital expenditures are…