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Allen County's Blue Dot Club, Iola Reads celebrates classic, and Iola wrestlers earn medals

February 16th, 2025  |  3 mins 45 secs

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A quick look at today's top stories for Saturday, February 15, 2025

Iola council looks at land bank, Allen County area athletes of the month, commissioners talk road repairs

February 12th, 2025  |  4 mins 8 secs

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A quick look at today's top stories for Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Today's headlines for Saturday, February 1, 2025

February 1st, 2025  |  3 mins 19 secs

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A quick look at today's top stories for Saturday, February 1, 2025

Listening, connecting and opening up: a conversation during Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

September 25th, 2022  |  26 mins 55 secs

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After a long break, we’re back with a special episode. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time to spread the word about actions we can take to prevent suicide, and to change the conversation to one about healing, help and hope.

A Coronavirus Q&A with Dr. Brian Wolfe

August 13th, 2021  |  25 mins 35 secs

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Register reporter Vickie Moss interviews Dr. Brian Wolfe of Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas and a longtime physician in Iola about the troubling surge in COVID-19 cases. As vaccination rates remain stubbornly low and well below herd immunity, it seems we may be done with the coronavirus, but it is certainly not done with us.

For Josh Granere, Peerless Product's arrival is personal

November 6th, 2020  |  24 mins 19 secs

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In today’s episode, Tim Stauffer speaks with Josh Granere, Peerless Product’s incoming plant manager for their new Iola facility, about what it means for him as an Allen County native, to be a part of bringing Peerless to little old Iola, Kansas.

David Lee wants to talk growth

July 27th, 2020  |  32 mins 40 secs

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In today’s episode, we headed out to LaHarpe’s City Hall to speak with David Lee. Lee is running for a seat on the Allen County Commission. He faces Craig Mentzer and Eugene Weatherbie in the August 4 Republican primary.

Lee believes Allen County has the tools for robust economic development, and much of our conversation focused on his ideas on how to ensure the county prospers—and how his experiences make him, as he says, uniquely qualified for the job.

John Brocker says he knows the right people

July 23rd, 2020  |  27 mins 29 secs

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John Brocker has been a businessman and realtor in Iola for 45 years. He served as president of the Kansas Association of Realtors in 2012. This year, he’s running for a seat on the Allen County commission, the same seat he briefly held until losing to Bruce Symes, the District 3 incumbent, in 2018.

In today’s episode, the fifth in our series covering local candidates, we speak with Brocker about what’s motivating him to run again, his priorities if he wins the Aug 4 Republican primary against Symes, and how his business background would guide his decisions as commissioner.

Armando Hernandez pledges cooperation in Topeka

July 17th, 2020  |  25 mins 47 secs

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In today’s episode, we spoke with Armando Hernandez of Chanute. He’s challenging Rep. Kent Thompson of LaHarpe for his seat in the Kansas House’s 9th District, which includes Iola, Humboldt and Chanute. The Republican primary is August 4, but you can cast your ballot now—advanced voting has already begun.

A retired chiropractor and currently employed as a computer service technician, Hernandez has a strong interest in economic development, healthcare and bipartisanship. In his words, Republicans and Democrats “can work together. We always have.”

Bruce Symes: We need steady hands on the tiller

July 16th, 2020  |  33 mins 33 secs

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In today’s episode, as we continue speaking with local candidates facing primary challenges in the upcoming Aug. 4 election, we talked with Bruce Symes. He’s seeking a second term as Allen County Commissioner, representing District 3. A former Register reporter, he now teaches at Allen Community College. We reached him by phone, as he was in Wichita accompanying his father undergo a heart procedure.