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Pella, IA

A rough stretch continued for the Pella softball team at the Oskaloosa tournament Saturday, falling to #14 in 3A Chariton 4-0 and 11-6 to Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont. The Dutch offense could not solve Chargers’ starter Layne Braby, tallying just four hits in the contest. While the Dutch bats got going against the Rockets, they had to do so from behind after giving up five runs in the first inning. Payton Lyons was 3-for-3 in that game with a home run. Pella has dropped six games in a row and will try to find their footing Monday in a doubleheader against #1 in 4A Dallas Center-Grimes on the road.

Pella Softball Falls at Oskaloosa Tournament

Several KNIA/KRLS area high school soccer players are earning postseason honors. Sisters Mia and Abby Warner were selected to the Class 2A All-Tournament team by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union for their performances as part of the top four finish for the Pella girls soccer team. Three Norwalk players were named to the Class 3A All-Tournament Team in senior Jack Brown, junior Caden Endres and freshman Tyden Eng, after their 3A runner-up finish Saturday.

Area Soccer Athletes Earning Postseason Honors

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Indianola, IA

The Indianola softball and baseball teams competed in separate tournaments Saturday, the softball squad at West Des Moines Valley and baseball at Martensdale-St. Mary’s. The #5 in 4A Indianola girls went 2-1 Saturday, falling to the hosting top-ranked in 5A Valley Tigers 12-0, and defeating #11 in 5A Des Moines Lincoln 4-3 and Boone 5-3. Kiley Kindelspire went 2-for-3 in both victories, racking up two triples in the process.

Indianola Summer Teams Compete in Saturday Tournaments

Central College is offering Junior Golf Nights on the school’s Ryerson Practice Facility this summer. Junior high and high school players may participate in any or all of the six sessions. Cost is $15 per session and golf balls are provided. They’ll be conducted June 8, 15, 22, and 29 and July 6 and 13. Players should meet at the A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex parking lot, southwest of P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium.

Central Offers Junior Golf Nights

The Pella Christian baseball team scored 28 combined runs Saturday to go 2-0 and win the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont tournament, while the Eagles softball squad went 0-2 at the Oskaloosa Tournament. The Pella Christian baseball team posted their two highest scoring outputs on the season Saturday, improving their record to 9-3 with...

Pella Christian Baseball Goes 2-0 at EBF Tournament, Softball Goes 0-2 at Oskaloosa Tourney

It will be a little bit different this weekend at the Knoxville Raceway this week. The USAC National Sprint Cars will make an appearance tonight and tomorrow night for the Avanti Windows and Doors Corn Belt Clash. Kyle Cummins currently leads the USAC National Sprint Car points by 22 over four-time points champion Brady Bacon who has won four times in a USAC event at Knoxville, sweeping the weekend back in 2019. The weekly 360 and 410 sprint cars will also be in action this week with the 360s tonight and the 410s tomorrow night. You can listen to both nights starting with Live Track Side at 5:00 and Race Nights Live at 7:00 on the DeYarman Automotive Radio Racing Network on KNIA. Live Track Side tonight will air on both 94.3 and 95.3 KNIA, while Race Nights Live will only air on 95.3 due to local sports coverage.

USAC Corn Belt Clash Is Tonight At Knoxville Raceway

Love Where You Live is a passion project sparked by love for the community and the desire to make Knoxville the best place it can be. The community was invited to attend the unveiling ceremony at the Auld Park Thursday. The Auld Park was the site of the first mural for the city. A good crowd was on hand for the event.

Love Where You Live Unveiling

The Indianola baseball and softball teams are back in action tonight for a single Little Hawkeye Conference game on the road at Pella. The Indians baseball team is looking for their first conference win after getting swept by Pella Christian in their opener on Wednesday, while the Indians softball team is flying high after scoring 32 runs in their opener against the Eagles. Head coach Stacy Evans said the Indians know that every conference win is crucial, and there are no easy games, so they will have to bring their “A” game and focus 100% on their opponent to get a win. Both games will be broadcast live, with softball on 92.1 KRLS beginning at 6:45, and baseball on 94.3 KNIA with pregame beginning at 7pm.

Indianola Baseball and Softball Head to Pella

An interactive week of activities incorporating the history of Pella’s Dutch heritage returns to the Pella Historical Village this summer. Lisa Zylstra is bringing back the Dutch Day Camp for the 31st year on July 17th to 21st, a program that includes Dutch games, speaking and singing in the native language, crafts, and history lessons. The camp is open to incoming 5th and 6th graders and programming will be co-hosted by Jim Uitermarkt and Dr. Ronald Rietveld. Registration costs $80 for Pella Historical Society members and $100 for non-members, and includes a daily sack lunch. Find details at the Pella Historical Museums website and hear more about the return of Dutch Day Camp on Monday’s Let’s Talk Pella.

Pella Historical Society Bringing Back Dutch Day Camp

It was a complete sweep by the Knoxville Boys and Girls of Summer in Eddyville on Thursday night as the class 3A #7 baseball squad routed the Rockets by a combined 23-2 score and the softball Panthers held on for a 5-4 win as the softball game was heard live on 95.3 KNIA. EBF got on the board in the 2nd inning with two runs, but the Panthers settled down and largely shut down the Rockets with stellar pitching from Ashlyn Finarty and two big home runs from Finarty and Ciara Heffron, a 5-2 Panther lead. However the Rockets refused to go away plating two runs in the bottom 6th but Knoxville slammed the door shut with a game ending double play as right fielder Jordyn Counts made an acrobatic catch then doubled off the runner at 2nd. Coach Carla Smith told KNIA/KRLS Sports, Finarty’s leadership from the circle proved big during the game.

Knoxville Softball Hangs On, 3A #7 Baseball drubbed EBF

Whether it’s Groundhog Day or a case of deja vu, the Class 1A boys state team tennis finals has had the same end result for four consecutive seasons. And despite their best efforts to end the reign of the Saints, the Pella boys tennis team fell to Xavier in the state championship match Thursday 5-1 at the University of Iowa tennis courts in Coralville. The Dutch could not climb out of an early hole against the now four-time defending title winners, dropping the first set in five of the six matches on the court. Beau Bush earned the lone Dutch victory, and despite holding a lead in a pivotal set three, Jack Briggs ultimately fell in the No. 1 singles match, which gave the Saints their best of nine matches needed to claim the top trophy again. This is the fourth consecutive season Pella has placed 2nd in the Class 1A tournament.

Pella Boys Tennis Team Falls to Xavier in Finals

Pleasantville, IA

The Pleasantville Trojan varsity baseball team won the Coon Rapids Baseball Tournament Saturday. Pleasantville won the opener of the tournament Saturday over Bedford 3-2 behind the pitching of Peyton Major who threw 76 pitches in the game. In the opener Caleb Cook was 2-of-4 at the plate as was Braylon Binigham, who also had two RBIs.

Trojans win Coon Rapids Baseball Tourney

The Melcher-Dallas Softball Squad went 0-2 on Saturday at the 40th Murray Invitational losing to Lamoni 7-6, and falling hard to East Union 15-2. In the Lamoni game, The Saints got down 6-3 and playing as the home team, clawed back to get it down to a one run game, but got no closer. The Saints were hampered by five errors in the loss. Peyton Anderson and Summer Karpan had two hits each with Anderson getting three RBI. Emma Clark took the loss pitching four innings. The Saints gave up nine runs in the 4th inning and could not recover. More fielding errors gave the Saints problems. Summer Karpan took the loss pitching 3 2/3 innings. Melcher-Dallas returns to action Monday hosting a double header with Orient-Macksburg.

Melcher-Dallas Softball Loses Twice In Murray

The first of two Indianola Chamber of Commerce Summer Nights Live concerts is Friday on the downtown Indianola square. The chamber changed the concerts to Summer Nights Live on the downtown Indianola square from Friday Night Live in Memorial Park, taking advantage of the finished construction on the Indianola downtown square. The Chamber will have Trainwreck on June 9th for the first show, with music from 7-9pm, and are family friendly. Find more information about the concert below.

Indianola Summer Nights Live Concert Friday

Last night shortly after 8:00 pm, the Knoxville Fire Department was dispatched to a reported residential fire in the 100 block of South Conrey. Crews arrived to find smoke throughout the main floor of the residence. They made entry to find a dryer on fire. Crews extinguished the fire and ventilated the structure.

Two Fires in Knoxville

The Knoxville Police Department will hold a Free Kids Fishing Day Saturday at the Marion County Park. The event is open for kids of all ages, 8-17. The event will include instruction and fishing. At 11 a.m. a free lunch will be served. There will be drawings for prizes. There...

Free Fishing Day Saturday

The Knoxville Public Reading Program is underway. It will run from May 30 through July 12 according to Holly Shelford. Shelford is the Youth Services Librarian, overseeing programs at the library, working from babies through the age of 18. Shelford tells KNIA/KRLS News, “This year our theme is called Find...

Knoxville Public Library Reading Program has Started

The City of Indianola is continuing work on the Parks Master Plan, a living document that will detail the long-term plans of current and future parks in the city. Parks and Rec Director Doug Bylund tells KNIA News a survey is available to the public right now, which will help determine the needs and wants of local parks.

Indianola Parks Master Plan to Detail Future Needs

The Pleasantville varsity baseball team swept a league baseball doubleheader over West Central Valley yesterday at home. The Trojans won 9-1 in the opener and closed with a 7-3 victory. Dylan Aldrich pitched a complete game in the opener striking out 10. Aldrich was also the top hitter in the...

Trojan Baseball Sweeps Twinbill from West Central Valley

The Knoxville City Council will meet in regular session Monday at 6:15 p.m. On the agenda is the mayor reading a National Garden Week Proclamation. The board looks to approve cemetery software implementation proposals from Cemify. The board is expected to approve façade improvement grants for 119 and 121 S...

Knoxville City Council to Meet Monday

Ankeny, IA

The Twin Cedars Baseball Squad fell to Ankeny Christian 6-4 on Friday night. The Sabers hung right with the Eagles and led 4-3 but three errors were their undoing. Kasey Clark hit a home run and had three RBI. Twin Cedars travels to Grandview Christian on Monday.

Twin Cedars Baseball Falls To ACA

Hartford, IA

The second annual Hartford BBQ Bash is coming in July, featuring activities including a bags tournament, water fights, live music, a farm to table dinner feed, and a smoke off meats competition. Sophia Eckert with Hartford Hometown Pride tells KNIA News they are currently taking registration for the meat smoking competition.

Hartford BBQ Bash Smoke Off Registration Open

The Des Moines Skydivers Club in Knoxville will be putting on an Open House later this month. Christy Brokens, one of the members, tells KNIA/KRLS News, “We’re going to host an Open House and the purpose of this is just for us to get to know the community and for the community to get to know us, because skydiving is such a community focused sport and event. So we just really wanted to bring a lot of fun activities into the hangar to draw people in. Just so they can come and hang out with us and enjoy the day.”

Des Moines Skydivers to hold Open House

The Indianola Public Library held the annual Summer Bash event Thursday evening despite the rain canceling the outdoor portion, welcoming hundreds of community members to celebrate the return of summer with multiple activities inside the library including board games and signing up for the summer reading program. Library Director Michele Patrick tells KNIA News she encourages all kids to participate in the summer reading program.

Indianola Library Hosts Summer Bash Event Despite Rain

Two Central College students have been granted highly competitive Research Experiences for Undergraduates through the National Science Foundation. Marissa Jonas, a Class of 2024 biology major from Blair, Nebraska, and Lauren Litterer, a Class of 2025 environmental studies major from Lake View, Iowa, received Research Experience for Undergraduates awards. Jonas...

Two Central Students Selected for National Science Foundation Summer Research

Norwalk, IA

This one was worth the wait. The Norwalk boys soccer team advanced to the Class 3A state championship game on Thursday night, knocking off top-seeded Des Moines Hoover 1-0 in a semifinal thriller at Cownie Soccer Park in Des Moines. The game was heard live on 94.3 KNIA as well as kniakrls.com.

Warriors knock off Hoover 1-0 on Brown’s late goal, advance to 3A state soccer final; Norwalk-Newton baseball on KNIA3 tonight

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Knoxville Mock Trial Advances to State

The Knoxville High School Mock Trial Team qualified for State for the sixth year in a row with a fourth place finish at Regionals Thursday in...

Knoxville Mock Trial Advances to State

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