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Memorial services for Jerry Roff, age 72, of Pleasantville will be held Saturday, February 4th at 12:00pm at the Mason Funeral Home. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service. Memorials may be made to Pleasantville Church Christ or to the family. Online condolences may be bertrandfuneralhomes.com.

Funeral services for Shawna Maasdam will be held at 10:30am, Monday, February 6th at the Sully First Reformed Church. Visitation will be held from 3:00-5:00 pm, Sunday also at the church. The Garden Chapel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

A private burial for Ted Lee Hulgan, age 59, of Knoxville will take place at Greenwood Cemetery at a later date. Ted’s wishes were to be cremated. Winfield Funeral Home of Knoxville is in charge of arrangements.

Funeral services for Melissa D. Elko age 60, formerly of Knoxville will be held on Monday, February 6th at 10:30am in the Chapel of the Williams Funeral Home in Knoxville. Entombment will be made at the Memorial Lawn Mausoleum in Ottumwa. Visitation with the family present will be held on Sunday from 2:00-4:00pm at the Williams Funeral Home.

The Indianola Chamber of Commerce annual dinner and awards ceremony is one week away, the chamber’s first in-person annual dinner since 2019. Chamber President and CEO Amanda Zwanziger tells KNIA News the speaker this year will be author Eric Recker with the theme of Win The Now, and is all about taking advantage of the unique opportunities afforded in Indianola, and using the momentum that has been building for years to help Indianola reach its potential.

Young’s Park, Auld Park, Edward’s Park, Brooks Garden, Veteran’s Park and East Park, are all facilities Knoxville Parks and Recreation Director Brandon Nemmers takes care of. He also directs operations at the Recreation Center, maintains the Competine Trail as well as oversees Graceland Cemetery. At the recreation...

The Knoxville girls varsity soccer team will have a new coach in 2023 as Bethany Johnson takes over for Matt Ritchhart. The team will be doing a fundraiser at Pella Applebee’s for Knoxville Girls Soccer. It goes from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday, February 7. If you order one of 5 menu items off the list, Applebee’s will donate 50% of your bill to the girls team.

Knoxville Area Community Theatre (K-ACT) will be holding auditions for the play Little Women from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, February 4, and from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, February 5, at Memorial Hall in Knoxville. Marty Adkins, the director of K-ACT tells KNIA/KRLS News they have never done Little Women here...

The students of Pella High School’s Orchestra are excited to share their work with the community next week. Students Loic O’Neil, Aidan Smith, Rachael Stratton, and Clayton Flattery invite the public to “An Evening of Music at Tamory Hall” on Thursday, February 9th at 7:30 p.m. in downtown Pella. The students say they’ve been challenged this year to perform a different type of music, and they will featuring a unique variety at the upcoming performance. Hear more about the orchestra at Pella High School on today’s Let’s Talk Pella.

IN THE PAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS MARION COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO 32 CALLS FOR SERVICE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: NINE EXTRA PATROL REQUESTS, FIVE MOTORIST ASSISTS, THREE PAPER SERVICE ATTEMPTS, TWO DEER CALLS, ONE DISTURBING PEACE AND QUIET CALL, ONE SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE, ONE CIVIL CALL, ONE DOMESTIC, ONE TRANSPORT, ONE VEHICLE UNLOCK, ONE WANTED SUBJECT, ONE TRESPASS CALL, ONE UNLICENSED DRIVER, ONE MISSING PERSON, ONE THEFT, ONE RESCUE, ONE DOG CALL.

Why do our first responders do what they do? In the eighth part of a ten-part program on public safety, join us today as Dr. Bob Leonard goes “In Depth” with Chief Cal Wyman and members of Knoxville Fire and Rescue. Podcast: Play in new window | Download.

Braydon John Epping, 18 of Knoxville, was charged with two felonies for an alleged incident on. November 30, 2022. He was charged with Burglary in the Third Degree and Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree. Court records state that Epping was charged with Burglary in the Third Degree as a...

Indianola Middle School held a career fair for 8th grade students Thursday, inviting different career cluster categories to represent their area of expertise such as engineering, security, and others including KNIA Radio. Counselor Lacey Cherniss tells KNIA News the goal of the career fair is to allow the students to...

In a back and forth match, the Knoxville Wrestling Squad fell one point short of advancing in the class 2A regional duals to Burlington-Notre Dame 39-38 on Tuesday night in Williamsburg. The Panthers actually got out to a 12-0 lead early on a forfeit at 220 points and Trenton Kingery’s pin fall at 285. But the Nikes would rack up four straight pins to go up 24-12, but back came the Panthers would get back in it with ten points in a row with a Marco Alejo pin and a Luke Spaur major decision to make it 24-22. West Burlington-Notre Dame would put nine more points on the board and go up 33-22. Knoxville was not done yet as the Panthers would get a major decision from Tristian Sinnard at 160 pounds and a Daniel Gorskikh pin at 170 to make the score 33-32 heading into the final two matches, but the Nikes salted it away with their star C.J. Walrath, who is ranked #1 at 182 pounds gave West Burlington-Notre Dame an insurmountable seven point lead heading into the final bout of the match in which Wayne Johnston won by pin to get the final margin to one at 195 pounds. Knoxville falls to 9-4 in duals and the Panthers dual meet season is not quite over as the Panthers will wrestle in a triangular next Tuesday at Martensdale-St. Mary’s.

Why do our first responders do what they do? In the ninth part of a ten part program on public safety, join us today as Dr. Bob Leonard goes “In Depth” with Knoxville Police Chief Aaron Fuller. Podcast: Play in new window | Download. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts |...

Facilities and maintenance for Marion County is headed up by Chris Nesteby. The department of seven takes care of the maintenance and construction needs for most county owned facilities. Most of the work is performed at Public Health, the courthouse, the law enforcement center, the 3014 building on east Main Street and the 6th Street Annex.

Six Norwalk Community High School student-athletes participated in Wednesday’s National Signing Day by signing letters of intent to compete at the collegiate level. The list of senior signees includes three Warrior football players. Quarterback Landon Hochstein signed with Butler University in Indianapolis, while offensive lineman Ben Liedtke and kicker Gabe Johnson both signed with Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge.

Our guest today is Chris Nesteby, Director of Facilities and Maintenance for Marion County, as we talk about his job. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | Subscribe to Let's Talk Knoxville Podcast.

The Indianola Concert Association is hosting their next performance later this month, featuring Parallel Exit. Parallel Exit is a three-person New York City based nouveau vaudeville company that mixes song and dance with slapstick physical comedy. Parallel Exit has been performing together since 1997, and features a family friendly show that explains how the vaudeville circuit entertained a century ago. The performance will be on February 20th in the Indianola High School auditorium at 7pm. Find ticket information below.

Enjoy highlights from this past week’s basketball action as heard on KNIA and KRLS.