Vehicle Fire Sunday in Knoxville

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.

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...

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.

Steve Edwards, the Executive Director of the Marion County Conservation Department, oversees three parks, Marion County Park, Cordova Park and Roberts Creek Park. His department gave the Marion County Board of Supervisors an overall budget proposed at $1.7 million for the fiscal year 2023-2024. According to Edwards his department generates roughly 40 percent of the revenue towards his budget. That is right around $700,000.

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 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 |...

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.

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.

A few of the improvements put into the City of Knoxville parks budget looking ahead for fiscal year 2024 includes a parks shop, a drinking fountain at the Miracle Park, signage and lines to be painted on some tennis courts for pickleball. The budget for recreation was purchasing treadmills and...

Our guest today on Let’s Talk Knoxville is Brandon Nemmers, he is the Parks and Recreation Director in Knoxville, as we talk about his job. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | Subscribe to Let's Talk Knoxville Podcast.

The show choirs of Pella High School return to competition after a weekend away. Acapella, Bravo, and Pelladrenaline will all perform at Mt. Pleasant Music in Motion, with the middle school starting at 9 a.m., prep students at 11:45 a.m., and varsity at 3:30 p.m. Pella has already been tops in their class at their first two shows of the season at Muscatine and DCG.

The Indianola Public Library is continuing the SOUP-er Bowl tomorrow, a friendly competition between local businesses and organizations to provide a hot soup meal to the community. Adult Services Librarian Jacy West tells KNIA News each Friday until February 10th, different groups will have soups available at the Indianola Public Library for the community to eat and vote on who made the best soup, with space available for promotional material next to the soup.

Our guest today on Let’s Talk Knoxville was Heather Ussery, Knoxville City Manager, as we talk about the most recent city council meeting. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | Subscribe to Let's Talk Knoxville Podcast.

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 Knoxville Girls basketball Squad could not hold up to the more physical Bondurant-Farrar on Thursday night and fell 58-38 to the Bluejays. A close game was broken open in the 3rd quarter when the Bluejays unleashed a 14-1 run to take the lead from three to 16 after Knoxville had trimmed a halftime deficit from nine to three. The Panthers also committed 26 turnovers and were out-rebounded 31-18. Coach Matt Ritchhart told KNIA/KRLS Sports while the loss did not indicate it, his girls came to play and competed.

Funeral services for James Edward Ver Meer age 84, of Pella will be held on Saturday, February 4th at 2:00pm at Second Reformed Church in Pella. Burial will follow in the Oakwood Cemetery in Pella. Visitation for the public will begin at 2:00pm on Friday at the church, with the family present from 4:00-6:00pm in the Gathering Space at the church. Memorials may be given for the Hospice of Pella Comfort House.

Four local wrestlers will compete at the first sanctioned Iowa Girls Wrestling State Tournament today in Iowa City, Summer Wolff and Lanie Frericks from Indianola, Madilyn Rowson from Pleasantville, and Glorious Fridley from Southeast Warren. Wolff was seeded 23rd in the 135lb bracket, and will match up with 10th seeded...

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.

The Marion County Board of Supervisors recently wrapped up budget hearings from all the county department heads. Most had requests for extra money for their departments. One of the departments that didn’t request extra was facilities and maintenance 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.

Indianola Parks and Rec is currently taking registrations for youth softball leagues for 1st through 5th grade athletes. Kathy Kester with Indianola Parks and Rec tells KNIA News the program is all volunteer led and held on weeknights at Pickard or Moats Park, and will tentatively begin the week of April 3rd. The league also guarantees availability for all athletes who sign up by Friday, February 17th. To register, click below.