Vern Connett, Jr.

Funeral services for Shirley McPherson age 97 will be held 2:00pm Friday, January 27th at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola, with burial following in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held prior to services from 1:00-2:00 at the funeral home.

A Celebration of Life for Marita “Rita” K, Raney will be held on March 10 at Celebrate Community Church in Knoxville from 12:00-2:00pm. Rita’s wishes were to be cremated. The Winfield Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Merrietta’s wishes were to be cremated. No services are planned at this time for Merrietta (Curtis) Stanley, of Knoxville. Merrietta’s wishes were to be cremated. The Winfield Funeral Home is assisting her family.

Rick Hurt with the South Central Iowa Solid Waste Agency (SCISWA) said his organization puts out a calendar every year and they have done so for at least the last eight years. It is a calendar with a theme, which for 2023, was Composting. The calendar became a contest that drew around 550 entries from area third through fifth grade students in the SCISWA planning area, which covers Marion, Monroe, Lucas and Poweshiek counties.

The Knoxville Bowling Squads will make one final appearance at Statesmen Lanes in Oskaloosa for a home meet against Creston today. The Panthers, while not seeing wins this year, are seeing progress. Coach Shaun Renard is pleased with the progress and hopes the mental aspect of the game also keeps getting better.

A two-vehicle accident took place on Highway 65/69 in Indianola Wednesday afternoon that included a rollover and impeded traffic for a short time. The accident took place at approximately 2:30pm, with the two vehicles in the southbound lane, both vehicles ended in the west ditch with one flipped over. The Indianola Fire Department, Indianola Police Department, and Carlisle Police Department and possibly other agencies responded to the scene. More information will be released as it becomes available.

The Indianola girls basketball team needed late-game heroics to pull off the victory Tuesday night on the road at Oskaloosa 51-50, while the Indianola boys used a strong second half to pull away to complete the sweep 67-44. The Indians girls won the first quarter leading 12-8, but quickly saw...

The Knoxville Boys Basketball Squad took care of business Tuesday night dispatching Centerville 73-50 while the girls were locked down all night in a 43-40 loss heard live on 95.3 KNIA. The boys had to win to set up a virtual winner-take all showdown for the South Central Conference title Friday night in Eddyville. While the Panthers started off slowly at first…they caught fire in the second quarter and pulled away with a 14-0 run in the second quarter, and gradually pulled away, getting the lead as high as 25. Post player Jack Bertrand told KNIA/KRLS Sports early adversity gave them a chance to get back on the saddle.

Pella Christian High School will host the sixteenth annual All-City Speech Night tonight at 7:00 pm. The festival will showcase all the 2023 Large Group Speech events of both city high schools. A free-will donation will be taken to be divided between both schools. Click here for a full list of state qualifiers from Pella and PCHS.

The Indianola boys swimming team has one of their last tune-up meets before postseason begins tonight hosting Marshalltown, while the Indianola girls and boys basketball teams travel to Oskaloosa for a conference doubleheader. The Indians are coming off of a strong performance at the Little Hawkeye Conference meet hosted at...

Indianola Parks and Rec is partnering with the Warren County Extension Office to host the annual Think Spring Garden Seminar for those interested in gardening and Master Gardeners. Kathy Kester with Indianola Parks and Rec tells KNIA News the seminar will have experts on hand to discuss gardening, featured speakers, and vendors on hand for shopping. Master Gardeners will also earn credits for attending. The event will be in the Kent Campus Center on the Simpson College campus on February 25th from 9am to 3pm. For registration information, click below.

The Marion County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday. The board heard presentations from the five city librarians in the county for FY24 Funding Request as well as the IMPACT Annual Report. The five libraries are asking for a base of $5,000 each out of $100,000 being requested, with the rest...

Knoxville Police Chief Aaron Fuller announced that his department handled over 9,000 calls in 2022, which was down compared to the year before. Fuller tells KNIA/KRLS News about comparing numbers from 2022, “So, last year we responded to 9,163 calls for service. That has decreased by about eight percent from 2021.That’s a good thing.”

The Knoxville Bowling Squads fell to Bondurant-Farrar on Tuesday. The boys lost 2941-2593 with Troy Binns scoring a high game of 235 and Tirusten Carter scoring a high series with a 386. The girls also fell 2358-2019. Jasmine Holbrook had a high game of 175 and Charlye Willis had a high series of 305. The Panthers will play Oskaloosa on Thursday.

It’s now less than 100 days to Tulip Time in Pella, and work will continue to ramp up between now and May 4th as the celebration nears. As Pella Historical Society and the Tulip Time Steering Committee prepare to welcome 150,000 guests for the first weekend in May and when the tulips are in full bloom in April, a group of ambassadors of the community are rehearsing and getting special training ahead of their own journey.

Indianola Parks and Rec is hosting the next installment of their Afternoon Adventures Speaker Series one week from today, featuring the Underground Railroad movements in southwest Iowa, including details about activities in Madison and Warren County. Kathy Kester with Indianola Parks and Rec tells KNIA News Madison County Historical Society President Linda Griffith Smith and former Warren County Historical Society President Deb Taylor will host a program about the Underground Railroad movements, and the punishments for helping your fellow man that included prison, a $10,000 bounty, and your life. The Afternoon Adventures Speaker Series will be on January 31st from 2-3pm at the Indianola Activity Center.

The Norwalk girls and boys basketball teams will both be gunning for a Little Hawkeye Conference sweep tonight when the Warriors host Pella Christian. The girl-boy varsity doubleheader starts at 6:15 p.m., airing live on 92.1 KRLS as well as kniakrls.com. The games will also be streamed live on the Warrior Productions YouTube channel.

Today’s Peoples Bank Let’s Talk Indianola features Indianola Superintendent Ted Ihns about the Education Savings Accounts bill passed by the Iowa legislature. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | Subscribe to Let's Talk Indianola.

IN THE PAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS MARION COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO 33 CALLS FOR SERVICE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: SEVEN PAPER SERVICE ATTEMPTS, FIVE EXTRA PATROL REQUESTS, FIVE MOTORIST ASSISTS, TWO SUSPICIOUS VEHICLES, RETURNED TWO PHONE CALLS, TWO ACCIDENTS, ONE JUVENILE CALL, ONE VEHICLE UNLOCK, ONE VEHICLE INSPECTION, ONE RESCUE CALL, ONE RECKLESS DRIVER, ONE THEFT CALL, ONE DOG CALL, ONE WANTED SUBJECT, AND TWO OTHER CALLS.

Indianola High School senior Lizzy Orey was awarded a scholarship from the Greater Des Moines Partnership as announced last week, the inaugural Career Launch Scholarships. Orey will receive $1,000 towards secondary education. The Career Launch Scholarship was created to support regional high school students in their career and educational goals...