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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.

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.

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.

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 |...

Knoxville native Charles Holdefer will be reading from his new novel “Don’t Look at Me,” at the Knoxville Public Library Thursday, February 9 at 6:00 p.m. Holdefer attended Melcher-Dallas and Knoxville schools, and later the University of Iowa. He now lives in Brussels, Belgium. Holdefer returns to Knoxville every year to visit family and to teach at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival.

Knoxville Police Chief Aaron Fuller tells KNIA/KRLS News that his department handled over 9,000 calls in 2022, which was down compared to the year before. Fuller noted his department had an 18 percent increase in calls for service, such as funeral escorts, car unlocks, welfare checks, extra patrol and motorist assists, etc.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pella Fire Chief Randy Bogaard has been leading the Pella Fire Department for a just over a year. Bogaard has been adjusting over the past year to some of the administrative duties on top of still being in the service. In his first year, Bogaard oversaw a major call last year in a downtown Pella fire, and saw a new engine purchased by the City of Pella come into service — a project led by his predecessor Doug Van Gorkom. Hear more about the Pella Fire Department on the In Depth Podcast.

Our guest today on Let’s Talk Knoxville is Leslie VanderLinden, President of the Marion County Humane Society as talk about the shelter. 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 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.

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...

Indianola Parks and Rec is hosting the next installment of their Afternoon Adventures Speaker Series this afternoon, 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 from 2-3pm at the Indianola Activity Center.

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 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.

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.

Marion County Humane Society President Leslie VanderLinden tells KNIA/KRLS News the facility is operating at full capacity. Currently there are 40 dogs ready to be adopted and around 30 to 35 cats. The cat numbers are normally higher but they recently ran a special which brought the numbers down. A...