Let’s Talk Knoxville: Angela Nelson

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.

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.

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.

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 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...

State Representative Barb Kniff-McCulla discusses the latest in Iowa House District 37 and ongoing work in the 2023 Iowa Legislative Session. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | Subscribe to Let's Talk Pella.

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.

Why do our first responders do what they do? In the seventh part of a ten-part program on public safety, join us today as Dr. Bob Leonard goes “In Depth” with Detective Brad Meltcalf with the Indianola police department. Podcast: Play in new window | Download. Subscribe: Apple...

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 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.

Today’s Peoples Bank Let’s Talk Indianola features Warren County Emergency Management Coordinator Troy Bass about the emergency alert system in Warren County. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | Subscribe to Let's Talk Indianola.

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.

Central College and Pella Public Library welcome the award-winning author and performer Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainey for a performance at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, Cox-Snow Auditorium, on the Central campus. The public is invited to An Evening with Caleb Rainey: The Heart of a Negro Artist. His appearance Feb. 28 will showcase a performance followed by an onstage interview by “Dr. Bob” Robert Leonard, KNIA/KRLS reporter.

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.

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.

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.

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...

The new Indianola location of the Many Hands Thrift Market will open this spring. The store will include secondhand clothes, accessories, home décor pieces, kitchenware, toys, and more. The store will also offer specialty items like fair trade and Haitian-made products. Many Hands CEO Tim Brand said in a...

Republican Iowa Secretary of State, Paul Pate, was the guest speaker for the Knoxville Rotary Club Wednesday. Pate centered his speech on stopping human trafficking and asked the crowd if they see something suspicious to report it to law enforcement. Pate told KNIA/KRLS News what his main message was in...