Pleasantville, IA

Indianola, IA

A Celebration of Life for Charlotte Wilson will be held Friday, March 24th, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Inurnment will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations may be given to the Carlisle Public Library or the Music Department of the Carlisle Methodist Church. To sign an online condolence, visit www.overtonfunerals.com.

Charlotte Wilson

Woodburn, IA

Funeral Mass for Doyle Rankin, age 87 of Woodburn will be held 10:00am Friday, March 24th at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Indianola. Burial will take place in Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial in Omaha at a later date.

Doyle Rankin

Norwalk, IA

Services for Carol Jean “Jeanie” Mowrer age 80, of Norwalk will be held at 11:00am Wednesday, March 22nd at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. The family will greet friends prior to services from 10 until service time. Graveside services will be held at 3:00pm Wednesday in the Brethren Cemetery in Dallas Center.

Carol Jean “Jeanie” Mowrer

Pella, IA

Central College landed 20 student-athletes on the winter sports American Rivers Conference all-academic team, announced last week. A trio of seniors became three-time honorees for Central as women’s basketball player Danae Greig, men’s basketball player Bradon Annegers and wrestler Julian Rodriguez were honored for the third time. The men’s basketball team had three recipients honored in consecutive seasons: Kaleb Brand, Nolan Brand and Kole Tupa. Senior women’s basketball player Jessica Carithers and wrestlers Spencer Daves and Gage Linahon were also repeat honorees.

Central Places 20 on Conference Winter Academic List

The Indianola boys track and field team will have competitors continue the early portion of their season tomorrow, splitting the team between the indoor meet at Grinnell and a meet at Waukee NW High School. Head coach Matt Oliver said the squad lost a lot of talent to graduation, but he thinks this younger team will be able to step up and fill those varsity roles after a top 10 finish at the state meet last year.

Indianola Boys Track Set for Outdoor Season to Start

Knoxville, IA

Freedom for Youth in Knoxville will be holding two Easter Egg Hunts this week for teenagers. The organization will hold an Easter Egg Hunt Friday for high school students in grades 9-12th from 5 until 6 p.m. The event will be held at Foursquare Church in Knoxville, located at 1220 East Pleasant.

Freedom For Youth Teen Easter Egg Hunt’s

A winner of the NBC singing competition The Voice is returning to the Pella Opera House this week. Jordan Smith will perform hits from his Christian repertoire this Friday at 7 p.m. During the 2021 Christmas season, Smith sold out the Opera House for a holiday-themed program. Smith was showcased...

Jordan Smith Returns to Pella Opera House Friday

One possible strength for the Knoxville Girls Track and Field Squad this season may be the sprints to the distance races. Coach Michael Splavec tells KNIA/KRLS Sports they have got several freshmen from a middle school program that had success last spring, plus junior and senior leadership to show the younger runners what high school track and field is like.

Running Events Could Be Strong For Knoxville Girls Track And Field

The Knoxville Public Library will be holding Trivia Night Thursday starting at 6 p.m. and running until roughly 7:30 according to Knoxville Library Director Roslin Thompson. There is no charge for the event and it is open to all ages. According to Thompson you can come and play as an individual or bring a team.

Knoxville Public Library Trivia Night

Lincoln, IA

The Knoxville Noon Kiwanis Easter Egg Event is scheduled for Saturday, April 8 starting at 1 p.m. for children 0 to 12 years of age. The event will be held at the corner of Lincoln and Madison Street. The first 400 children to check in will receive a starter bag provided by the sponsors of the event.

The Knoxville Noon Kiwanis Easter Egg Event

Iowa State

Let’s consider 2022 to be an unexpected rebuild year for Pella girls track and field team. From a state meet perspective, it was down from some of the recent heights of the program, but there were bright spots that may shine more this coming spring. The Dutch were a solid runner up in the Little Hawkeye Conference and runaway 3A district meet champions in Bondurant with 152.5 team points. Considering a solid core of talent, it was a bit of a disappointment from the team’s perspective to have finished t-20th at Drake Stadium in a super deep Class 3A field at state. But many of those faces are back, and with a mix of newcomers also bringing in new energy and speed, there’s no reason to think the green and white can’t climb themselves back into the top 10 and potentially more in Class 3A this spring season.

Pella Girls Seeking Rebound in Class 3A on Track in 2023

A local non-profit is bringing back a popular fundraiser to support their programs overseas. Many Hands is hosting Hotcakes for Haiti on Sunday, March 26th, at the Third Church Fellowship Hall in Pella, between 7:30 am and 1:00 pm. This year free-will donations will go towards raising $15,000 to help repair the community center in Abaco.

Many Hands Hosting Pancake Fundraiser

While they do return quality experience to the squad this season, the Pella Christian girls track and field team will have a lot of youth. The Eagles, who have just three seniors on the squad this year, return two State Qualifiers from last spring in seniors Cara Veenstra and Anna De Boef. Freshmen make up most of the Pella Christian roster, with 10 of the 18 girls out for track and field just entering high school. While there is a lot of youth on the team, Eagles head coach Keith Anderson believes his squad could shock some people this year.

Youth Will be Prominent for Pella Christian Girls Track and Field This Spring

Our guest today on Let’s Talk Knoxville is Jason Reed, General Manager at Knoxville Raceway as we talk about improvements at the Knoxville track. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | Subscribe to Let's Talk Knoxville Podcast.

Let’s Talk Knoxville:Jason Reed

Our guest today on Let’s Talk Knoxville is Angie Jones, Wellness Coordinator at the Knoxville Recreation Center as we talk about some upcoming programs. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | Subscribe to Let's Talk Knoxville Podcast.

Let’s Talk Knoxville: Angie Jones

The Knoxville City Council is scheduled to meet tonight in regular session at 6:15 p.m. On the agenda is accepting a bid and awarding a contract to TK Concrete for the Conrey Street Sewer Improvements Project. Also approving a contract between the city of Knoxville and Thrive Knoxville for a mural on city owned property.

Knoxville City Council to Meet Tonight

The Kiwanis Club of Pella will host their annual easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 1st at 10:30 a.m., with a rain date of Saturday, April 8th. Children four and under will have a designated area to search and 5-8 year olds will have another space. The KNIA/KRLS Lil’ Big Red Radio will be there for announcements and music.

Pella Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt Returns April 1st

The Indianola Public Library is hosting a Puzzle Building Competition in April. Teams of five will compete to see who can complete a 500 piece puzzle the fastest, with the winner receiving a prize. The competition is for those aged 18 and up, and takes place April 6th from 6-8pm. Find registration information with this story on KNIAKRLS.com.

Indianola Library Holding Puzzle Building Competition

Following a successful 2022 track and field season, the Pella Christian boys track and field squad has some big shoes to fill in their effort of getting more athletes to the State Meet. Of the Eagles’ eight boys that competed at the Blue Oval for last year’s State Meet, just...

Big Shoes to Fill for Pella Christian Boys Track and Field

As Tulip Time draws near on the calendar, an annual tradition is set to return to Pella for the 30th year. Chris Allen with Crossroads of Pella says the Klompen Classic 5K is coming back on Wednesday, May 3rd. He says the race not only supports the programming at Crossroads of Pella, but also serves as a community kick off to Tulip Time festivities, with an average of 2000 participants racing annually for the past several years. Find registration details for the Klompen Classic here.

Crossroads of Pella Gearing Up for 30th Klompen Classic

The annual Simpson College Women in America lecture is tonight. The lecture will feature Simpson alum JoDee Winterhof, who is the Senior Vice President, Policy, and Political Affairs with the Human Rights Campaign. Since 1990, the Women in America Lecture has been the keynote event for Women’s History Month at Simpson College. The Women in America lecture will be in Hubbell Hall in the Kent Campus Center on the Simpson College campus at 1pm today.

Simpson College Women in America Lecture Tonight

Knoxville, TN

The Knoxville City Council met in regular session Monday night. No action was taken for the Conrey Street Sewer Improvements Project. The project was tabled earlier in the month because a homeowner in the area has concerns about an easement. Knoxville City Manager Heather Ussery, tells KNIA/KRLS News “Since that...

Knoxville City Council Tables Conrey Street Improvement

An area that Knoxville Boys Track and Field is looking to score a lot of points this season is the field events. Coach Eric Kellar has several candidates that are in the mix for varsity spots and it may take a little time to figure it all out due to most of the positions having a lot of competition. Kellar tells KNIA/KRLS Sports his assistants have already seen the potential in the throwing events.

Jerry Roff

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