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Osceola, Iowa’s Housing Boom: Working to Meet All Levels of Housing Needs
OSCEOLA, Iowa, April 24, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — At the beginning of the year, another call into the Clarke County Development Corporation’s (CCDC) offices rang, telling Executive Director, Bill Trickey, the Osceola Building Incentive Program is still connecting with home builders and developers. Since its inception in early 2019, the lot program, originally referred to as the “Free Land Program,” has resulted in more than a half dozen lots exchanged with developers and home builders in lieu of standard homeowner tax abatements.
Winterset Refuge treatment center move under protest by neighbors
WINTERSET, Iowa –Plans were all set to move to a new Refuge Treatment Center southwest of town, when an email came in telling them that the zoning they had applied under, and been approved for, was now not allowed. The center works as a residential Christian ministry treatment center. Men can stay from six months […]
Central Iowa family gets generous surprise on 'The Kelly Clarkson Show'
NORWALK, Iowa — Jennifer Ghelf and Dean Lange's lives wereturned upside down in a single afternoon back on Jan. 14. The couple's daughter, Faith, smelled smoke in the house and told her mother. Ghelf thought she'd find a stove burner on or another small source for the fire. Instead, she found the walls around their fireplace ablaze.
Iowa drug treatment program's move to new location now tied up in county zoning problems
MADISON COUNTY, Iowa — It was a packed Madison County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday morning. The hot topic was a new location for the Refuge, a men's residential drug and alcohol treatment center. The center is making efforts to move from its current location in the northern part...
Indianola Fire Department announces Fire Chief Greg Chia will retire at end of year
After leading the Indianola Fire Department for nearly 10 years, Fire Chief Greg Chia has announced his retirement, effective Dec. 31. Chia started his career as a firefighter in 1985 with the Des Moines Fire Department, where he worked for 30 years. He became Indianola’s fire chief in May 2015. During his tenure, he led Indianola through changes in skills, regulations and equipment as a combination department that provides both fire and emergency medical services in a district covering approximately 125 square miles in the center of Warren County. “You allowed me to be the chief I wanted to be – a chief officer who elevates success and celebrates the results of your professionalism and dedication,” Chia said of current and past staff in a prepared statement. A national search for Indianola’s next fire chief will begin in July.
Three-time James Beard Foundation semifinalist Matt Steigerwald leaves Wilson's Orchard
Less than two weeks after Ciderhouse Restaurant opened at Wilson's Orchard's new facilities in Cumming, culinary director and executive chef Matt Steigerwald decided to part ways with the company. “After 7 great years with Wilson’s — opening the Iowa City restaurant and now the long-awaited Des Moines property — I’ve...
L-S girls show off depth, finish second at Martensdale-St. Marys
MARTENSDALE — The Lynnville-Sully girls track and field team won three different types of events on Thursday. Foreign exchange student Helle Augustinussen won the long jump and the Hawks were victorious in both a sprint relay and a distance relay during the Martensdale-St. Marys Coed Invitational. Lynnville-Sully registered 14...
60 live animals, 7 dead found in Norwalk home
NORWALK, Iowa — The Norwalk Police Department is investigating a case of animal neglect after dozens of animals were found living in feces and trash-littered conditions in Norwalk last week. The Norwalk Police Department said it was called to a home in the 2200 block of Windflower Drive on Friday about an animal neglect situation. […]
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