[simage=7391,200,y,left] Knoxville City Manager Harold Stewart has announced that Dylan Feik has accepted the offer to become the Assistant City Manager of Knoxville.
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The Knoxville School District is revising its Code of Conduct policies, with plans to change ineligibility punishments for next school year.
The Pella Farmer’s Market kicked off Thursday While it was too early in the year for the market to have many vegetables, lettuce and other leafy greens were on sale, along with vegetable plants and spice plants that have already started to grow.
A resilient Cornell team pushed Central all the way to the brink, but the Dutch held on to a one-run lead in the bottom of the ninth to secure a 6-5 Iowa Conference victory Saturday afternoon; clinching a share of the league title in the process.
Central College turned in four scores in the 70s and jumped to a 19-stroke lead in the second round of the Iowa Conference men’s golf tournament Saturday at Bos Landen Golf Club.
Former Knoxville High School runner Alex Edwards was one of a quartet of freshmen that broke a decades-old Central College record in the Distance Medley Relay at the Drake Relays on Saturday.
A social worker with the Department of Human Services who works in Knoxville was shot at in Indianola on Friday. Nicholas Augustine of rural Indianola shot at the social worker as she fled residence.
Hundreds of people lined the streets of Pleasantville Friday as they honored a Marion County soldier. 1st Sergeant Eddie Viers was laid to rest in the Swan Cemetery with full military honors accorded by the US Army.
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The human cost of Teresa Miller’s murder was clearly seen as Teresa’s family shared their feelings with the court and the two men found guilty of killing Teresa in Friday’s sentencing hearing.
The Week of the Young Child is wrapping up. The Week of the Young Child promotes early literacy efforts for young children. Amy Zuck with Crossroads Cares, part of Crossroads of Pella, says every moment in a child’s life is a learning moment.
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Randy Lang was sentenced to a 20 year suspended prison sentence and three years probation in Marion County District Court Friday morning.
Next week is Soil and Water Conservation Week. Soil and water conservation efforts do have an impact on our area. Lake Red Rock drains nearly a quarter of Iowa and even some parts of Minnesota, and as a result it collects sediment from the farmlands that drain into it.
April was National Garden Month, but if you didn’t get enough gardening in there is still time to attend a workshop on container gardening before the month is over.