The Knoxville High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2027 was announced Wednesday morning. Those to be inducted include: Dale Voyce, Class of...

The Knoxville City Council mulled a request by Connie Lane to approve a tax abatement application that had been submitted approximately 18 months...

A crowd of around 75 people gathered at the Knoxville Performing Arts Center on Sept. 30 for Thrive Knoxville’s Town Talk, focused on the $15.3...

Shawn Richard Passow, age 43 of Pella, has been accused of violating a no contact order on multiple occasions since May. He recently bonded out and...

An arraignment was scheduled for Oct. 16 at 9 a.m. in the animal neglect case against Brooklyn Chelca Elizabeth Showers, age 32 of Melcher. Marion...

A 25 car BNSF Railroad train derailment that occurred near Geneva Drive outside Pleasantville will likely take more time to clean up. “Salvage...

An arraignment was scheduled for Oct. 16 at 9 a.m. in the animal neglect case against Brooklyn Chelca Elizabeth Showers, age 32 of Melcher. Marion...

A group of Twin Cedars drama students have been hard at work preparing their fall show, an original work, “The Lost Girls of Neverland”. “We have a...

Three juveniles were booked through the Marion County Jail over the weekend, following an incident on Friday evening. Knoxville Police Chief Aaron...

Clifford Caylor, 71, of Chariton, passed away on September 27, 2026, at the LucasCounty Health Center in Chariton, Iowa. Services will be held on...

Denny Core, 75, passed away on September 26, 2026, in Des Moines, Iowa.Denny was born on May 16, 1951 to Forrest and Ethlyn Core. He grew up on a...

Shawn Richard Passow, age 43 of Pella, has been accused of violating a no contact order on multiple occasions since May. He recently bonded out and...

The Pella City Council took action on several items during Tuesday night’s regular meeting. Here is a summary of a few of those. ·       Approved...

TK Concrete was awarded a contract in the amount of $100,570 for an extension to the bike trail. There are three separate trail components in the...

A 25 car BNSF Railroad train derailment that occurred near Geneva Drive outside Pleasantville will likely take more time to clean up. “Salvage...

The Pleasantville School Board approved to have DLR Group move forward with designs for the HS kitchen (adding a new dry storage room, walk-in...

A group of Pleasantville High FFA freshmen have been busy raising eight pigs on the club’s livestock farm as part of a project. Creyton Jones,...

I’ve been pondering that a lot this week. It starts with the botched execution of kidnapper/murderer Christa Pike in Tennessee. Pike has been on...

The Pella City Council approved a change order for the Recreation Center project in the amount of $59,846.20 on Tuesday night. “The net cost to the...

Following a public hearing Tuesday night, the Pella City Council approved a resolution to award O&J Coatings a contract to paint the north...

Knoxville volleyball extended its South Central Conference winning streak with a 3 to 0 win at Chariton Tuesday night. With the win, the Panthers...

It was a long night for Pella volleyball on its home court on Oct. 1. The Lady Dutch hosted North Mahaska, Carlisle, Van Meter and Southeast Polk....

Pella volleyball fell 0 to 3 to conference rival Indianola on Sept. 29. The Indians defeated the Lady Dutch 12 to 25 in the first set. In the next...