Love and service were the themes that wound throughout the celebration of life — and grief at the death — of Jay Byers, 25th president of Simpson College, in Indianola and Des Moines on Thursday and Friday.
Indianola’s Kiya Koda Humane Society’s first fundraiser in 50 years lived up to its name last week — Raising the Woof and collecting $129,000 for the shelter and its animals.
Friday will be Jay Byers Day, decreed Indianola Mayor Steve Richardson during an Indianola council meeting on Monday.
The Carlisle school board received the bids and selected a contractor to install new bleachers at the high school during its April 14 meeting.
The Indianola Police Department, following a joint investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Warren County Attorney's Office, has charged Melissa Hancock, 51, of Ind…
The Golden Valley Drive improvements project was officially finished last week after the Norwalk City Council accepted the completed work and …
The Indianola Public Library has a due date coming up, and it’s a big one.
Board of Trustees Chair Terry Handley ’09 has been named acting president of Simpson College, effective immediately. Handley was unanimously a…
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Indianola City Treasurer Doug Shull received the Keep Iowa Beautiful Service Award in recognition as one of the organization’s founders and se…
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has awarded 33 Choose Iowa value-added grants to Iowa farmers and small businesses loc…
On Wednesday, April 23rd, Rep. Samantha Fett (R-Carlisle) of House District 22 successfully floor managed her first piece of legislation throu…
On Monday, April 28, 2025, at 11 a.m., union members, workers, and community leaders will gather at Union Labor Park, 4640 Morningstar Drive, …
The World Food Prize Foundation is pleased to announce that Isabell Olsasky has been selected as a 2025 Borlaug-Ruan International Intern. Ols…
The following Central College students from Warren County are participating in internships this spring:
The Iowa Farm Bureau Foundation awarded college scholarships to Southeast Warren High School senior Isabell Olsasky of Milo. The first-time re…
This spring, 44 Central College students are participating in a service-learning opportunity to build civic engagement, including four student…
Central College student Annaliese Miller of Indianola is studying at University of Ghana, in Legon, Ghana during the Spring Semester 2025. Mil…
Ivy Porterfield of Milo has been named to the 2024 fall trimester Dean's List at Palmer College of Chiropractic's Main Campus in Davenport.
LeRoy Charles Rodgers of Milo died Jan. 29, 2025, in Branson, Mo.
Mary Greenwood Brown was a beautiful soul whose love, spirit, and humor will be with us forever. She grew up in Clarinda, Iowa, and graduated …
Jay Byers, 54, of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away unexpectedly on April 17, 2025. A devoted husband, father, and community leader, Jay leaves be…
Danny Udall Law, born on August 18, 1948, in Maryville, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Indianola, Iowa, at the age of 76.
In loving memory of Marjorie Hirsch Rodgers who passed away Saturday, April 19, 2025, at The Village.
Berniece Loraine Collins was born July 14, 1930, in Sandyville, Iowa, the daughter of Paul Guy and Mildred (Welshhons) Long.
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In Tuesday night's American Rivers Conference doubleheader action, the Simpson College baseball team defeated Nebraska Wesleyan 5-1 before fal…
Emma LaFave proved to be nearly unhittable in the opener, leading Simpson to a 2-0 against Luther win before the bats came alive in the second…
There was not much opposing pitching staffs could do to stop Ashlyn Steen last week, as the junior centerfield was named the A-R-C Player of t…
Trenten Kingrey went yard twice, Bryson Gibson added another, and Trey Castile dealt eight strikeouts across seven shutout innings to propel t…
The Indianola girls track team won the Ron Werling Relays in Indianola Thursday, winning five relays on the day to amass 133 points, with Carl…
Saturday at Indianola Stadium was highlighted by a Warren County soccer derby between two girls soccer teams ranked in class 2A.
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Early this month, the U.S. Department of Education issued an ultimatum to K-12 public schools and state education agencies: Certify that you are not engaging in discrimination under the banner of diversity, equity and inclusion, or risk losing federal funding — including billions in support …
A bill advanced from the Iowa House Thursday that would regulate anaerobic digesters, or systems that break down organic material in an oxygen-deprived system to produce usable biogas and fertilizer, at animal feeding operations.
Iowa is an outlier for the wrong reasons, according to several environmental advocates who spoke at the Harkin Institute’s annual wellness symposium, which this year focused on the future of clean water.
State universities are planning to increase tuition for undergraduate and graduate students once again this fall, pending approval from the Iowa Board of Regents, according to board documents released Tuesday.
Iowa State University has been awarded more than $2 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to carry out six research projects that will help prevent and combat animal disease outbreaks.
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