Indianola News

The Warren County Auditor's Office has been a popular place to be Monday, as residents vote early on a proposal to build a casino near Norwalk.

Burial will follow in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Hilda was born Dec. 15, 1914, in Warren County to Vance and Georgia Rodgers.

Stagecoach lines began in Iowa in the 1830s and continued until sometime in 1870s.

The Story County Sheriff's Office says 37-year-old Heidi Denio, of Iowa Falls, told people she was suffering from terminal cancer.

Warren County voters have turned out in record numbers to cast ballots in Tuesday's referendum on whether to allow gaming in the county, Traci VanderLinden, the county auditor, said.

The Norwalk girls' track team won a pair of meets last week: the Winterset Invitational on April 22 and the Carlisle Girls Invitational on Thursday.

Once called “the real deal” for Bachmann's White House hopes, Kent Sorenson is at the core of inquiries into her presidential campaign.

The CIML Metro Conference boys' and girls' track meet scheduled for Thursday has been moved to May 6 after a bleak forecast called for wind, rain and possibly snow.

It took three votes, but members of the Indianola Community School Board agreed Monday to put two questions totalling $29 million on the ballot June 25.

The Family Leader, a social conservative activist group, is raising money to oppose a proposal on whether to allow gaming in Warren County, a measure voters to go the polls about on May 7. Greg Baker, Family Leader's political director, said the group has gotten multiple requests from Warren County residents asking for assistance in defeating the ... (more)

When Army medic Harold Hayes climbed aboard the Army transport plane on Nov. 7, 1943, in Sicily, he anticipated landing in nearby Italy some two hours later.

Tension caused by an upcoming gambling vote is increasing in Warren County, along with the number of signs in yards, the distribution of fliers and accusations from residents trying to make their points.

Indianola High School's Hannah Hayden was recently identified as Iowa's top performer for College and Career Readiness, putting her in the race for a national award by the ACT.

A police officer turns on lights to begin a traffic stop -- and then watches the vehicle ahead begin to accelerate away.

Lisa Chizek, fifth and sixth grade science teacher at North Tama Elementary School, will receive an Excellence in Science Teaching Award for Elementary Science at the 125th Annual Meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science to be held at Simpson College in Indianola on April 19th and 20th.