Indianola News

Decades before an iconic sculpture park, a massive summer arts festival and sleek artists' lofts on downtown Des Moines' western edge, artists found a harbor in the building at 304 15th St. In 1949, F.W. Fitch Co., a multimillion-dollar manufacturer of soap and other personal-care products, ceased operations at its familiar set of buildings near ... (more)

For most comedians, breaking into comedy is a slow, often painful process. You build up a set through trying and failing at open mics, plucking gems as they get laughs and discarding the jokes that land with a thud.

The Indianola School Board will take input and vote Monday, Dec. 9, on whether to move from its current 180-day school calendar to a plan that tracks the school year by hours instead.

Iowans have always taken great pride in their families, but an Indianola woman has most everyone beat.

How excited are 22 Simpson College students about the prospect of performing with the Des Moines Metro Opera, under the direction of the legendary Dr. Robert L. Larsen? They were willing to cut short their Thanksgiving holiday break to rehearse.

Melvin was born June 16, 1932, in Jasper County, Iowa, to Raymond and Edna Thomas.

With her paychecks being eaten up by child care, Lacy McGriff couldn't wait for her now 6-year-old son to start school.

When Roy Hampton was a boy his favorite toy was a teddy bear. "It was a teddy bear like you haven't seen.

The Outside Scoop's goal is to begin sourcing its milk from a single, micro dairy farm in central Iowa and obtain additional milk processing equipment to further the quality of its ice cream.

Bonneitta was always active in her church both in Albia and Indianola. In Albia she was president of the United Methodist Women and belonged to Queen Esther Circle.

Downing Construction was named Business of the Year at the first Excellence in Business Warren County Awards Event, which was presented by the Warren County Economic Development Corporation.

Des Moines Metro Opera founding director Robert Larsen has come out of semi-retirement to stage-direct "Amahl and the Night Visitors," Dec. 6 and 7 at Hoyt Sherman Place, four years after his last directing turn at the company's summer festival in Indianola.

Simpson College students have made up less than 1 percent of the total votes cast in four out of the six most recent elections in Indianola.

She was born to Herbert James and Alice Blose Lowe on Oct. 15, 1925, in Memphis, Tenn.

Republican Julian Garrett will leave his Iowa House District 25 seat and make the move to the Iowa Senate.

Simpson College will be hosting a forum on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Kent Center to hear the public's ideas and thoughts on the college installing the C Street Pedestrian Plaza.

On Tuesday, voters will determine who will fill the vacant seat in Iowa Senate District 13, which Republican Kent Sorenson has vacated.

Construction workers have been waiting for a day like Thursday to make the final push on the Grand Ave. bridge over Walnut Creek.

Construction is popping up left and right. On the north part of town, the Summercrest Hills Development is partially done and is still partially still under construction.

I'm sure that most of us are glad the city elections are over, and I hope we can now put some of the divisiveness behind us.