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Missouri Valley Line Facility Holds Ribbon Cutting and Open House

The new, state-of-the-art Missouri Valley Line Constructors Apprenticeship and Training facility will become a regional hub for electrical workers and linemen, bringing trainees and apprentices from six states to Indianola. The $13.5 million facilityheld a grand opening ceremony Friday, with well over 250 guests in attendance, according to Robby Foxen, the training program's executive director. After a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9 a.m. Friday, guests got a chance to tour the facility before it was opened to the public at 3 p.m. The group included electrical work industry professionals f...

Indianola City Council's choice to fund the downtown Square streetscape project is being challenged by hundreds of Indianola residents with the help of a Des Moines-area legal group. Alan Ostergren, the president and chief counsel of the Kirkwood Institute, announced in a news release Monday that 250 Indianola residents had signed a petition to ask the state to overrule an Indianola City Council decision, made on April 19, to fund the city's streetscape project with local option sales tax funds. In the release, Ostergren said Iowa law allows for residents to challenge the city council’s ac...

Hundreds of residents have petitioned the state to review a city council decision to fund a streetscape project using the local option sales tax.

The Indianola Chamber of Commerce is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Missouri Valley Line Constructors and Apprentice Training Program facility today. The MVL facility is a consolidation of training centers around the midwest, located at 1600 E Iowa Ave in Indianola. City Manager Ryan Waller tells KNIA News the training facility will be a boost to the local economy as the trainees will be spending money at gas stations, restaurants, grocery stores, and local shops. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 10am, and an open house will be held for the public from 3-5pm.