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The Indianola Chamber of Commerce is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Missouri Valley Line Constructors and Apprentice Training Program facility later this week. 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 on Friday at 10am, and an open house will be held for the pub...

A petition by Indianola residents to challenge the Indianola City Council’s vote to use $2 million in Local Option Sales and Service Tax funds for the Downtown Streetscape Project has been received by the Warren County Auditor’s Office and forwarded to the Iowa State Appeal Board. The Indianola City Council approved using LOSST funds on the lone Downtown Streetscape Project bid which came in over $2 million over the projected bid in a 7-0 vote in April. Indianola and Warren County voters approved a one cent sales tax to pay for the Water Resource Recovery Facility in 2016, which is curren...

The Indianola City Council approved the final reading on amending the city code to convert the traffic on the downtown Indianola square and surrounding streets from one-way to two-way at their meeting Monday. City Manager Ryan Waller tells KNIA News the conversion was part of the feedback returned by a focus group and other community members, and will be put in place next week. “The target date for making the change is May 17th. So Buxton and Howard will convert to two-way and then around the square. And then along with that we will make several intersections four-way stops and making sever...

The Indianola City Council approved the application of a grant for COVID-19 relief recreational trails program grant at their meeting Monday. City Manager Ryan Waller tells KNIA News the city has an overall trails expansion plan, and this grant funding would make a significant dent. “They are high-level plans so if we are successful in the grant, what we will do is work with our engineers and then get down into the specifics of where the path goes, what property it goes through, and obviously work with the residents that may be impacted. We have to make sure we do necessary easements and p...

The Indianola City Council approved a change in city code regarding electric/motorized scooters, allowing the possibility of what the city is calling “micromobility” in the future. City Manager Ryan Waller tells KNIA News the city was approached by a vendor about the possibility of Indianola adding the services, which the council referred to the Planning and Zoning and Parks and Recreation commissions. “There is still more to this project and many details to be worked out, but the first thing we had to figure out was how to change to the code to accommodate the new technology, and the ...