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The Indianola Eats Program served over 7,000 meals over the past several months, using a federal grant worth over $62,000 to purchase food from local businesses and distribute them to those in need around the community. City Manager Ryan Waller tells KNIA News the Indianola City Council approved the last of the procedural requirements that a federal grant requires at their most recent meeting, closing a program that was a big benefit to the community. “The grant money that was funding this was to assist the restaurants that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and in doing so was a doub...

The Indianola City Council approved a resolution in support of placing a statue of George Washington Carver in the United States Capitol Statuary Hall. City Manager Ryan Waller tells KNIA News the city was approached by Simpson College President Marsha Kelliher who is on a steering commission working to get the project approved, and the city was more than happy to lend its support. “This is one that is near and dear to our community, George Washington Carver started his college career at Simpson College and lived in our community for a while. Simpson College President Kelliher asked our cit...