KNIA-AM (Knoxville, IA)

1 day ago | kniakrls.com | Clayton Sampson

THRIVE Knoxville Vice President Tyler Christian discusses the Knoxville Gateway Project and the upcoming community planting day.

1 day ago | kniakrls.com | Clayton Sampson

An EMS week open house was held Wednesday night at the Knoxville Fire Station. A strong showing of community members came out to the event to meet local EMS personnel and help celebrate the work that first responders do. The event included tours of the station and a look inside emergency vehicles, a taco bar, kids activities and giveaways, and ambulance and fire truck demos. There was also a live side-by-side burn room demonstration to show the importance of home fire sprinklers.

1 day ago | kniakrls.com | Clayton Sampson

The deadline to apply for the Knoxville facade improvement grant program is Friday. The city introduced this first of its kind program in 2022 and had 22 applications during the first round. Going into the fourth year of this program, the city has awarded over 40 applications. The grants that have been awarded over the past three years have totaled $217,000. Business owners can submit applications for facade improvements, in which the city will provide a reimbursement of 50% up to $10,000.

1 day ago | kniakrls.com | Clayton Sampson

The Knoxville High School senior awards and scholarship distribution ceremony was held Wednesday night at the Knoxville Performing Arts Center. This was the twenty-second edition of this annual ceremony and members of the Knoxville High School class of 2025 were awarded over $110,000 in financial aid by both community scholarship donors and those who donated through the Knoxville Panther Scholarship Foundation.

1 day ago | kniakrls.com | Clayton Sampson

The Marion County Courthouse will be closed on Friday. The closure will be the result of the back-up generator project and the installation of the new generator. County Facilities Director Chris Nesteby says this will be a full day closure, in which his team will pull out the current cabinet, set the transfer switch, get the wiring in place, pull out the old generator, and put the new generator in place.