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Warren County Supervisor Aaron DeKock will serve as chair of the three-member board of supervisors and Supervisor Doug Shull will be vice chair after an organizational meeting Jan. 2.
As you’re getting ready to give thanks this Thanksgiving, it’s also a great time to give to others.
Indianola voters will head to the polls Tuesday to choose members of the Indianola City Council and the Indianola School Board, as well as help decide the fate of the $3.5 million Warren County Justice Center bond issue.
A sign offering secondary roads staff the day off on July 23, as RAGBRAI rolled through Warren County, led to a grievance meeting Thursday between the county board of supervisors and AFSCME.
Clay Rominger ( center with scissors ) is getting ready to cut the ribbon for the his business, On The Rocks, 100 N. Howard Street on the southeast corner of The Indianola Square The bar is co-owned by Clay and his parents Ric and Merrie Rominger ( pictured to the left of Clay ). The bar is …
Indianola voters will head to the polls Tuesday to choose members of the Indianola City Council and the Indianola School Board, as well as help decide the fate of the $3.5 million Warren County Justice Center bond issue.
A sign offering secondary roads staff the day off on July 23, as RAGBRAI rolled through Warren County, led to a grievance meeting Thursday between the county board of supervisors and AFSCME.
The city of Indianola will be right back at the beginning Thursday.
It’s been 100 years since women in Iowa got the right to vote.
Log Cabin Days has a long history of celebrating, well, history in Warren County. But whether you’re a junior historian or appreciate the sheen of a restored tractor, this year’s event has something new just for you.
Warren County voters will be able to vote in November on whether to approve an additional bond issue for $3.5 million to complete the Warren County Justice Center.
The Warren County 4-H Foundation will hold a spaghetti supper Saturday, Oct. 12, from 4:30– 7 p.m.., at the Milo Community Center at 113 Main St, Milo, IA 50166
Voters won’t be casting their ballots in November on a $7.75 million plan to improve secondary roads in the county.
Warren County Extension and business partners from across the county will host a variety of free “STEAM,” activities during Log Cabin Days in Indianola Saturday, Sept. 28.
Supervisor Aaron DeKock offered two visions of how to move forward with the Warren County Justice Center Tuesday but couldn’t get the support of a second supervisor for either proposal.
The Warren County Courthouse has been a crisis in the making for more than 10 years — so long that many people in the county have forgotten how it all got started, and what leaders already have tried.
Warren County Supervisor Aaron DeKock will ask to be on the agenda of an upcoming Indianola City Council meeting to see if the city would be open to exploring a new location for the Warren County Justice Center.
City and school elections will be conducted simultaneously this year, on Tuesday November 5. A law passed by the Iowa Legislature in 2017 ended the longstanding tradition of holding school board elections in September.
The event: A “community event” with former vice president and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden
Discussion of moving a planned Warren County Justice Center off the Indianola Square “might be premature” said Warren County Supervisor Aaron DeKock at a meeting Tuesday, despite several residents who spoke in favor of it.
Warren County Supervisor Aaron DeKock and assistant Warren County attorney Dawn Bowman refused Tuesday to say if a closed meeting Monday to discuss possible litigation was related to a series of apologies members of the board issued during their meeting Tuesday night.
Members of the Warren County Board of Supervisors will discuss whether to rescind the appointment of board chair Crystal McIntyre to the committee designing the Warren County Justice Center during their meeting Tuesday night, according to an agenda issued Monday.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to reject both the proposed design and all bids for the new Warren County Justice Center and go back to the drawing board, although even board chair Crystal McIntyre said they might be setting the architects, engineers and cons…
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While the Warren County Board of Supervisors considers how to pay for the new Warren County Justice Center, Tuesday they approved a change order designed to finish getting rid of the old one.
The first time Branden Bloom of Indianola won a National Balloon Classic title, he thought it was a fluke.
An online petition calling for Warren County to re-evaluate plans for a new justice center in the center of the Indianola Square is garnering online signatures but may have little impact on the Warren County Board of Supervisors.
The cost of a new Warren County Justice Center could be as high as $37.4 million, based on construction bids submitted July 9 for the project, according to information distributed at a special meeting of the Warren County Board of Supervisors Monday.
Out of a group of “dang good market hogs,” according to the judge, two crossbred barrows took top honors at the Warren County Fair swine show on Sunday, July 28.
Kappelman Appliance took first place in the first-ever National Balloon Classic parade awards, turning a washing machine into a balloon on their float.
At the Warren County Fair 4-H poultry show, birds of a feather flock together — in more ways than one.
The Warren County Fair kicked off Wednesday with competitions in everything from textiles to dogs to sheep.
Members of the Warren County Board of Supervisors met Thursday to accept bids for the new Warren County Justice Center, but instead deferred action on bids on everything from concrete and steel to general construction, fire suppression and plumbing mechanical.
It’s not every county fair that serves a home cooked meal to its carnival workers. But then, Sam’s Amusements & Carnivals, Inc. isn’t your average carnival.
On any given day at the Warren County Fair, there’s plenty of excitement: Grand champions to be named, festive new foods to try, shows that draw laughs or wows from the crowd.
The downtown Des Moines skyline was colorful Tuesday morning as about 25 hot air balloons flew over the city for the National Balloon Classic’s media flight.
Every morning at the Warren County Fair, for a few haunting moments, nearly all noise and movement cease.
Seven Warren County women interviewed for the position of Warren County Fair Queen Monday. Applicants for the position are required to submit an application in addition to the interviews.
Payment's for Warren County's new emergency 911 system will come out of the county's general fund and then be repaid by proceeds from a $10.8 million bond issue, agreed members of the Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
While Indianola looks at the empty space in the Square and says “home of the new justice center” there are actually two major construction projects being planned there.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors heard many complaints from Warren County residents about the condition of the roads during March and April, but on Tuesday, Supervisor Aaron DeKock said he has heard that things are looking better.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors agreed to get more information on borrowing up to $7 million to complete the long stalled secondary roads building south of Indianola, and to meet again in July to decide whether to hold a bond issue on repaying 26 miles of Warren County roads.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors agreed Monday to spend $6.55 million to purchase radios and other emergency communications equipment from Motorola while taking up to 60 days to bid out the so-called “civils” or tower construction portion of the project, which could run another $3 million.
Seven-year-old Irene Emery was determined to fill out her own form to enter the Warren County Fair.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors could approve final plans, specifications and total costs for the new Warren County Justice Center after a public hearing Thursday, July 25.
Free entertainment has always been a staple of the Warren County Fair. But a cow who assists with science experiments? A “comedy Houdini” who might float a volunteer in thin air?
Oh no! A cane toad was accidentally brought from Australia to New Zealand and could hurt the native species. Participants will help engineer a human trap to catch the toad and save New Zealand!
The Warren County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Monday, June 24, at 9 a.m. on whether to issue $10.8 million in essential county purpose bonds to replace the county’s emergency 911 system.
Going on a Winn’s run is about to get a lot easier for people living around Lacona.
Plans to replace Warren County’s emergency 911 system that last week seemed to be on a fast track, this week may have hit a four- to six-month roadblock.
Warren County voters could be facing another bond issue vote as the Warren County Board of Supervisors discussed the details of a plan to shore up roads around the county Wednesday.
The Warren County Board of Supervisors will meet next week to continue discussion about how to move forward with a $9.5 million plan to replace its aging 911 system after discussing the current proposal for more than an hour in a work session Wednesday.
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