The Independence Public Library has changed our open hours. Now the library opens at 10 a.m. Monday through Saturday, which is 30 minutes later than in the past. In addition, we will now close for Presidents Day, Good Friday, and Veterans Day.
DES MOINES – The Libertarian Party of Iowa is pleased to announce its upcoming Nominating Convention, set to take place on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 12 to 4 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars #9127 located at 4029 Urbandale Ave., Des Moines, IA, 50310.
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig is encouraging school-aged Iowa students to participate in the 2024 Choose Iowa Calendar Contest hosted by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Choose Iowa is the state’s signature brand for Iowa grown, Iowa raised and …
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WINTHROP – On Saturday, April 27, 2024 at approximately 9:05 am, the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by Buchanan County Health Center Emergency Room staff that they had an adult male in their ER with a gunshot wound.
IPRD SUMMER BALL… VOLUNTEER COACHES NEEDED ASAP!!!! Without volunteers to coach the teams in Little League this summer, we will have to condense teams or be forced to adjust from what we originally planned for the season. IF YOU can coach or know someone who would make a good volunteer coach…
MARION — Monday, April 29, 2024: On another chilly and windy day, the Independence girls’ golf team traveled to Marion and Gardner Golf Course for the WaMaC East Tournament.
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PARKERSBURG — Monday, April 29, 2024: On a chilly night for track, senior Clare Wright stayed hot, setting two more school records in their meet at Parkersburg on Monday.
GRINNELL — Monday, April 29, 2024: On a cold day in Grinnell, the Independence Mustangs Boys Tennis team would fight hard against some great tennis teams representing the WaMaC Conference and NEIC Conference. The Mustangs would secure 16 total team points to tie Grinnell for 5th Place on the day.
MANCHESTER — Monday, April 29, 2024: The Independence Mustangs boys golf team returned to Manchester and Pin Oak Pub & Links for the WaMaC-East Tournament.
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The week following the end of the legislative session has flown by. I feel like I lost a day or two somewhere, as it took a couple of days to decompress from the two final days that found us at the Capitol for 37 of 44 hours last Thursday through early Saturday morning. Over-tired, hungry, a…
We all have those exceptional stories about our Mothers! Some funny, some sad, some heart-warming and some just dog-gone interesting. This story would be in the latter category. You see, in our Sheda Family, Mom was clearly the ‘brains’ of the clan. She was meek, friendly, and mild-mannered …
This is part 1 of a 2-part op-ed series, focused on America’s main stream presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Part one is a meta compare and contrast analysis of five major issues in hopes the review may assist voters come Nov. 5. The second op-ed will address 13 additional topics.
