Andrew Schneider

During a Policy and Planning work session, the Pella City Council is scheduled to receive an update about the site of the former coal power plant at their meeting this Tuesday.

The top ten countdown of moments from 2025-26 at Pella High School includes another trophy in the collection and a strong weekend at Drake Stadium for the girls track and field team. The Dutch exceeded expectations heading into the three-day state meet this past May, and after earning a spot in the finals of the 4×400 relay, clinched their 3rd place trophy as state meet veteran and now-graduate Lizzie Neumann stepped on the finish line of the final event of the weekend.

During President Trump's first term at the White House, he negotiated the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to replace the decades-old NAFTA.

Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico called the new state ban on many types of THC products, which went into effect Friday, “a gift to the cartels.” His Republican opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton, has previously sued Texas cities for decriminalizing marijuana.

The Pella City Council will consider an agreement with Greenwood Consulting at their meeting this evening, with the aim of developing a plan for strategic improvements of West Washington Street.

The look back at the best moments and stories from Pella High School takes the Dutch out of the state’s borders to last November, when Canaan Dunham earned another national honor for the Pella cross country teams. The distance standout placed 2nd at the Nike Cross Heartland Regionals in Sioux Falls, just nine days after leading Pella to a 3rd place finish as a team at the 2026 state meet in Fort Dodge — a fourth consecutive top three honor. Dunham would go on to the NXN event in Oregon later in the postseason, placing 30th among the nation’s best.

The survey released Tuesday by Texas Southern University's Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center marks the third consecutive poll showing Talarico, the Democratic candidate, ahead of Paxton, the Republican.

The Pella City Council approved an agreement with Greenwood Consulting at their meeting Tuesday evening, with the aim of developing a plan for strategic improvements of West Washington Street.

A new era of Pella football felt very familiar for the Dutch in 2025, and leads them to No. 3 on the countdown of top stories from the previous academic year.

A local documentary project is ongoing to capture the pursuit of excellence for the Pella High School cross country programs this fall.