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this WEEK'S STORIes, april 17, 2026

Pictured: The 2026-2027 budget document containing plan for the upcoming fiscal year.

A nearly $20 fee will be added to monthly residential water bills and city staff will be expanded to include a full-time attorney under a proposed financial plan for the coming fiscal year. ....Continued

Pictured: Fireworks for the 4th of July (FCP website); Inset: Susan Graham, president of FCP (submitted photo).

The town's namesake holiday, Independence Days, will arrive just as it always has, with Duck Derby, the Talent Show, fireworks and ...Continued

Pictured: The bench at Indy Library; Inset is the pair on the bench prior to housing placement.

Home is not always where the heart is. For some Polk County residents, home was a park bench outside the Independence Public Library ...Continued

last WEEK'S STORIes, april 10, 2026

Pictured: This year's Budget Orientation Packet for the first budget committee meeting.

To prepare for the coming budget session, Independence plans to revise the current budget after borrowing $500,000 from the city's line of credit at Columbia Bank.... Continued

Pictured: A morning on Main Street this week, site of on-the-street inquiries by TN.

In a series of brief in-person interviews along Main Street, Trammart News asked 10 people what is on their minds as the budget process ...Continued

Pictured: The Independence Bunny trail along the river path, decorated last week.

Last week, Trammart News had the pleasure of interviewing a large rabbit suffering from fatigue due to egg-distribution for children ...Continued

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