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this WEEK'S STORIes, june 19, 2026

Pictured: City Councilor Dawn Roden reading a letter that asks for privacy. (Photo: City YouTube channel)

Trammart News is publishing a letter read by Councilor Dawn Roden at the last city council meeting. Several individuals contacted this news outlet over past months to register concern with allegedly poor decorum in council chambers – conduct seen as inappropriate. ...Continued

Pictured: The city's fiscal recovery plan; Inset: A concerning finding by S&P Global.

A review of Independence’s credit rating by the financial services firm S&P Global shows the city has an investment-grade rating of “A,” but its general-obligation debt rate dipped from stable to negative this year....Continued

Pictured: Table provided by Polk County Sheriff's Office showing increases in service.

Polk County Sheriff's deputies increased traffic stops 26% over last year's numbers, which rose from 807 to 1,017 – but even those results aren't lessening concern about speeding motorists on Highway 22. ...Continued

last WEEK'S STORIes, june 12, 2026

Pictured: A photo of the Independence Civic Center on a sunny morning yesterday.

A new city ordinance that would add nearly $20 to monthly utility bills for "community services" was delayed from going into effect for 10 days by City Councilor Dawn Roden, who voted against the resolution at Tuesday's city council meeting. ...Continued

Pictured: A recent CHS graduate (left) testifies to school board; Inset is a current student testifying.

The Central School District will examine several ways to pay for school-based mental health services threatened by recent budget cuts, including reducing the school year by putting in one or more furlough days. ...Continued

Pictured: Insects fill the air on the river path north of Ash Creek (Photo: Susan Graham); Inset: historic reference.

They're speedy wing-beaters with an aerial mating dance that forms clouds – that's how a historic science publication describes gnats and midges. ...Continued

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