The Johnston City Council approved a tax increment financing incentive package for a developer proposing a hotel and strip mall near the site of a youth sports complex and recreation center under ...

City officials and developers envision Johnston being more welcoming to visitors — many more visitors — with the construction of a youth sports complex and surrounding projects on Merle Hay Road. A ...

POLK COUNTY, Iowa– What once had been a field of dreams in Johnston has turned into a living nightmare for taxpayers. The developers of a proposed state-of-the-art sports facility have filed a ...

The future of a sprawling youth sports complex in Johnston is in doubt after an Iowa bank and another lender foreclosed on the project this month following years of delays. The legal action leaves a ...

POLK COUNTY, Iowa– The City of Johnston has officially filed a lawsuit connected to the failed Ignit Johnston project. Court documents filed on Friday allege a breach of contract by the developers ...

AND THE LATEST WEATHER ALERTS FROM STORM TEAM EIGHT. WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? THAT’S WHAT DOZENS OF FAMILIES ARE ASKING AFTER A POPULAR GRIMES SPORTS FACILITY SHUT ITS DOORS TWO WEEKS AGO. NOW, KIDS ...

WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR PUTTING STUDENTS AHEAD OF SYSTEMS. OWNERS OF THE IGNITE SPORTS COMPLEX HAVE FILED A COUNTERCLAIM AGAINST THE CITY OF JOHNSTON. THEY CLAIM THE CITY DID NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT TO ...

The landlord for Ignit Sports & Fitness is suing the Grimes gym for over $2.8 million in unpaid rent and property damages. The gym's owners, Chad and Brian O'Meara, are also named as defendants in the ...

The City of Johnston faces counterclaims filed against it in the ongoing lawsuit against the developer of the stalled Ignit indoor sports complex. Johnston in March filed a lawsuit against Ignit ...