Polly Carver-Kimm will leave KIOA after nearly 22 years, the radio station announced today. Carver-Kimm has been co-host of “Maxwell and Polly in the Morning” with Maxwell Schaeffer throughout her time at KIOA and also served as news director for the Des Moines Radio Group for 14 years.

Carver-Kimm, whose contract expired and was not renewed, has won various local, state, regional and national awards, including the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award.

“Polly will be missed,” Des Moines Radio Group General Manager Bill Wells said in a press release. “We’re proud to have had Polly on our team for over 20 years.”