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Marshalltown Community Band marks 151 years

There aren’t many groups or clubs in Marshalltown that have met for more than 150 years — especially ones that could be classified as intergenerational, with members ranging from teens to their 90s. The Marshalltown Community Band performs public concerts May through July (and some ...

Robert Thomas retires after 44-year banking career in Marshalltown

Robert Thomas started his banking career in Marshalltown in 1982 and turns the page of the final chapter in the workforce this month when he retires as bank president of United Bank & Trust. The public is invited to attend an open house in his honor July 23 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the ...

Council hears from architect on city hall space utilization study

Des Moines-based Architect Cory Sharp of FEH Design appeared before the Marshalltown city council on Monday night to return to the topic of city hall space utilization and the fate of the old city hall building at 24 N. Center St., which is over a century old, connected to the former library ...

Iowa health insurers propose premium increases for ACA customers

Iowa health insurance companies are proposing premium increases for Affordable Care Act customers in 2027, affecting thousands of Iowans. The proposal comes after insurers increased premiums for ACA-marketplace customers in 2026 by an average of 15.3% in Iowa. The proposed premium increases ...

Past Times: Going for the gold

The fever was fierce. Fast and furious it spread like a gasoline fire across the US from the west coast to the east coast in late 1896, and then back again in 1897. It soon went global. No mask could contain it, there was no vaccine to control it. It attacked mostly men, single or married, ...