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Lantern-Lit Trail is a hit at Rhodes Fall Festival

RHODES - Carved jack-o-lanterns and tea lights lined the Heart of Iowa Nature Trail on Saturday night, giving walkers a relaxed, but atmospheric journey. Designed by the Rhodes Engagement Committee, the Lantern-Lit Trail was one of Treasurer Chris Buck’s favorite features of the Rhodes ...

Saturday Fright Live

The frights returned to Remix Dance Academy on Saturday. After hosting the Nightmare Trail in 2025, nonprofit dance officials decided to do the Haunted Trail this year. ‘Dance mom” Kara Wildman and Director Angie Torres wanted to make the trail bigger and better this year. ...

Meet the candidates 2026: Marshall County Supervisor to fill vacancy

With early voting already underway and Election Day approaching, Marshall County voters are deciding on all three of the seats on the Board of Supervisors. In the race to fill the vacancy left by the passing of late Republican Supervisor Kevin Goodman earlier this year, Goodman’s son Christian, a Republican who was appointed to the seat in February, is running to serve out the remainder of his father’s term through the end of 2028 against Independent Kyle Hall. The first half of their answers to the T-R’s candidate questionnaire are printed below. Part two will be included in ...

Deer hunters welcome cooler, drier conditions as muzzleloader season starts

Cooler temperatures and harvested crop fields are welcome conditions for deer hunters in the state who have already started for the season or are gearing up to begin hunting, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. DNR tracks deer populations and hunter data throughout the ...

P&Z Commission sends some data center regulation recommendations on to council

The city of Marshalltown’s Planning and Zoning Commission met for about two hours Thursday night and spent most of it considering a new set of regulations specific to data centers — with some recommended to be sent on to the city council for final approval and others delayed until another ...

Marshall County has higher cancer incidence rate than national average

The science of environmental cancer risk factors were broken down for Marshall County residents. On Thursday evening at Restore Church, a presentation on the Environmental Risk Factors and Iowa's Cancer Crisis report was given to roughly 10 residents. Kaitlyn Sorenson, the community ...