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Todays News

A Q&A with the commander of the Kosovo Security Force, Lt. Gen. Bashkim Jashari

Last Tuesday, a delegation of members of the Kosovo Security Force led by Lt. Gen. Bashkim Jashari visited the Iowa Veterans Home to meet with IVH leadership including Commandant Todd Jacobus, a veteran of the U.S. Army and Iowa Army National Guard who served in Kosovo himself, and toured the ...

Marshalltown man sues city over public records access ‘inconsistencies’

A Marshalltown man with a lengthy history of filing extensive public records requests from government entities around the state of Iowa has sued the city over alleged “inconsistent representations and practices” regarding responses to such requests and a quote for almost $400,000 to comply ...

County public health director weighs in on updated vaccine schedule

During the first seven days of 2026, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updated the recommended vaccine schedule for all children, reducing the number of targeted illnesses from 17 to 11. According to the HHS, moving into the new year, vaccinations are in three ...

Area deputies respond to several weather-related crashes over weekend

AREA — First responders in Marshall and Tama counties stayed busy over the weekend after another wave of winter weather struck the area on Saturday morning and continued well into the afternoon. Marshall County Sheriff Joel Phillips said his agency responded to four vehicles going into ...

Hicks celebrates 30 years with YSS of Marshall County

Many great things happened 30 years ago — Operation Desert Storm came to an end, NASA’s Galileo probe entered Jupiter’s atmosphere and David Hicks began his career at YSS of Marshall County. Hicks, 54, started in September 1995 as both he and his wife, Alyson, were born and raised in ...