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Over a century of service

Sisters Betty Damman and Marge Haley grew up in a large dairy farming family with seven other siblings near St. Anthony, so they always knew the value of work. The duo, both of whom became nurses and worked at the various iterations of the Marshalltown hospital now known as UnityPoint ...

Kindness Parade held at Woodbury Elementary Friday

In honor of World Kindness Day on Friday, Nov. 13, students at Woodbury Elementary School hit the streets for a Kindness Parade at the end of the school day with each class walking in a line around the block to show off the sign they colored for families there for pick up.

Restart the presses!

REINBECK – The Rebel Yell. The Rebel Review. Gossiper’s Gazette. Through the years, the Gladbrook-Reinbeck student newspaper has been known by several different names before production ceased altogether some five years ago. But this past fall, thanks to Secondary ELA teacher Jay ...

Two becoming one

Two prominent Marshalltown Lutheran churches - Trinity and Our Savior - are in the early stages of the process of consolidation. By consolidating, the congregations will join together as one church. Our Savior Board President Hap Kretzmann stressed the joining is not a merger. This is not a ...

Under new ownership

A well-known Marshalltown car dealership on South Center Street has officially changed hands after Alan Reuber and Matthew Barrows purchased the former Gregg Young Chevrolet, which is now known as Marshalltown Chevrolet. Reuber, who grew up in Ohio and graduated from college there in the ...