T-R PHOTO BY MIKE DONAHEY On Tuesday, silver shovels reflected a bright sun, dirt went flying, and smiles abounded at “The Willows” site, 2315 Campbell Dr. in Marshalltown. Community leaders, members of the Daniels family — the project developers — and others helped officially break ...
Summer learning loss is a reality many school teachers must face when classes begin in the fall, and there are local programs trying continue education into the summer; one is Rogers University. “Our theme at Rogers University is college,” said program coordinator Karina Hernández of ...
Progress is being made along the Iowa River Trail this week, as construction will begin from 12th Street to the Summit Street viaduct. The work is just a small piece of a much larger project that will take years to complete. Current funds are estimated at around $5 million which should be ...
DES MOINES — The Iowa Supreme Court on Tuesday banned weapons in courthouses statewide, saying that it had a duty to promote safety in the courts. The order signed by Chief Justice Mark Cady does not apply to peace officers but it prohibits other visitors from carrying weapons into ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — Ron Corbett, the Cedar Rapids mayor and former Iowa House speaker, said Tuesday he will challenge Gov. Kim Reynolds for the Republican nomination for governor, saying it's time for new leadership in Iowa. Corbett, 56, told supporters his campaign would outline plans to tackle ...
FONTANELLE — Iowa officials say there could be reason to cry over the spilling of a lot of milk — at least some of which made its way into a southeastern Iowa river. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday in a news release that the crash of a tanker hauling milk east of ...
DES MOINES — A 67-year-old Des Moines woman has been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for her role in a Nigerian email scam. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says Victoria Lovan was sentenced Tuesday for three counts of wire fraud, to which she had pleaded ...
DES MOINES — Iowa independents who helped Donald Trump win the presidency see last year's tough-talking candidate as a thin-skinned chief executive and wish he'd show more grace. Unaffiliated voters make up the largest percentage of the electorate in the Midwest state that backed Trump in ...
PHOENIX — The first day of summer brought some of the worst heat the Southwest U.S. has seen in years, forcing flights to be canceled, straining the power grid and making life miserable for workers toiling in temperatures that reached 120 degrees or higher in some desert cities. Arizona, ...
BRUSSELS — Belgian authorities said they foiled a "terror attack" Tuesday when soldiers shot and killed a suspect after a small explosion at a busy Brussels train station that continued a week of attacks in the capitals of Europe. Federal prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt said soldiers ...
These sisters discovered Tasty Freez ice cream while visiting their grandmother in the area, who took them to the Marshalltown staple for a treat Monday afternoon.
Possible Implementation of a levy, as well as other means to effectively fund Emergency-911 operations will be discussed at a special meeting at 5:30 p.m., June 22 in the lower level of the Marshalltown Police Department headquarters, 22 N. Center St. The public is invited. Officially, the ...
“We feel very confident that we have a good shot at coming in at the project budget we originally established.” After bids for Phase II of the Marshalltown High School Roundhouse project came in higher than expected earlier this month, district Superintendent Dr. Theron Schutte shared ...
LE GRAND — The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s information on a recent burglary incident in Le Grand. According to Marshall County Sheriff Steve Hoffman, a report of a burglary and damage was reported in the early morning hours of June 3 at a Le Grand car wash. ...
Aspiring thespians will soon have the opportunity to attend the Marshalltown Community Theatre’s third annual Kid’s Acting Academy Summer Camp, held July 31 through August 4, with class sessions available from 8:45-11:45 a.m. or 1-4 p.m. each day, at the Martha-Ellen Tye Playhouse, for ...
By MIKE BURVEE TIMES-REPUBLICAN The Salvation Army in Marshalltown used to have a chess club as part of its youth program. But once that program was cut, participants started to dwindle and the club was disbanded. One of the regulars there was Jaleb Jay, a math major from Iowa State ...
TIMES-REPUBLICAN A former employee of Marshalltown’s Spread-All Manufacturing has entered guilty pleas of theft and tampering with records. Marcy Ann German’s guilty pleas were the result of a plea bargain after an additional charge of ongoing criminal conduct was dropped, according to ...
“I think the observation of the month kind of helps bring exposure to families and allows for conversations that otherwise might not occur.” June is LGBT Pride Month, and people within and outside of the LGBT are celebrating around the country; Marshalltown’s Sarah Story is one of ...
A Marshalltown man faces a bevy of charges after he led authorities on a high-speed chase throughout Marshall County late Saturday night, coming to an end near Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown, and the suspect eventually being subdued with a Taser gun. State Center Police Chief Jeff Bunn ...
Sgt. Ben Veren with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office takes photos of a car involved in a single-vehicle accident over the weekend that claimed the life of a Grundy Center man near Albion. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a vehicle operated by James G. Boucher, 30, was southbound on ...