Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home played in shaping the nation before, during and after the Revolutionary War. This week we begin in ...
It’s been a difficult last six months for Riverside Cemetery’s resident Emden Goose Frankie, who lost Blossom, his companion of 2 ½ years, in a tragic accident last October and then his new partner Scout just a few months later due to a case of bird flu. On Saturday, Frankie’s ...
GARWIN — It’s been a longstanding goal of the Garwin Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) departments to bring their operations together under one roof in a state-of-the-art new facility for a small town, and they celebrated the near-realization of that dream with an open house on ...
A pair of thieves used a brick to break into Hellberg’s Jewelers on West Main Street in the early hours of Saturday, April 4. They have not yet been apprehended, and the investigation into the incident continues. Hellberg’s Jewelers Owner Vic Hellberg showed the T-R surveillance camera ...
STATE CENTER — As the 2026 Iowa legislative session is scheduled to end soon and the June 2 primary is approaching, incumbents and candidates of both parties can be seen at public events to promote their accomplishments and refine their messages. Such was the case Saturday morning in State ...
Members of the Marshalltown Fire Department (MFD) performed a “confined space rescue” inside the old downtown hospital on Sunday evening after two people were found unconscious there. At approximately 6:30 p.m., the MFD was dispatched to the building for a reported gas leak in the ...