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Todays News

Iowa National Guard welcomes local leaders to Marshalltown Armory

Located at 909 Summit St. just east of the Iowa Veterans Home, the National Guard Armory in Marshalltown is home to the 1168th Transportation Company and is part of a larger network of facilities supporting the Guard across the state. On Monday, the Armory hosted a lunch and learn event with ...

One of Hellberg’s Jewelers burglary suspects in custody

A Des Moines man with a lengthy criminal history of similar offenses has been taken into custody on a total of five charges related to the burglary of Hellberg’s Jewelers on April 4, according to court records. Douglas Allen Baker, 54, turned himself in at the Marshall County Jail on ...

Rural road names pt. 4: Three farmers and ‘Temperance Reformer’ named

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of several articles reporting on Marshall County residents of the mid to late 1800s whose names are posted on rural avenue road signs. Last names — and other names — were mandated by the E-911 county system. They were approved unanimously by ...

Seven Ranges survey changed the country

Editor’s note: In the years following the Revolutionary War, the United States stood as an unfinished nation. Victory had secured independence, formalized by the Treaty of Paris, but it had not secured stability. The young republic was burdened by war debt, constrained under the Articles of ...

Volunteers team up to clean up downtown Marshalltown

There will be plenty of events happening in downtown Marshalltown during the next few months, and cleaning the area up for those and for the everyday residents and businesses is important. So, 16 volunteers showed up Saturday morning for the Marshalltown Central Business District (MCBD) Team ...