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Emergency Food Box sees increase in clients served

More and more Iowans are utilizing food banks across the state, and the same is true for the Emergency Food Box in Marshalltown. In 2023, the Emergency Food Box (EFB) was serving roughly 400 families per month. Now they are up to 500 families, or 1,900 people, according to Co-chairs Conny ...

Certain items go quickly, but Emergency Food Box will take any donations

As with many households and businesses, some things are difficult to keep stocked for the Marshalltown Emergency Food Box (EFB). Co-chairs Regina West and Conny Schutte said there are some items Marshalltown residents can donate which do not stay on EFB shelves too long. Of course, any ...

‘We are here to preserve the United States of America’

TOLEDO — With the midterm election less than a week away, a who’s who of local, state and federal Republican legislators and candidates for office converged at the Reinig Center in Toledo on Wednesday afternoon for a meet and greet event in support of the party’s gubernatorial ...

Medicaid fraud task force recommends more staff, utilizing false claims act

Iowa’s Medicaid Fraud Elimination Task Force is sending a draft of recommendations to Gov. Kim Reynolds that suggests the state more than double the fraud investigation and civil enforcement unit to hold fraudsters accountable. The task force, which was initiated by Reynolds in July, met ...