STATE CENTER — Over the last few months, festivalgoers and attendees of various patriotic events may have noticed a massive restored Vietnam-era Sikorsky UH-34D Marine Corps helicopter making conspicuous landings around central Iowa, and if…
Council discusses financing options for old hospital demolition
While setting a date for a public hearing on an amendment to the city’s Urban Renewal Plan for Area No.…
August is National Emergency Management Awareness Month
A time comes each year when the nation recognizes emergency management, and that time is the whole month of August.…
Marshalltown man faces felony kidnapping, sexual abuse charges
A Marshalltown man who had already been arrested in connection with a shots fired incident last month is now facing…
Iowa Libertarians nominate new candidates for lt. governor, 3rd District
The Iowa Libertarian Party nominated new candidates Wednesday for lieutenant governor and 3rd District to appear on the 2026 ballot.…
Iowa Medicaid fraud panel discusses ways to solicit more fraud tips, engage public
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said Iowa can find ways to be more “proactive” in collecting and responding to Medicaid…
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Marshall County Courthouse Court Aug. 13 • Ethan Michael Garrett made an initial appearance on a pre-trial release violation charge. Pre-trial release is revoked. Bond is set at $60,000 cash in defendant’s name only. • Joshua Thomas Warnell made an initial appearance on a kidnapping-first degree-intentionally subject to torture or sexual abuse charge, a…
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Dave Dawson
Here in Ames you are gerrymandered into District 4 for our representative in the House. This means you are stuck with the red counties up in Northwest Iowa. They have given us Representative Feenstra who has refused to take 90 million in earmark money. While districts represented by lawmakers like Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Ashley Hinson,…