Dr. Lance VanGundy recently released his fourth book “Revealing the Arca Prime,” the latest offering in his epic fantasy series The Rune Fire Cycle. “By day, VanGundy serves the Marshalltown community as an emergency room physician. By night, he builds intricate worlds filled with ...
Youthful literary adventurers get ready — the sixth annual Storybook Walk begins on Wednesday. Marshalltown Central Business District (MCBD) Executive Director Danielle Lekin said the walk will last until May 3. Sixty-two businesses are participating, 10 more than the previous year. ...
STATE CENTER — The West Marshall Board of Education, at their regularly scheduled March 11 board meeting, voted unanimously to give a 30-day notice to the City of State Center to terminate the contract for the services of the School Resource Officer (SRO). The title is currently held by Joel Westendorf , who has held that position since the 2022-23 school year. His last day of service was Feb. 26, 2026. Moving forward, the district intends to explore replacement options for the SRO position or non-equivalent options which would include: Option 1: Consideration to no longer fill ...
STATE CENTER — Iowa Downtown Resource Center Director Jim Engle and Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Downtown Economic Development Specialist Jim Thompson spent a long day in Marshall County on Wednesday bookended by a pair of hourlong presentations on downtown essentials at West ...
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series about a joint meeting between the Marshalltown city council and the Marshall County Board of Supervisors regarding the future of EMS in Marshall County.) The final hour plus of Tuesday night’s joint meeting between the Marshalltown ...
On Wednesday, the Harkin Institute and Iowa Environmental Council released a study that delves into the cancer crisis in the state and environmental risks. The annual Cancer in Iowa Report released earlier this month stated that the state has the second highest rate of new cancers in the country, with 21,700 each year and 6,400 deaths. While the earlier report focused on choices people make, such as diet, exercise and smoking, there was not a lot of focus on environmental cancer risks. The latest report addressed those risks. Adam Shriver with the Harkin Institute and Kerri ...
