Before RAGBRAI came through Marshalltown, volunteers tackled various cleanup and renovation projects to help the city sparkle for the thousands of visitors who biked through. One initiative that took off on social media was repainting a large concrete M located in the 13th Street District ...
GRUNDY CENTER – After a decade of Republican control of state government, gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand thinks it’s time for a sea change in Iowa. But rather than overcorrect in the opposite direction, the Democratic state auditor is instead asking voters to remember their roots and ...
DES MOINES — The 89-year-old Gowrie man who suffered severe injuries as the result of a crash near State Center on Wednesday afternoon has died at a Des Moines hospital. Marshall County Sheriff Joel Phillips confirmed that Robert Craigmile, 89, who had been reported missing out of Webster County the day before the accident, passed away on Thursday as a result of the injuries he sustained in the motor vehicle crash. The Polk County Medical Examiner’s Office has assumed jurisdiction in this death. Craigmile was operating a passenger vehicle and collided with a semi driven by ...
Researchers at Iowa State University are working to increase interest in biomanufacturing with bioreactor kits that can be used at community colleges or high schools. Nigel Reuel, an associate professor and the Stanley Chair in interdisciplinary engineering at ISU, said students and parents ...
MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — With a change of plans due to flooding at the Powwow Grounds, the 110th annual Meskwaki Powwow kicked off in earnest Thursday afternoon at the outdoor arena behind the casino featuring an appearance from a special guest — Chris Jones, the Democrat running for Iowa ...
CLUTIER – The four-piece polka band Barefoot Becky & the Ivanhoe Dutchmen headlined a packed ZCBJ Hall in Clutier last Friday night, July 31, after rain forced the annual Bohemian Plum Festival band concert, coordinated by Tracy Sienkneckt, to relocate inside from its usual Main Street dance ...
