After three items related to the implementation of a three percent gas and electric franchise fee were pulled from the consent agenda during Monday night’s meeting, the Marshalltown city council ultimately voted all of them down by 4-3 tallies, grinding the current process of adopting the ...
Some positive animal legislation became law on Monday. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the bill making animal torture a felony, and Animal Rescue League of Marshalltown Executive Director Austin Gillis and his wife Jodi were present for the signing. During the last Iowa Legislature session, which ...
Editor’s note: It is impossible to tell the story of the nation without telling the story of the Ohio River Valley. Long before interstate highways and railroads connected the expanding republic, it was the rivers that served as the young nation’s first true highway westward. Through these ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday extended a highly anticipated stay blocking an appellate court’s pause on telehealth abortion access until May 14. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approved medication-abortion regimen remains available via telehealth until then, following a week of ...
MONTOUR — Four years ago, Mike and Jenny Vinson left the big city of Toronto and returned back to the area where she was born and raised near Montour, citing restrictions on churches in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic as the primary driving factor. Mike, a recently naturalized U.S. ...
Being healthy and fit is part of the Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA’s mission. Every year, it joins with Y’s across the nation to host Healthy Kids Day. This year’s event will take place outdoors at the Y from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. May 16. Games, sports, inflatables and refreshments will be offered, ...