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Todays News

UnityPoint awarded grant to hire two specialty providers

Two specialty providers should join the ranks of UnityPoint Health Marshalltown thanks to a federal grant. The hospital received word of the award, which was possible thanks to Iowa’s participation in the Rural Health Transformation Program, last week. The federal grant is administered by ...

Noodle dinner is proven fundraising ‘pasta-bility’

(Editor’s note: The version of this story that ran in Thursday’s newspaper included the incorrect date for the event. It is reprinted with the correct date below.) Noodle lovers might find an upcoming pasta fundraiser worth every “penne.” The Marshalltown High School Band Pasta ...

Iowa VA facilities to be named in honor of National Guardsmen killed in Syria

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Veterans’ health care facilities in the hometowns of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in action last year in Syria will be named in their honor. The Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Des Moines will be named the “Staff Sergeant Edgar Torres-Tovar VA ...

Dave Thompson: ‘It’s about relationships, trust and family for us’

A living portrait of the American dream was on display Tuesday evening at Marshalltown’s historic Mowry Irvine Mansion. Dave Thompson, co-owner and co-operator of the local Thompson True Value hardware store, presented a comprehensive tutorial on how his family — Dave, his wife Kathy and ...