A familiar show was brought back to Marshalltown on Saturday. The host just had a different name. RUGGEDPro Wrestling adopted the name Live Pro Wrestling (LPW) at the end of March. Founder Austin Fouts said wrestling fans will still see the same quality shows with their favorite wrestlers, ...

REINBECK – Time for an upgrade! The Reinbeck Development Committee recently announced its latest round of facade improvement grants with three downtown businesses benefitting this year including The Dig Inn located at 113 Broad Street; Windy Pines Properties located at 427 Main Street (the ...

(Editor’s note: National Police Week is being observed from May 11-17.) Andrew Weispfenning took an unconventional path into a law enforcement career, and after taking a hiatus in 2018, he re-entered the field at a time when many others were walking away from it. Officer Weispfenning, who ...

A service provided by the Marshalltown Public Library (MPL) years ago served as an inspiration for a returned feature - the seed library. MPL Reference Librarian Sam Abbott, the person who planted the “seed” of bringing it back, said the library used to have a prairie on the south lawn. ...

Editor’s Note: This is the final story in a series of nine honoring the 32 men from Grundy, Hardin, Marshall and Tama counties who perished during the Vietnam War including one man considered as missing-in-action. From Nov. 1, 1955 to April 30, 1975, conflicts raged in Cambodia, Laos, and ...

Spoken word poetry, a performance art where poets share original works aloud emphasizing vocal delivery, body language and stage presence, isn’t your traditional form of poetry. It welcomes feedback from the audience (often in the form of finger snapping and brief verbal responses) and is ...