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Todays News

Former Governor, Ambassador Terry Branstad visits Iowa Veterans Home

Few Iowans know the meaning of service better than Terry Branstad, who grew up in Winnebago County and graduated from Forest City High School before being drafted into the U.S. Army and spending two years as a military policeman at Fort Bragg. From there, the Republican launched a career in ...

Off to the Land of the Rising Sun

A group of Marshalltown students held their final meeting at the Starbucks located inside Hy-Vee last Wednesday to prepare for their upcoming exchange trip to Marshalltown’s Japanese sister city of Minami-Alps, located in the Yamanashi Prefecture about 55 miles from Mount Fuji. The students ...

Children use Legos to learn about inventive process

Ten children learned about the inventive process during yesterday’s Inventor’s Hat STEM workshop at the Marshalltown Public Library. Hosted by Marshall County Extension Summer Youth Assistant Hannah Hibbs, the children were given a brief overview of the inventive process as they sat at ...

Man caught masturbating in middle of highway

GILMAN — A young Gilman man was arrested for masturbating in public late Monday morning. Marshall County Sheriff Deputy Blake Ihde caught Jakob Sells, 23, without pants and in the act of masturbating in the middle of Highway 146. Sheriff Joel Phillips said three hours earlier, his office ...

Tama man killed in officer-involved shooting identified

Tama County Attorney Brent Heeren and the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) have confirmed that 19-year-old Logan Kurth was the man shot and killed by police in the early hours of July 5. According to an updated press release issued by the DCI Tuesday, Kurth died from multiple ...