CORN CARNIVAL PHOTOS BY JONATHAN MEYER/BLACK DIRT DAYS PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY Two long-running town festivals returned to the area this year with strikingly similar themes, both odes to Bruce Springsteen’s classic song: “Corn in the USA” at the 103rd Corn Carnival in Gladbrook and ...
STATE CENTER — Back for the 67th year, the Rose Festival celebrates the community with a variety of activities, food vendors, BBQ competition, parade and more. Thursday kicks off festivities at 7 p.m. with the Rose Queen Pageant and Talent Show at the West Marshall High School Auditorium. ...
TOLEDO — Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting was filled with contentious discourse. The tension in the room came from a single agenda item; a resolution to remove a member from the Tama County Zoning Commission. The agenda was made public on the county website the Friday ...
Joshua Drewelow, of Marshalltown, and Dean Messerly, of rural Conrad, are featured performers in the current Cedar Falls Community Theater production of “Hairspray.” “Hairspray the musical” opened on Broadway in 2002 and won eight Tony Awards including one for Best Musical. Set in ...
La Familia Breakfast, Bar & Grill, 1005 Lincoln Way, is open for business. This week saw a soft opening, now through Sunday, with discounted prices, as a way of drawing in customers and getting a feel for what people most enjoy on the menu. Brothers Daniel, Jose Angel, Jose Luis, Miguel ...
Marshall County Courthouse Court June 13 • Addie Lorene Seymour made an initial appearance on a operating while under the influence-first offense charge, a open container charge, a no insurance charge, a failure to dim headlights charge and a violation of a one-way designation charge. ...