Recently, the Patricia A. Tomson Center for Violence Prevention at the University of Northern Iowa presented three Iowans with the Dan Marburger Mentors in Violence Prevention Advocacy Award. Locally, the honor went to Jocelyn Frohwein, a professor of broadcasting and digital media at ...
For decades, the convenience store on the south side of Tama has been more than just a place to grab gas or a quick snack. For many in the community, it has been a daily gathering place, somewhere to drink coffee, share stories, and catch up on the latest local happenings.
Now, under new ...
The Marshalltown Arts and Civic Center (MACC), formerly known as the Fisher Community Center, houses the Fisher Art Museum, the Martha-Ellen Tye Playhouse, and spaces to host public and private events.
“The MACC is in a season of strengthening, and that’s very exciting. We’re improving ...
The Muscatine County Jail was promised a 75% increase in potential revenue for holding federal immigration detainees during the first year of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, newly disclosed records show.
In March 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement amended ...
At the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, Marshalltown became just the third high school in Iowa and the first in central Iowa to implement Junior Achievement (JA) 3DE curriculum, which challenges students to solve real-world problems in unique settings.
As MCSD Executive Director of ...
Residents can expect to see a lot more activity at Miller Middle School as the large Reimagine Miller renovation project is slated to begin this year.
The extensive project has been broken into eight phases and timeframes:
• Phase 1 will begin in April and last until April 2027. It will ...