Over 2 ½ years after nearby residents Mark Wyant and Harlan Helgren first approached the Marshall County Board of Supervisors to request improvements to the 260th Street/Ridge Road area just south of Marshalltown, the board and County Engineer Paul Geilenfeldt discussed their plans for the ...
The Marshalltown Central Business District’s (MCBD’s) annual Rev Up Downtown event drew a crowd on a balmy Wednesday evening for live music from the Davis, Purk and Case Band, racecars and other classic rides, food trucks and free activities with several local businesses setting up booths ...
Creativity requires a fair amount of patience, problem-solving skills and a little luck thrown in. Unexpected results can be even better than the initial concept, notes local polymer clay artist Yamala Baccam-Lee of Marshalltown, who started Three Jays Clays back in March. She began by ...
Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...
The graduating ceremony for the 2025-2026 Leadership Marshalltown class was held on Thursday, May 21. Leadership Marshalltown is a nine-month course that introduces a leadership framework for individual development, organizational impact, and community progress. Participants explore topics ...
Two Republicans from Nevada will face off against each other in the June 2 primary election for the Iowa House of Representatives District 51 seat. The first is incumbent, former Nevada Mayor Brett Barker who is seeking a second term after being elected for the first time to a state seat in ...
