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 ...
In January of 2019, April Long came on as the new director of the Marshalltown Senior Citizens Center after unexpectedly changing careers when she lost her previous job designing kitchens and baths, which had been her line of work for almost 25 years. Due to the tornado severely damaging the ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump agreed Thursday to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal but played down the possibility of other nations getting similarly favorable terms on his import taxes, which are roiling the global economy. Under the framework ...
NEW YORK — Somewhere in the middle of the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, first-time nominee Ella Langley’s duet with Riley Green, the ubiquitous “You Look Like You Love Me,” was named single for the year. Both Langley and Green used their acceptance speech to shout out ...
The staff of the Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) care deeply for the strong culture of the district, and it is shown in survey results from HUMANEx. HUMANEx CEO Brad Black went through the results of the confidential, anonymous survey with the school board at the regular Monday ...