T-R PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY A large crowd of local Christmas enthusiasts gathered in downtown State Center on Friday night for the annual Old Fashioned Christmas on Main celebration, with businesses opening their doors, vendors set up, carriage rides available and fires set up for warming.
MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — ”If you want to learn about indigenous people, go talk to them.” That was the advice Suzanne Buffalo shared on Saturday morning as the tribe’s cultural center and museum was open for special weekend hours in conjunction with National Tribal Museums Day. ...
The Salvation Army of Marshalltown needs Marshalltown’s help. The organization’s local leadership issued a call to the Marshalltown community – asking for its support of the annual Red Kettle Campaign. As of this writing, The Salvation Army of Marshalltown had raised about 33 percent of ...
T-R PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY Wolfe Ranch of Quakerdale, located just east of Marshalltown off of Highway 30, hosted its annual “Christmas in the Stables” event on Saturday with a wide range of activities available to attendees. Matilda, Susanna and Angie Claus ran a craft station ...
T-R PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE BOWERS The Dance Konnection held its annual Christmas Extravaganza at the Marshalltown Performing Arts Center on Sunday afternoon. Acro, Komotion and different styles of dance were all featured with a holiday flair. There was a silent auction held to benefit Dance ...
Last weekend’s winter storm delayed the arrival of Santa Claus to Marshalltown, but he returned and opened Santa’s Workshop in Meadow Lane Mall on Friday. Santa, aka Todd Egleston, decided to postpone the grand opening by a week because he did not want anyone to risk their safety just to ...