March 14 has become known as “International Pi Day” as a tribute to the mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159, that is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. The day is now celebrated in a number of unique ways, and students and staff at Rogers Elementary ...
At the tail end of the open session last Monday evening, the Marshalltown city council agreed to three manual changes that would modify the way future meetings are conducted. The rules are reviewed on an annual basis, and City Administrator Carol Webb laid out each of the three proposed ...
CONRAD — Longtime BCLUW Superintendent Ben Petty, who previously served in a shared role with GMG from 2011 to 2021, will soon take on a new split position with another area “alphabet soup” school district — AGWSR — beginning July 1. At AGWSR, Petty will replace Erik Smith, who ...
At the beginning of the month, Marshalltown High School gained a new lead principal. Well . . . new in title, but the face of the principal is familiar to students already as it belongs to the former interim principal and class of 1991 alum Justin Boliver. “I wanted to put my name in to be ...
WHITE PELICANS (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) are a normal springtime sighting of big birds as the spring season continues to gather momentum. A bird of freshwater lakes and ponds, this large bird is all white except for its black wing tips and outer secondary feathers. A wingspan of nearly ...
DES MOINES — On Thursday, a Marshalltown woman pleaded guilty to diverting controlled substances for her own use and falsely noting the administration of a controlled substance in a patient record. According to public court documents, Amanda Nicole Manatt, 37, was employed as a registered ...