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Breaking down Iowa’s five-year highway plan

The second-most-expensive project in the Iowa Department of Transportation’s 2027-31 highway construction program needs more money. The Gordon Drive Viaduct in Sioux City is scheduled to be replaced in 2027-30 at a cost of $206 million. It’s marked as “underfunded” with the note that ...

Rose Festival attendees participate in annual spelling bees

STATE CENTER - Inside Washington #4 on Main Street, retired teacher Julie Lang sat at the front desk in period-style garb, with papers bearing age-appropriate words to use for the annual Rose Festival One-Room Schoolhouse Spelling Bees. “I come every year for the Rose Festival,” she ...

Drum up the fun at the State Center Rose Festival

The State Center Rose Festival hosted its annual parade Saturday morning, drawing hundreds of onlookers lined up along Main Street to watch the entries. Candy was tossed to eager children, filling their bags with their new treasures. Some parade entries helped the audience with the heat by ...

Daily Record: June 21, 2026

Marshall County Courthouse Court June 19 • Jeremy Edward Dengler made an initial appearance on a violation of probation charge. Julia Cutler is appointed as counsel. The probation revocation hearing will be scheduled by the District Associate Court. Dengler is being held without bond. • Jacob Allen Wayne Roop appeared in court today.Bond is set at $16,000 cash in defendant’s name only. • Jesus Francisco Soto Jr. made an initial appearance on a driving while barred charge, a possession of marijuana-first offense charge and a dark windows charge. The public defender’s office ...