Given our Thursday evening hire of a new city administrator and the Friday letters to the editor about candidates, including one by a city councilman and one by his partner, I need to weigh in about the 4th ward vote this coming Tuesday. The vote is to replace Al Hoop, with whom I have been the ...

The malls on the south side of town need to be cleaned up. The City of Marshalltown is a non-profit corporation. This is why in government circles it is called an “incorporated” area as opposed to the “un-incorporated” area that we call the country. Other than Marshalltown, there are ...

My fourth ward friends and neighbors, why do you need to vote? You will make a huge difference in the direction Marshalltown’s future will take. Will our future be a continued recovery taking a conservative approach with a focus on infrastructure? Or will our future be a return to ...

Mark Eaton should be elected for the 4th ward city council position. Over the past six years, I have gotten to know Mark pretty well and even sat down and discussed pressing issues before the city council with him. I can personally support Mark 100 percent because he is the most educated, most ...

I was really amazed at all of Mark Eaton’s answers to the TR’s questions regarding the race for the Fourth Ward City Council position. But why wouldn’t Mark know the answers? He attends Marshalltown City Council meetings, Marshall County Supervisors meetings, Library Board meetings, ...

I attended the 4th Ward candidate forum Tuesday night and Mark Eaton is the person who should represent the 4th Ward. Not only did he live just down the street from Al Hoop, but Mark would hit the ground running on day one. There would be no need to hold his hand showing how City government ...