Why would I want to support the Marshalltown Local Option Sales Tax (LOST)? Isn’t it just another tax? How is LOST different? If I travel to Des Moines for an event, most of what I purchase has a one percent additional sales tax. Within Des Moines, 50 percent of what they collect goes to ...

Generosity throughout Marshalltown​​​​​ contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. Across the U.S., the project collected 10 million shoebox gifts in 2023. Combined with those ...

I realize it’s still January, but we all know how quickly time flies. We will soon find ourselves at a very important time on a national level as well as at our county level — election day! November will bring electing to fill an opening on our Marshall County Board of Supervisors. The ...

During the Iowa Condition of the State address on Jan. 10, Governor Reynolds proposed a significant overhaul of Iowa’s Area Education Agencies (AEAs). The proposal, and subsequent bill (House Study Bill 542) appear to stem from a lack of understanding of the intricate workings of a system ...

In 1952, our family moved to Central Iowa. In 1953 Marshalltown celebrated its 100th year of being a community, so our LeGrand family helped celebrate. Fifty years later, my hometown, Hawarden, had their Centennial (1983). After decades of absence, memories were still vivid. It was good to see ...

How much hatred must Gov. Reynolds and the Republican legislators nave that they can willingly take food from the mouths of Iowa’s poorest children? If it’s not hatred, then it must be a political move that allows them to turn their backs on the most needy members of their constituency. Are ...