I write in support of the Marshalltown Public Library and its excellent director, Sarah Rosenblum. Our library does so much more than provide our citizens free access to books and other reading materials, although the importance of that service cannot be underestimated. The library offers ...

Across the table sat a frail, bleached-out woman. She was unable to speak or think, looking 90 years old, instead of her 47 years. She wasn’t able to respond to any questions, she was devoid of any recognition of her surroundings. God, how did she come to this? How could she do this to ...

TIF (Tax Increment Financing) has by far caused our street and infrastructure destruction in many parts of town, and TIF needs to end. And the new monetary windfall from Marshalltown’s controversial speed cameras is providing proof that city council members as a whole have their priorities so ...

Our country boasts we are a free nation, and we have a military that is willing to defend our freedom. But what is this freedom we are willing to die for? Today much of our culture defines freedom as ‘Freedom From,’ a rejection of any constraints on our choices and a belief that no one ...

John Worden is misguided. As I read yet another letter to the editor from John Wordon today, it reminded me of a petulant child not getting his way. John brought two publications to the library board (Epoch Times and American Rifleman) in the early spring this year. The Library Board voted ...

As a relatively new member of the Marshalltown community, I am especially impressed by the Marshalltown YMCA, the Marshalltown walking trails, and the Marshalltown Public Library. The Marshalltown Public Library, especially, is the jewel of this community. Marshalltown was the first newly ...