The October General Meeting of the VFW Post 839 was held at the Post Home on Oct. 21. President Theresa Shepherd called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. followed by the opening ceremonies according to the Ritual. There were 12 members present and 1 guest, Mary Buresh. She will be transferring ...

The Optimist Club of Marshalltown hosted Rache Norton, events and marketing manager of the Marshalltown Area United Way, as the guest speaker at its Oct. 23 weekly meeting. Norton, who has been with the MAUW for 10 months, related the history of the agency, which first began in 1929 as the ...

“The shoe does not walk alone, it must be filled by a foot to make its journey,” said Tracy Ostrem — an excerpt from her youth program speech replicated and delivered to P.E.O. Chapter JU-LT. “And, like the shoe, we cannot make our journey alone.” The program’s focus ranged from ...

P.E.O Chapter NU’s program on Oct. 6 in the Orpheum Theater Black Box was presented by some of those involved with the Bobcat Cafe located in the Orpheum. Pictured left to right are culinary students Ellie Downs, Rubi, and Tyler Dorothy with Instructor Jules McGrew. They discussed the ...

Kelsie Stafford, the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Marshalltown, was the guest speaker at the Oct. 9 meeting of the Optimist Club of Marshalltown. Stafford indicated that the department has done “tons of tree planting this fall,” as a result of a Community Development Block ...

The Spinning Wheel Chapter of National Society Daughters of American Revolution met Sept. 13 at The Embers. There were nine members and two guests present. Jane Linnenbrink gave the program about Quilts of Valor. She showed quilts she had made and explained how the QOV Foundation works. As ...