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 ...

Sara Jordan-Heintz, journalist, author and founder of The Write Club, was the guest speaker at the Twentieth Century Club Fall Luncheon on Sept. 22 at the First Methodist Church. She spoke about her writing career and her recent book, “The Incredible Life and Mysterious Death of Dorothy ...

The recent meeting of P.E.O. Chapter JU-LT held its first new-member initiation since the merging of the two chapters at a luncheon and chapter meeting. Evelyn Hobson, a homeschool graduate, and current student at MCC was the recent initiate and daughter of member Christin Hobson and ...

Chapter MJ, P.E.O., continued its focus on education during the current program year with a presentation about the Marshalltown Christian School at its Sept. 15 meeting. The meeting was held at the Marshalltown Christian School, with Bethany Wirin, Head of School, and Director of Academics, ...

Ave Maria Study Club held its first meeting for 2025-26 on Sept. 12 in the Madonna Room of the Faith Formation Building at St. Henry in Marshalltown with 13 members and two guests present. The meeting began with a salad luncheon hosted by the officers Sandy Good, Rose Ann Jero, Kathy Slater and ...