Marshall County recorded its highest number of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with 21 new cases reported, for a total of 65 positive tests. The numbers reported by the Iowa Department of Public Health on Thursday show 49 cases, but are not up-to-date. The Marshall County Public Health staff is ...
DES MOINES— On Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds closed all schools in Iowa through the rest of the school year. “I regret to say that Iowa schools will not reopen this school year,” Reynolds said. The Marshalltown School Board will discuss details about the extended closure at the regular ...
DES MOINES - Ten more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Marshall County on Friday, bringing the county total to 75. The age group with the highest number of cases in Marshall County is 41-60 with 37; then 19-40 with 29; and 61-80 with nine. Marshall County is in Regional Medical ...
With nonessential workers asked to stay home and gatherings unadvisable, many events have been canceled for the coming months. Among these is the Marshalltown Community Theatre production of “Pure as the Driven Snow” set to premiere April 25. The theatre hopes to reschedule but is unable to ...
April has been a strange time for all Americans. It’s an especially difficult time to be in the workforce, as plans shift and change with each passing hour. For companies such as LifeServe Blood Bank in Marshalltown, it means the cancellation of nearly every blood drive in Marshall County ...
Veterans in need of financial help right now can look to the American Legion. The Marshalltown American Legion Post has a veterans assistance fund available for former service members in need. Randy Kessler, American Legion Post 46 commander, wants veterans who are struggling to get a hold of ...
Iowa’s local businesses have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic with a large number of closures and uncertainty about when places will be able to open again. However in the past week, 10 businesses in Marshall County were awarded Small Business Grants by the Iowa Economic Development ...
Marshall County Courthouse Court — Wednesday • Sher Ni made an initial appearance on an assault charge and a criminal mischief-third degree charge. Taylor Reichardt was appointed as counsel. The preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. on April 24. Bond is set at $2,000 cash only. A ...
NEW YORK — The major banks in the U.S. are anticipating a flood of loan defaults as households and business customers take a big financial hit from the coronavirus pandemic. JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs raised the funds set aside for bad loans ...
Rachael Ray had big plans for the quarantine break at her home in upstate New York. She envisioned “a Renaissance time,” rereading the classics, resuming her Danish lessons and studying Italian. “I was going to get more serious about my painting. I had all these lofty goals ... and ...
Marshall County recorded its highest number of COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 21 new cases reported, for a total of 65 positive tests. The numbers reported by the Iowa Department of Public Health on Thursday show 49 cases, but are not up-to-date. The Marshall County Public Health staff ...
Prom has always been an event eagerly looked forward to by high school students. It is when they can dress in formal attire, listen to music, eat food with friends and dance until the late hours of the night. Prom at Marshalltown High School was scheduled for April 25 but the COVID-19 ...
T-R PHOTOS BY ANNA SHEARER On Wednesday, 1,000 face masks were given away at the Marshalltown Police and Fire facility as part of an organized effort to supply people of Marshall County with masks. Made by employees of the Raymon-Donco company in Albion, people were able to get the masks from ...
Photographers are adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic in creative ways. One photographer, Cristina Castellanos, is making plans to go house to house and take pictures of families on their porches for free. “It gets people out of their home, gives them a family picture and shows how ...
DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds said Wednesday that she’s asking federal agencies and business leaders for help preventing coronavirus outbreaks at Iowa food processing plants and responding to two where scores of workers are already infected. Reynolds said that she was calling the leaders ...
DES MOINES — Marshall County has 44 cases of COVID-19 as two more were confirmed on Wednesday. The age group of 18-40 have the highest number of 20 cases in Marshall County; followed by 41-60 with 18; and six cases in the 61-80 age group. The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) ...
The Marshall County public safety communication project took center stage during an open dialogue at the regular Tuesday Marshall County Board of Supervisors meeting. Brad Pfantz, the fire chief of the State Center Fire Department, was involved in the dialogue explaining why the county needs ...
Marshall County Courthouse Court — Tuesday • Jose Aguilar Jr. made an initial appearance on a domestic abuse assault charge and a criminal mischief-fourth degree charge. Aguilar will hire his own counsel. The preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. on April 27. Aguilar is released on ...
The nation’s biggest airlines have tentatively agreed to terms for $25 billion in government aid to pay workers and avoid massive layoffs in an industry that has been slammed by the coronavirus pandemic. The assistance will include a mix of cash and loans, with the government getting ...
A local businessman said Tuesday he hopes to continue mask giveaways as long as needed in the Marshalltown community. Larry Raymon, CEO of the Raymon-Donco company in Albion, repurposed his plant operations to produce non-medical fabric task masks for the community. On Saturday, 700 free masks ...