Marshall County Courthouse Court March 26 • Robert Anthony Ratliff made an initial appearance on a violation of parole charge. Esmada Osmic is appointed as counsel. The parole revocation hearing will be scheduled by the Administrative Law Judge. Ratliff is being held without bond. • ...
An Ames man has been arrested on a pair of felony charges in connection with an incident during which he allegedly neglected a 14-month-old child who drowned in a bathtub at a Marshalltown apartment last September. Andrew Donald Smith, 24, was taken into custody by the Marshalltown Police ...
Dr. Lance VanGundy recently released his fourth book “Revealing the Arca Prime,” the latest offering in his epic fantasy series The Rune Fire Cycle. “By day, VanGundy serves the Marshalltown community as an emergency room physician. By night, he builds intricate worlds filled with ...
Youthful literary adventurers get ready — the sixth annual Storybook Walk begins on Wednesday. Marshalltown Central Business District (MCBD) Executive Director Danielle Lekin said the walk will last until May 3. Sixty-two businesses are participating, 10 more than the previous year. ...
STATE CENTER — The West Marshall Board of Education, at their regularly scheduled March 11 board meeting, voted unanimously to give a 30-day notice to the City of State Center to terminate the contract for the services of the School Resource Officer (SRO). The title is currently held by Joel ...
STATE CENTER — Iowa Downtown Resource Center Director Jim Engle and Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Downtown Economic Development Specialist Jim Thompson spent a long day in Marshall County on Wednesday bookended by a pair of hourlong presentations on downtown essentials at West ...