As Veterans Day approaches, the Marshalltown Central Business District (MCBD) is taking the final step in its much-loved Military Tribute Banner Campaign: a donation of $825 to Marshall County Veterans Affairs. Since at least 2021, the banners have honored local service members on light poles ...
Marshalltown and Marshall County, Iowa, are widely known as the "Veterans Capital of Iowa" (or the "Red, White, and Blue Capital of the State") due to a deep-rooted historical and ongoing commitment to military service members and veterans. Home to the Iowa Veterans Home, one of the nation's premier veteran care facilities, the community continues its long-standing tradition of uplifting those who have answered the call to serve. During this Veterans Day, community members are asked to keep our past, current, and future military members in their thoughts and prayers as we count on them ...
Iowa Gov.-elect Rob Sand announced new members of what he termed his “tripartisan” transition team Monday — including a Republican and an independent. Sand, the Democratic candidate who won the Nov. 3, 2026 election to become Iowa’s next governor, discussed his leadership team during ...
About seven months after an early morning burglary at Hellberg’s Jewelers in downtown Marshalltown on April 4, the second of two suspects in the case has been taken into custody in Polk County. According to a press release issued by the Marshalltown Police Department on Tuesday, Dewayne ...
The desire for camaraderie drove Chris Adams to join the Army in 2009. “I watched ‘Band of Brothers’ and did not have a good family dynamic growing up,” he said. “I saw the camaraderie and thought that was something I wanted to be a part of. I watched war movies growing up and ...
Marshall County Courthouse Court Nov. 9 • Eric Yovani Mendez made an initial appearance on a harassment-first degree charge. The public defender’s office is appointed as counsel. The preliminary hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 19. Bond is set at $2,000 cash in defendant’s name only. • Gavin Floyd Backoff made an initial appearance on a operating while under the influence-first offense charge, a possession of marijuana-first offense charge, a speeding charge, a no insurance charge, a purchase/possession of alcohol by person 18/19/20-first offense charge and a person ...
