The Marshalltown Emergency Food Box and the numerous little food pantries throughout Marshall County received an influx of meals last week. On Wednesday, more than 100 volunteers gathered at the Marshalltown Arts & Civic Center (MACC) to package 34,000 meals for residents who are ...
Marshalltown Mayor Mike Ladehoff made a special appearance inside Mrs. Meling’s first grade classroom at Woodbury Elementary School on Friday morning, and he was there for a reason — he needed students’ help. After explaining some of the basic functions of city government and its ...
Just over two years ago, the Marshall County Board of Supervisors agreed to sell the county’s mobile bandshell, which it had owned since 2003, to the Marshalltown Central Business District (MCBD) for the low, low price of $1. Since then, the MCBD Design Committee — Jim Johnson, Travis ...
DES MOINES — A Des Moines man who is already a registered sex offender is facing three felony sexual exploitation of a minor charges in Marshall County over allegations that he sent inappropriate online messages to a State Center Police Department (SCPD) officer posing as an underage girl. ...
Marshall County Courthouse Court April 17 • Mason Burdette Thomasson made an initial appearance on a criminal mischief-second degree charge, a burglary-third degree-motor vehicle charge and a theft-fourth degree charge. Mark Olberding is appointed as counsel. The preliminary hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. on April 27. Bond is set at $5,000 cash. • Derek Eugene White made an initial appearance on three counts of a sexual exploitation of a minor charge. The public defender’s office is appointed as counsel. The preliminary hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. on April 27. Bond is set at ...
People often ask, “What good are mosquitoes, poison ivy, or any creature humans find pestering, harmful, or unattractive?” My mind immediately recalls Aldo Leopold’s quote from Round River: “The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant, ‘What good is ...
