A new face will soon be seen in the office of the Marshalltown Area United Way. The board of directors approved hiring Debbie Collins as the new executive director, taking the place of Kendra Sorensen. The announcement of Collins’ hiring was made Monday after a six to seven week-long ...
Marshall County Courthouse Court March 31 • Daly Lyle Bagnall made an initial appearance on a violation of a no-contact order/contempt of court charge and a driving under suspension charge. The contempt show cause hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. on April 8. Bond is set at $1,000 cash or surety. A new no-contact order has been issued for the protected party. A pre-trial conference is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on April 22 in Magistrate Court on the driving under suspension charge. • Diego Armondo Chavarria Palmarez made an initial appearance on a theft-fifth degree charge and a ...
NEW YORK — Mary Beth Hurt, a Tony Award-nominated actor who starred on Broadway in “Benefactors” with Glenn Close and reunited with Close for the movie “The World According to Garp,” has died. She was 79. Hurt died Saturday in New Jersey after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s ...
Marshall County Courthouse Court March 30 • Samuel Castro Ramirez made an initial appearance on a operating a non-registered vehicle charge. A pre-trial conference is set for 9:30 a.m. on April 22 in Magistrate Court. • Michelle Dawn Jefferson made an initial appearance on a driving under suspension charge and a operating without owner’s consent charge. The public defender’s office is appointed as counsel. The preliminary hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. on April 17. • Shania Rose Kapayou made an initial appearance on two counts of a violation of probation charge and a ...
TAMA — Last Monday saw a contentious meeting between the public and the Tama Council. There were technically two meetings: the first was a public hearing for the proposed tax rate, and the other was a work session for the council. The main topics of discourse between the council and the public were the budget changes to the Police Department and EMS. The council went through multiple line items for both departments; overtime was one of the bigger issues for the Police Department. Some council members wanted to cut the budgeted $30,000 in half, while others thought that time ...
Karla Newton has worked in a hospital setting and spent years as a nurse at the Polk County Jail, but after noticing shortcomings in the care her own father received during his final days, she discovered a passion for hospice. Almost two decades after she first started at Iowa River Hospice ...
