The first Rally Around Downtown was held in the Downtown Event Plaza on Thursday night. Close to 100 residents gathered on the Marshall County Courthouse lawn to show their support of the community, the Marshalltown Community School District and watch hard-working students show their skills ...
CONRAD — Beaman-Conrad-Liscomb-Union-Whitten (BCLUW) students and staff are returning to classes for the 2026-2027 school year on Monday, and they will almost certainly notice some major changes: an approximately $8 million renovation project to transition the district from three to two ...
DES MOINES – A little more than a month after earning the crown at the Tama County Fair, Belle Werner of Toledo has added another — this time representing the entire state of Iowa. Werner was crowned the 2026 Iowa State Fair Queen last Saturday evening, Aug. 15, on the Anne and Bill ...
ANKENY – Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand spoke with farmers and former Iowa governor and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Wednesday about his plans to support Iowa’s rural and agricultural economies. Vilsack said he was “excited” by Sand’s ...
An Iowa program that deploys conservation practices across an area, rather than one at a time, served as a model for a cover crop adoption program launched by American Farmland Trust. The conservation agriculture group released a guide to help producers follow the “batch and grow” cover ...
Six members of the crew of the USS Iowa SSN-797, a Virginia-class submarine officially commissioned in 2025 and home ported in Groton, Conn., visited the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown on Wednesday morning to tour the facility, answer questions from residents and enjoy lunch in the ...
