Throughout her professional career and various business ventures in Marshalltown, a love of food has always been a constant for Luisa Ortega, who started a restaurant called Ortega’s in the Marshalltown Mall around the turn of the century before later shifting her focus to her first event ...
On Friday morning, a Des Moines man was arrested in connection to the West State Street shooting on Jan. 11. Chance Wins Buffalo, 31, was apprehended by Des Moines Police Department officers as the sole suspect in connection with the incident. Marshalltown Police Department (MPD) ...
Actions during the first month of 2026 of Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) agents have raised fear and anxiety across the country, including in Marshalltown. Protests have popped up in various locations, and a nationwide strike against work and school kicked off on Friday in ...
As part of ongoing conversations about the budget for Fiscal Year 2027, which begins on July 1, Public Works Director Heather Thomas presented an annual report on the state of Marshalltown Municipal Transit (MMT), the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for the next five years and the levy rate ...
The Unitarian Fellowship of Marshalltown, a Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregation, was active from 2011-2025. As the last official act of the fellowship, it recently donated $1,612.27 to the United Way of Marshalltown. “We had gotten some donations that allowed for speaker fees, rental ...
After much consideration and deliberation, the Marshalltown city council voted to move forward with a proposal for a four-way stop at the intersection of West Merle Hibbs Boulevard and South 6th Street during Monday night’s meeting that was spurred by a petition from residents with over 325 ...