At the tail end of an otherwise brisk meeting Monday evening, the Marshalltown city council discussed and ultimately approved the first reading of a zoning map amendment for a block’s worth of parcels on the east side of the 300 block of North 10th Avenue to accommodate the construction of a ...

TOLEDO — With an overcast sky abundant with heavy clouds, last Monday’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting was well attended. What was listed on the agenda as a possible closed session instead remained gaping open for the public to bear witness to the proceedings. Bob Vokoun, the Tama ...

A proposal of the President Donald Trump administration to eliminate Head Start funding would have huge impacts on Marshalltown. The proposal is in a draft 2026 budget, and it contains cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees Head Start. Whether or not Head Start ...

PHOTOS BY ABBY KOCH/MARSHALLTOWN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT - Marshalltown High School students and their dates were dressed to the 1920s on Saturday night during the annual promenade at the Roundhouse.

As the Marshalltown Christian School has continued to grow and expand throughout its nearly 20-year existence, its leaders must now renew their accreditation through Christian Schools International (CSI) every five years. Administrator Bethany Wirin is happy to report that the process has been ...

Marshalltown resident and businessman Jake Rowley has made a name for himself through his local charitable efforts and disaster relief work around the country, but he has also had a slew of run-ins with the law over the last few years. After he was recently arrested and charged with burglary ...