STATE CENTER — Local artist Eden Petermeier has spent months pouring time, talent and love into the town’s newest mural, on the side of State Center Fitness/Laundromat at 101 E. Main St., owned by Nicole Engel. The State Center Development Association commissioned the project, which was ...
A long-simmering controversy surrounding the Marshalltown Public Library (MPL) Board of Trustees and its decision not to add a pair of conservative publications to its periodical collection boiled over once again during Wednesday morning’s Marshall County Board of Supervisors meeting as the ...
Care Initiatives, the nonprofit West Des Moines owner of Southridge Specialty Care in Marshalltown, is facing two lawsuits related to facilities it operates in Marshall County. A June 9 jury trial has been set for the first case pertaining to the alleged wrongful termination of an employee ...
TOLEDO – For the last eight months, a new face has greeted visitors who stepped inside the door at Tama County’s Veteran Affairs Office, director Chad Weaver of Garwin. And while Weaver — a Marshalltown High School Class of 2010 alumnus and veteran – is employed as the office’s ...
RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) Pictures built the Orpheum Theater in downtown Marshalltown. It opened on June 22, 1949 with Ruth Warrick and Gabby Hayes as featured guests and it harbored 915 original seats. In 1957, the theater hosted the American premiere of “Saint Joan” starring Jean ...
REINBECK — The narrow passage of Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s $17.3 million bond referendum by a mere 17 votes on Tuesday, Nov. 4, is headed for a recount. On Nov. 13, 2025, the Tama County Auditor’s Office — the controlling county for G-R school elections — received a petition filed by ...