The first weekend in October had a flurry of activity attracting numerous people in Marshalltown. Sunday saw the return of Francis Fest at St. Francis Catholic School and the Fall Festival at New Life Church. Father Alan Dietzenbach said not only did Francis Fest have great weather after ...
LE GRAND — Pioneer Days is a community celebration first established in 1999. But lack of volunteers resulted in its cancellation, until now. It returns to Le Grand on Saturday with events ranging from pickleball, arm wrestling, live shows, food, activities for kids, a parade and more. Put ...
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Friday a measure changing a state’s economic development program that could provide nearly $1.4 billion in tax incentives for a $15 billion steel mill project planned in southeast Iowa. “Today, we advance the most consequential economic development ...
TOLEDO — Tama County Treasurer Amanda Kriegel will seek another term through a write-in campaign after falling short of the Republican nomination earlier this year. Kriegel announced the decision on her campaign Facebook page last week, setting up another general election contest with ...
Candidates for Iowa’s secretary of agriculture debated over their divergent plans for the role, though the candidates agreed on some issues like growing Iowa’s cattle herd and keeping Iowa land in farmers’ hands. Current Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig is running for reelection as ...
Former Iowa Governor and United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack made a special stop at El Portal in Marshalltown Wednesday to explain why Marshalltown residents should vote for Mike Tupper. Tupper, the retired chief of the Marshalltown Police Department, is the Democratic ...
