The UPS Store at 125 W. Merle Hibbs Blvd. in Marshalltown saw customers for the final time on Wednesday after over 20 years in the community. The store was launched, franchised and previously managed by current At-Large City Councilor Gary Thompson along with his ex-wife and former in-laws ...
A Binford House at-will donation meal Wednesday helped raise funds and products for the new type of free pantry in Marshalltown - a period pantry dedicated to providing women with menstrual products. The pink-painted pantry, named “Penelope,” was installed outside of the Binford House ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — An Elberon man who threatened to shoot up a community event and who sent multiple people threatening messages featuring guns was sentenced on Wednesday to more than six years in federal prison. Daniel Scott Carter, age 42, received the prison term after a May 1, 2026, guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon. Information at sentencing showed that in May 2024, Carter posted a photograph on Facebook of an AK-47-style firearm with the caption, “Say hello to my little friend.” In the comments section of his post, Carter threatened to shoot people at an ...
After an item regarding a pay raise for Marshalltown City Administrator Carol Webb was pulled from the consent agenda at Monday night’s meeting, the city council narrowly agreed to approve a four-percent raise despite pushback from several public commenters. Webb, who was appointed to her ...
After concluding year one of research into why Iowa has higher instances of cancer than other states, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services and the University of Iowa College of Public Health officials said their analysis found 76% of Iowa’s higher rates of five common types of cancer ...
The now well-established Marshalltown Police and Community Team (MPACT) program, which embeds social workers from YSS of Marshall County within the police department and, as of earlier this year, the sheriff’s office to handle non-criminal, non-emergent calls for service, is at a crossroads ...
