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Council hears MPACT update as funding cutoff looms

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 ...

Curtains up

After years of figuring out financing and logistics, the reopening of the Martha-Ellen Tye Playhouse is right around the corner. Marshalltown Arts & Civic Center (MACC) Chief Operating Officer Deb Borton said they are thrilled and deeply grateful to see the Martha-Ellen Tye (MET) Playhouse ...

Iowa farmers behind on harvest as wet September comes to close

In typical years, according to crop progress and condition reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, farmers have harvested about 10% of corn acres and 15% or more of soybean acres by the end of September. The latest USDA report, however, shows just 3% of soybean acres and 5% of corn ...

President Donald Trump announces $15 billion steel mill in Iowa

President Donald Trump announced Monday the company Mesabi Metallics plans to build a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa, and said he’ll soon visit the state for a rally ahead of the Nov. 3, 2026, election. Joined by Iowa Republicans, Mesabi Metallics leaders and members of his cabinet, Trump ...