TOLEDO — Back in 2022, the nonprofit Toledo Economic Development corporation stepped in to purchase a pair of historic but deteriorating downtown buildings that had once housed the Horbach Furniture store for around three decades. Now, with the help of some major state and local grants, work ...
AREA — Come Monday, Marshall County will officially be represented by three new faces at the Capitol — District 52. Rep. David Blom (R-Marshalltown), District 51 Rep. Brett Barker (R-Nevada) and District 26 Sen. Kara Warme (R-Ames) — while longtime incumbent District 53 Rep. Dean Fisher ...
Avian influenza (bird flu) is impacting wild birds worldwide and causing outbreaks in U.S. poultry and dairy cows, with human cases mainly reported in dairy and poultry workers. Presumptive positives have been reported in Marshall and Tama counties. But says Rachel Ruden, wildlife veterinarian ...
Marshall County Food Access Committee members are once again facing the reality of the loss of federal money intended to feed low-income youth. Repeating actions from 2024, Gov. Kim Reynolds opted out of the United States Department of Agriculture Summer EBT program. If she had decided to ...
DYSART — A motor vehicle crash Wednesday evening northwest of Dysart in Tama County has led to the death of a local teen. According to the Iowa State Patrol crash report, Jason David Williams, 19, of Dysart died at the scene. “Yes there was a fatal motor vehicle crash in the 1700 block ...
GLADBROOK — Fierce western winds certainly did not make it easy to start 2025 on the right foot with a ‘First Day Hike’ at one of Iowa’s more than 40 participating state parks and forests but several groups of hikers bravely took on the challenge last Wednesday at Union Grove State Park ...