A Toledo man was arrested for Domestic Abuse/Assault Impeding Flow of Air/Blood Strangulation and a host of other charges by Marshalltown police earlier this week, according to an MPD report. Dean Wesley Picotte, 27, was arrested after officers responded to a call at a residence in the 200 ...

TIMES-REPUBLICAN Marshall County Courthouse will be closed beginning Monday until further notice due to last week’s tornado. Watch for future press releases and the courthouse website for updates at www.co.marshall.ia.us. Marshall County Courts: Civil Courts will be temporarily relocated ...

At a bird’s eye view, you can see where a regular Thursday afternoon turned into a disaster. As I flew over town with T-R correspondent Garry Bradenburg, you could see things you just can’t see on the ground. From the sky, it looks as though Godzilla came through, smashing things in a ...

Teresa Cowan greeted the Sanow family with tears and a hug Sunday morning. They aren’t old friends. They don’t even know each other. The Sanows — parents Tim and Traci, and their adult children Jake Sanow and Dema Giardino — drove hours from their homes in Ireton and Ankeny to pitch in ...

Lennox will rebuild its Marshalltown facilities that were destroyed by the EF-3 tornado that tore through the city on Thursday. Marshalltown Mayor Joel Greer plans to make the official announcement at the city council meeting tonight. "I'm so excited, I could pee my pants," Greer said. Gov. ...

CURFEW There will be a curfew again Monday starting at 9 p.m. and going until 5 a.m. Tuesday. The curfew only applies to the downtown area and other storm impacted areas. The south side of town is not part of the storm zone. POWER Alliant has repaired the gas system in town, spokesperson ...

Amidst the materialistic devastation experienced from Thursday’s tornado in Marshalltown, from shattered windows to totaled cars, yards filled with destruction and roofs or walls no longer protecting inhabitants from the severe conditions outside, there was one thing that was not lost in the ...

Nearly 72-hours after the devastating tornado touched down, Marshalltown city crews were still working at a feverish pace Sunday to clear streets in a multi-mile area north of Boone Street, identified by Marshalltown police as most severely impacted. It includes significant portions of east ...

The calls for help began as soon as the EF-3 tornado that tore through downtown Marshalltown Thursday dissipated — those calls were answered. “We had our secretary, Karen, and a few employees from Diamond Vogel came over ... we sheltered in our building,” said Marshalltown Fire Lt. Nic ...

With the widespread devastation that’s been felt over the last several days, downtown businesses find themselves in varying levels of disarray. Aaron and Michele Buzbee own Zeno’s, 109-111 E. Main Street, a pizza eatery that has been in operation since 1952. “We’re unable to really ...

Curfew There was a curfew again Sunday starting at 9 p.m. and going until 5 a.m. Monday. The curfew only applied to the downtown area and other storm-impacted areas. The south side of town is not part of the storm zone. Check the city's Facebook page for continued updates on ...

Thursday’s tornado dealt a blow some of Marshalltown’s largest employers — JBS Pork was one of them; despite the damage, the company hosted a cookout Sunday and began getting back to a sense of normalcy. “Our plant was hit by the storm, but more significantly a lot of our employees ...

A look of this past week through photos.

With 900 employees, some Lennox workers are worried about the future of the Marshalltown location after it was all but destroyed by Thursday’s tornado. There has been no official word about recovery, which has left some afraid that the company will not rebuild the location. “We are still ...

CURFEW There will be a curfew again Sunday starting at 9 p.m. until 5 am. The curfew only applies to the downtown area and other storm-impacted areas. The south side of town is not part of the storm zone. MARSHALLTOWN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Counseling services Marshalltown Community ...

Alliant Energy has restored power to more than 70 percent of customers since Thursday when an EF-3 tornado ripped through the heart of Marshalltown. About 10,000 customers were originally impacted by the devastation, but by Sunday morning just more than 3,000 customers remained without power, ...

Mayor Joel Greer is hopeful that after a meeting Saturday by the Marshall County Landfill executive board, the meatpacking plant JBS can begin to offload and properly dispose of the 24-million pounds of pork product it lost in the tornado. Winds tore out insulation and panels on the east and ...

Members of the Marshalltown High School baseball team and summer weight room athletes will be available next week to assist residents digging out from Thursday’s storm. The baseball team will be available to work on Monday and Tuesday from 9am to noon. Appointments should be made with Head ...

Thursday’s devastating tornado that plowed through Marshalltown left behind a wide swath of destruction and MIRACULOUSLY, no known deaths. However as bad of a storm as it was, it never touched what Marshalltown has always been known for – hard work, pride and innovation. No sooner than ...

On Saturday morning there are still about 5,000 Alliant Energy customers without power, but there is a midweek goal for widespread restoration of power to Marshalltown. “We are making great progress on getting power restored,” said Alliant spokesperson Justin Foss. “We’ve set a goal to ...