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Todays News

S.E.A.L. members awarded grant

LE GRAND — The S.E.A.L. (Students Empowering And Leading) members, a philanthropic group of high school students from East Marshall Community School District, were awarded money provided by the Community Foundation of Marshall County and the Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation, to grant funds to ...

Holy Grounds Coffee opens for business on Iowa Ave.

Giving back to the community while providing delicious java and food is the focus of the new coffee shop in town - Holy Grounds Coffee. Owned by Matt Wilder and Steve Slifer, the food truck opened for business on April 15 in the parking lot of Fencing Solutions on Iowa Avenue, at the Menards ...

Emerson staff helps Rogers students learn engineering, coding through LegoEd

Most adults have fond memories of assembling Lego sets as youngsters — whether they followed the instructions or not — but at Rogers Elementary School, third graders are learning real-life lessons through the LegoEd program with a little help from employees at Emerson who volunteer their ...

Former State Training School therapist sentenced to probation and fine

ELDORA — A former therapist at the Iowa State Training School for Boys in Eldora was sentenced on April 15 after entering a guilty plea Feb. 10 to one count of solicitation of a felony, (having sex with a student) a class D felony. Sarah Perry, 40, was sentenced to five years in prison with ...

Binford House gears up for several May events

The historic Binford House is open to rent for special occasions, but it also hosts several events of its own. At 11 a.m. on May 3 will be the inaugural Binford Bonnet Brunch featuring a Kentucky Derby theme. Guests are asked to wear their best derby attire and bonnet to enjoy a multi-faceted ...

Tama County named in two additional lawsuits, bringing total to four

TIMES-REPUBLICAN TOLEDO— And then there were four. Last week, Tama County added two more lawsuits to its docket, bringing the total number of petitions filed against the county in recent months to at least four. In addition to a Feb. 5, 2025 petition for declaratory judgment filed ...