WASHINGTON, D.C. — Veterans’ health care facilities in the hometowns of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in action last year in Syria will be named in their honor. The Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in Des Moines will be named the “Staff Sergeant Edgar Torres-Tovar VA ...
IOWA CITY — As Iowa’s rising cancer rates continue to generate discussion and concern among residents and politicians alike, the University of Iowa College of Public Health released a 118-page initial findings report on “Key Drivers of Cancer in Iowa” that was funded through an ...
A living portrait of the American dream was on display Tuesday evening at Marshalltown’s historic Mowry Irvine Mansion. Dave Thompson, co-owner and co-operator of the local Thompson True Value hardware store, presented a comprehensive tutorial on how his family — Dave, his wife Kathy and ...
Two weeks after voting to increase the city’s transit levy rate by $0.25 per $1,000 of valuation, the Marshalltown city council tentatively agreed to increase the overall rate by the same amount from the current $16 to $16.25. Finance Director Diana Steiner started the budget discussions ...
Mel Pitzen spent 33 years at the Times-Republican from 1966 to 1999 in a variety of roles from reporter to sports editor to city and farm editor. The 92-year-old Korean War veteran, who now resides at Glenwood Place, returned to his old stomping grounds surrounded by family members and even his ...
With a goal to prevent harm to animals and ensure they are received safely by trained staff at shelters, a new bill was introduced to the Iowa Legislature this year. Supported by Animal Rescue League of Marshalltown (ARL) Executive Director Austin Gillis and introduced by Rep. Brett Barker ...