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Political attack ads arrive in House District 52 race

Around the time of Labor Day in an election year is when political attack ads tend to make the rounds. A surge arrives and lasts four to six weeks before election day, which is Nov. 3 this year. Besides the large amount of ads generated for the governor and Congressional seats, Iowa ...

Annual Harvest Market slated for Sept. 11

While it’s not technically fall yet, the annual Harvest Market is the unofficial start to the autumn season. It returns this year to the 13th Street District from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 11. Attendees can expect to see more than 35 vendors from Marshalltown and Central Iowa (some new this ...

A firm foundation

LISCOMB — In 1851, a group of Moravian settlers who came west from Owen County, Indiana, planted their roots in northern Marshall County and launched the county’s first organized church on land just east of the Iowa River between Liscomb and Albion. The Bethel Grove Church still stands ...

Lenihan students experiment with band, orchestra instruments during tryouts

Students at Lenihan Intermediate are seeing if they have or can develop musical skills. On Thursday, the fifth graders “tried out” for musical instruction. Some of them had their first encounters with the instruments such as flutes, clarinets, trumpets, trombones and tubas. Fifth ...

Katie and the Honky Tonks drop new release ‘Last Call Lies’

WATERLOO – The reigning Iowa Music Awards Country Artist of the Year, local favorite Katie and the Honky Tonks, are back with “Last Call Lies,” their first new release since last year’s breakout debut album, “Ain’t No Shame.” If you’ve been hankering for another dose of ...