CEDAR RAPIDS — A woman who stabbed another woman in the neck with a piece of trim that broke off in the victim’s neck was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison on Tuesday. Ashley Thompson, 38, of Tama, received the prison term after a March 31, 2025, guilty plea to one ...
Warmer weather, an increase in food availability and longer daytime hours combine to make springtime the main nesting and breeding season for many animals in Central Iowa. Because of this, people may come across baby animals and assume they’ve been abandoned. Marshall County Conservation ...
TOLEDO — The ongoing saga that is the future of Tama County Public Health and Home Care has taken another turn as the CEO and Executive Director, Stacy Koeppen, resigned late last week. At the April 9 Public Health Board Meeting, Koeppen informed those in attendance. “After a long ...
There are many pieces in the healthy economy puzzle. Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Director Debi Durham spoke at the Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce Economic Outlook Breakfast on Wednesday morning and shared what should be done to help foster growth in local ...
As the issue continues to garner attention and discussion in Marshalltown three years after a task force was originally established to address it, homelessness took center stage during Wednesday morning’s Shear Colbert Symposium at Dejardin Hall on the Marshalltown Community College (MCC) ...
Arrest warrants have been issued for a pair of individuals believed to have been unlawfully inside the old downtown hospital building four days after members of the Marshalltown Fire Department (MFD) rescued two people from a container inside the facility. On Sunday evening at about 6:30 ...