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Todays News

Progress 2026: ‘A school within a school’

At the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, Marshalltown became just the third high school in Iowa and the first in central Iowa to implement Junior Achievement (JA) 3DE curriculum, which challenges students to solve real-world problems in unique settings. As MCSD Executive Director of ...

Progress 2026: Work on Miller Middle School slated to begin next month

Residents can expect to see a lot more activity at Miller Middle School as the large Reimagine Miller renovation project is slated to begin this year. The extensive project has been broken into eight phases and timeframes: • Phase 1 will begin in April and last until April 2027. It will ...

IVCCD nursing program uses cutting edge technology

Employment of registered nurses is projected to grow 5% from 2024 to 2034, quicker than the average for all occupations, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In late 2025, Iowa Valley Community College District (IVCCD) signed an articulation agreement — effective immediately — ...

Local panelists speak of challenges faced on International Women’s Day

For more than 100 years, March 8 has been recognized — sometimes unofficially in history — as International Women’s Day. Recognizing the occasion, and with the holiday falling on Sunday this year, Marshalltown Community College hosted a panel of five women community leaders on Thursday. ...

Naig tours water-quality conservation projects in Tama, Grundy counties

TAMA/GRUNDY COUNTIES — State and local conservation leaders gathered in rural Tama and Grundy counties earlier this week to highlight ongoing efforts aimed at improving Iowa’s water quality through a combination of agricultural conservation practices and partnerships between private ...