Several local high school students earned first-place in competitions at Iowa’s Career Development Conference last Thursday in Des Moines. Gracie Deal, Liam Fitzsimmons, Jayden Beichley, Tavin Coleman, of Green Mountain-Garwin High School, placed first in the Business Plan ...

Since purchasing the Marshalltown Mall at the end of January 2025, owner Reserve Development, a developer from Dallas, has made a lot of changes to the interior and exterior, proving the initial plan of investing $10 million into the building. Renaming the facility Shops at Marshalltown, ...

Steven Hyde was a teenager without political beliefs or preconceived notions when he enlisted in the U.S. Army in the mid-1960s, setting off a journey that would result in over 30 years of total military service, being wounded twice in Vietnam, and, much later on in his life, a deployment to ...

Marshalltown native Mary Beth Hurt, a star of Broadway and film, died March 28 at an assisted-living facility in New Jersey of Alzheimer’s disease. She was 79. Hurt was nominated for a Tony Award three times, plus a BAFTA Award and Independent Spirit Award. She made her film debut in Woody ...

TOLEDO — Berleen Wobeter of rural Toledo has withdrawn from the Democratic primary race for Iowa House District 53, stepping away from the campaign just weeks after filing for the seat. Wobeter, who submitted her candidacy paperwork March 6, announced her decision ahead of the March 18 ...

Class of 2023 BCLUW High School classmates Lincoln Stover and Paul Murty have been friends for as long as they can remember, and they’ve also both grown up with a deep connection to agriculture — Stover’s father Kurt is a consultant, while the Murty family farms about 1,400 acres of land ...