DES MOINES — As thousands of people descended upon the Iowa State Fairgrounds last Saturday to try various fried foods, take in the entertainment or just simply people watch, Bawnmore Farms of rural Chelsea — owned and operated by Joe and Francine Behounek — were recognized on the Anne ...
NEVADA — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand did more listening than talking Tuesday during a meeting with members of Iowa’s ethanol industry at Lincolnway Energy in Nevada. Sand participated in a briefing and toured the biorefinery, which came online in 20o6, as part of his 100 ...
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins and U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) brought a coalition of elected officials and leaders of veterans hospitals and advocacy organizations together inside the Whitehill Auditorium on the Iowa Veterans Home (IVH) campus in Marshalltown ...
Students will once again be roaming the halls of Miller Middle School when the 2026-27 school year starts on Monday, Aug. 24 amidst the ongoing $106 million Reimagine Miller reconstruction project. During the regular Monday meeting, Boyd Jones Director of Education Services and Project ...
GARWIN – The Green Mountain-Garwin Community School District invites students, families, alumni, staff, and community members to celebrate an exciting milestone as we officially break ground on the future of our Secondary School next week. The groundbreaking ceremony will take place on ...
Maggie Parks of Garwin spent 35 years teaching art in the area public schools, earning countless awards and accolades along the way. Although she retired from Marshalltown Community School District at the end of the 2025-26 school year, she’s returning to teaching this fall as the newly hired part-time art teacher at St. Francis Catholic School. “It’s definitely time for me to slow down. I’ve been in two or three schools most of my career, and so this is an opportunity to work half time and be in just one building, but still be involved with teaching because I’m not ready to ...
