After 150 years, several locations, a devastating flood, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Great Depression, and numerous recessions, the Marshalltown YMCA-YWCA continues to fulfill its mission of “putting Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind and ...
For the second meeting in a row, the Marshall County Board of Supervisors quickly worked through a light regular agenda before touching on some of the more hot-button issues of the moment during the public comment period on Wednesday morning. Once the consent agenda had been approved, ...
It was on July 2, 1919, that the Iowa General Assembly voted during a special session to become the 10th state to ratify the 19th Amendment — a victory decades in the making. Local historian Pete Grady notes it was women’s clubs in Marshalltown and other cities, which not only championed ...
The attempted murder trial for Dewey Perdue began Tuesday at the Marshall County Courthouse. Perdue, 70, of Marshalltown, was arrested in Bondurant in Sept. 23, 2025 after being considered at-large and wanted in connection to the Sept. 20, 2025 shooting of two people - Jose Arrendondo and ...
Nate Willems, the Democrat running for Iowa Attorney General, said he plans to create an enforcement unit dedicated to wage theft recovery if elected in 2026. Willems, a labor lawyer and former state representative, released a “Protecting Your Paycheck” policy platform Wednesday as part ...
The ongoing debate over data centers in Marshalltown took a somewhat confusing turn during Monday night’s city council meeting as the council, after approximately 40 minutes of discussion, voted 6-1 to approve the first reading of a four-month moratorium on the projects before a motion to ...
