Kratom would be outlawed as a Schedule I substance under a bill passed Tuesday by the Iowa House. House File 2133 would designate kratom products — ingestible substances made from the Mitragyna speciosa plant and its synthetic equivalents — as a Schedule I hallucinogenic substance. People ...

Blizzard gusts of up to 58 mph ripped through Marshall County on Sunday and started decreasing Monday morning. Fortunately, most of the residents heeded warnings and stayed home, making the winter event easier for emergency personnel. Marshalltown Police Chief Chris Jones said his officers ...

REINBECK — Cancer. A word no parent wants to hear. But in 1988, Sharon Hoffmann-Wambold learned her daughter Sarah, age 3 at the time, had acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), also called acute lymphocytic leukemia, a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow. And while Sarah’s disease ...

Times-Republican contributor and former staff writer Sara Jordan-Heintz, is again a recipient of the Artist Innovation Grant sponsored by the Arts + Culture Alliance. As one of six people awarded the grant in 2025, she used her funding to establish The Write Club, which met in person June ...

The Olympic-themed event was held March 6,7, 13 and 14 at the Wayward Social in Marshalltown.

A wide variety of businesses, nonprofits, public safety agencies and other service organizations were represented during the Healthy Famllies Fair at the Marshalltown High School (MHS) Roundhouse on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.