Crews from Manatt’s and their subcontractors have been hard at work on the streets of Marshalltown since Monday as a $1.77 million hot mix asphalt (HMA) street rehabilitation project that will affect a total of 18 sections of road in the community is officially underway. With the downtown ...
The Central Iowa Art Association (CIAA) offers free and low cost arts and crafts opportunities for children, teens and adults. It’s a mission the local organization has had since its founding. In 1944, three women, Allene Gordon, Edna Wise and Helen Lentz, began exploring the idea of art ...
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and other Midwest senators celebrated the findings of a new biofuels study Tuesday during a Capitol Hill briefing in Washington, D.C. The new report, published by S&P Global and commissioned by the U.S. Farmers and Ranch Association, says expanded biofuels demand ...
Dr. Ivan Sheeler, a veteran of both World Wars, left a towering legacy when he passed away in 1997 at the age of 105, and it lives on to this day through the administration building named after him at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. On Monday afternoon, approximately 30 of his family ...
TAMA — The Tama Police Department announced sad news on Monday as their K-9 unit, Creed, passed away after battling “a serious illness.” Creed had joined the department in 2025. “It is with heavy hearts that the City of Tama Police Department announces the passing of our beloved K-9 ...
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO A total of eight Conrad-area veterans received Quilts of Valor on Saturday afternoon on the main stage at the annual Black Dirt Days Festival. Quilt of Valor. Pictured from left to right in the back row are Brett Kitzman, Cliff Kitzman, Mike Kruse and Gabe Stone. In the front ...