A Des Moines man with a lengthy criminal history of similar offenses has been taken into custody on a total of five charges related to the burglary of Hellberg’s Jewelers on April 4, according to court records. Douglas Allen Baker, 54, turned himself in at the Marshall County Jail on ...

The Marshalltown Community School District Board of Education approved a pair of motions related to Miller Middle School during Monday night’s regular meeting — one for architectural services for “owner provided scope work” as part of the Reimagine Miller bond project and the other for ...

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of several articles reporting on Marshall County residents of the mid to late 1800s whose names are posted on rural avenue road signs. Last names — and other names — were mandated by the E-911 county system. They were approved unanimously by ...

Editor’s note: In the years following the Revolutionary War, the United States stood as an unfinished nation. Victory had secured independence, formalized by the Treaty of Paris, but it had not secured stability. The young republic was burdened by war debt, constrained under the Articles of ...

There will be plenty of events happening in downtown Marshalltown during the next few months, and cleaning the area up for those and for the everyday residents and businesses is important. So, 16 volunteers showed up Saturday morning for the Marshalltown Central Business District (MCBD) Team ...

A collection of plants were in one of the Marshalltown Public Library meeting rooms on Saturday, and people were lined up outside the door, waiting for it to open. The Spring Plant Swap brought enthusiastic gardeners to the library, ready to see what options were available and what plants ...