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Holding tiny hands

For about the last year, The Hobby Craft Club at the Marshalltown YMCA/YWCA, which has met weekly on Tuesdays for decades, has been sewing hundreds of fabric hearts to be sent to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Blank Children’s Hospital and the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines ...

Barker holds on to District 51 Iowa House seat

Incumbent Republican Brett Barker has held onto his District 51 seat in the Iowa House of Representatives. In Tuesday’s election, Barker earned 8,617 votes, or 55 percent, of 15,549 total ballots and Democrat Teresa Perin drew 6,901 votes, or 44 percent. There were 31 write-ins. District 51 covers the northwest, southwest and northeast quadrants of Marshall County — including communities of Green Mountain, Albion, Liscomb, St. Anthony, Clemons, Rhodes, Melbourne and State Center — along with a large swath of Story County outside of Ames. Within Marshall County, Barker earned ...

Election Day polling hours, locations in Marshall County

Election polls open for Marshall County voters today at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. As long as a person is in line at 8 p.m., they will still be able to cast their ballot. There are 11 poll locations in the county. Voters need to cast their ballots at the corresponding location, based on their residential address. In Marshalltown, the four locations are: Marshalltown Public Library, 105 W. Boone St., for Ward 1 voters; Iowa Veterans Home Malloy Hall, 1301 Summit St., Ward 2; Our Savior Lutheran Church, 3001 S. Sixth St., Ward 3 and; Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1600 S. Center ...