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Todays News

Three East Marshall students headed to individual All-State Speech Festival

LE GRAND — The Iowa High School Speech Association’s annual individual All-State Festival on the UNI campus in Cedar Falls highlights the best of the best in a wide variety of categories, and this year, three East Marshall students — junior Maddux Bennett in storytelling and sophomores ...

Progress 2026: Brick by brick, Iowa River’s Edge Trail work underway

What started as an idea in 2011 to promote outdoor recreation in Hardin and Marshall counties has accelerated in recent months with bricks, concrete, rock and steel bridges put in place. “We are beginning to see a lot of planning over the years come to fruition,” said Marshalltown mayor ...

Green Castle Recreation Area

The past year was an exciting one for the Green Castle Recreation Area south of Ferguson. The park now waits for an influx of users and campers as the warmer weather approaches. Phase one of the new park — 30 campground sites — and phase two — a new playground and electricity — was ...