National Independent Bookstore Day is set for Saturday, April 25, and Fizz & Fiction, one of Marshalltown’s newest downtown establishments, will be participating for the first time with a variety of special offerings including one-day only drinks, opportunities to customize books with ...

TAMA — In honor of Earth Day, the Meskwaki Natural Resources (MNR) department welcomed the public to an open house at the “South Farm” property located just southwest of Tama and offered UTV guided tours to observe the buffalo herd — now approximately 85 strong — for tribal members ...

A nonprofit facility intended to help women achieve sober living is scheduled to open in Marshalltown at the end of May or beginning of June. Reborn Recovery, located on South Fifth Street, will be dedicated to helping up to six women at a time reach and maintain sobriety. The idea is the ...

The Marshall County Board of Supervisors moved through a large amount of agenda items in a relatively short amount of time during Wednesday morning’s regular meeting, including crossing off perhaps their most daunting annual task: finalizing the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which ...

The two suspects wanted for being inside of the former downtown UnityPoint Hospital without authorization have been taken into custody after warrants were issued for their arrests last week. According to court records, 33-year-old Manuel Patlan Corona of Marshalltown was arrested on Tuesday ...

MELBOURNE — In an effort to leave a better community for their children, a trio of Melbourne mothers — Jessica Horn, Kelsey Bracy and Beth Opperman — are leading efforts to install new equipment at two separate playgrounds in the Meier Memorial Park/Little League fields area. The first ...