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Award-winning instructor named art teacher at St. Francis

Maggie Parks of Garwin spent 35 years teaching art in the area public schools, earning countless awards and accolades along the way. Although she retired from Marshalltown Community School District at the end of the 2025-26 school year, she’s returning to teaching this fall as the newly hired part-time art teacher at St. Francis Catholic School. “It’s definitely time for me to slow down. I’ve been in two or three schools most of my career, and so this is an opportunity to work half time and be in just one building, but still be involved with teaching because I’m not ready to ...

Bird defends state decision to submit voter data to feds

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said Monday at the Iowa State Fair that the state should do everything it can to prevent illegal voting, including turning over voter data to the U.S. Department of Justice. Bird, who is running for reelection, spoke Monday at the Des Moines Register ...

Smoking for Recovery returns for second annual event Saturday

The first iteration of Smoking for Recovery last August was such a smashing success that the group behind it, God’s Way Ministry, is making it even bigger and better in year two. Beginning at 10 a.m. and running until 8 p.m., it will include a meat smoking contest, inflatables, baptisms, ...

Traer water tower undergoes Redhawk refresh

TRAER – Just in time for high school football season, Traer’s water tower will soon sport a fresh Redhawk-themed paint scheme as part of a restoration project. “Work on the Traer water town has started,” Traer Municipal Utilities (TMU) General Manager Eric McEwen told the newspaper ...

Jury finds Dewey Perdue not guilty of all charges

The weeklong attempted murder trial of Dewey Perdue ended on Friday, Aug. 14 with the 12-person jury finding him not guilty on all counts. Perdue, 70, of Marshalltown, was arrested in Bondurant in Sept. 23, 2025 after being considered at-large and wanted in connection to the Sept. 20, 2025 shooting of two people – Jose Arrendondo and Juan Lopez. He was charged with two counts of attempted murder, one count of willful injury causing serious injury and one count of willful injury causing bodily injury. Attorney Jessica Donels, one member of Perdue’s defense team along with Carly ...