Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...
MARSHALL COUNTY — Veterans, their families and other proud Americans came out in force on Monday to observe Memorial Day at a host of local events that kicked off with the fourth annual service at the Raymon Veterans Park in Albion at 8 a.m., emceed by Joynell Raymon. Raymon, widow of the ...
Class of 2008 Marshalltown High School (MHS) graduate Zach Thompson, who went on to play baseball at Marshalltown Community College (MCC) before relocating to his current home state of Ohio, started the Scatter Joy Project in Columbus as part of an effort to destigmatize conversations around ...
T-R PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY Memorial Day weekend is always an eventful one in the small but mighty community of Beaman, but this past one was especially lively as extra events were planned around the city’s 150th birthday, including a parade on Saturday afternoon and a musical ...
With the June 2 primary election date just over a week away, Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Steen — a former minor league baseball player who led the Iowa Department of Administrative Services (DAS) from 2021 to 2025 — spoke to a group of about 25 people gathered at Legends ...
Artwork can be impactful: touching the lives of those who experience it daily and the generations to come. Such was the mindset when professors at Marshalltown Community College collaborated with their students to create public art installations on campus. The latest work is entitled “It’s ...