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Todays News

Library got ‘axolotl’ cuter

On Friday, Naturalist Kim White brought unique animals to the Marshalltown Public Library for Storytime, and kids flocked to see the axolotl included. An axolotl is an amphibian in the salamander group, which appears to always smile due to its naturally upcurved mouth, and has remarkable ...

Toledo soldier severely injured in Kuwait faces ‘long recovery’

BETHESDA, MD. — Master Sergeant Josh Steinback of Toledo was severely injured in Kuwait during an initial round of retaliatory Iranian airstrikes on March 1, and he is returning to the U.S. to begin what is expected to be a lengthy recovery. Steinback serves in the U.S. Army Reserves, and ...

GOP U.S. Senate candidate Jim Carlin speaks to Pachyderm Herd Friday

“Are you sure you want to give a lawyer an hour?” U.S. Senate hopeful Jim Carlin, a Republican from Sioux City, joked about 10 minutes into his meeting with the Marshall County Pachyderm Herd at Legends American Grill on Friday. Carlin, 63, a U.S. Army veteran, trial lawyer and former ...