DES MOINES — By the time Toledo’s Belle Werner was crowned the 2026 Iowa State Fair Queen, she had already put together a State Fair week to remember. Werner, the daughter of Eric and Michele Werner, was crowned Iowa State Fair Queen on Saturday, Aug. 15, capping a week that included a ...
Summerween, a term popularized in recent years to refer to celebrating aspects of Halloween during the summer months, has taken social media by storm. Area apple orchards and pumpkin patches are already open, stores are stocked with candy for trick-or-treaters and moviegoers await the ...
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said Saturday Iowans would play an important role in keeping “Marxists and Islamists,” who he said have taken over the Democratic Party, out of power by electing Ashley Hinson to the U.S. Senate in November. Cruz, alongside other Iowa Republican elected officials and ...
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part series on the data center roundtable meeting held Thursday night at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum) The voices of Marshalltown residents were heard Thursday evening during a public roundtable on data centers attended by more than 100 people ...
GILMAN — The start of the 2026-2027 school year marks a major moment in the history of the East Marshall district as it has officially transitioned from three to two buildings, with grades K-6 now attending the elementary school in Laurel, grades 7-12 at the high school in Le Grand, and ...
After Marshalltown Police Department (MPD) Chief Chris Jones honored Officer Adan Ortiz Diaz for five years of service and Officer David Powell — who, along with Jones, is the last current MPD officer to have started working for the department in the 20th century — for an impressive 30 ...
