Despite an undeniable “Blue Wave” across much of the state and the country, the Marshall County Board of Supervisors will remain all red for at least two more years after Republican incumbents Christian Goodman, Jarret Heil and Carol Hibbs all won re-election to their respective seats in ...
For about the last year, The Hobby Craft Club at the Marshalltown YMCA/YWCA, which has met weekly on Tuesdays for decades, has been sewing hundreds of fabric hearts to be sent to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Blank Children’s Hospital and the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines ...
Incumbent Republican Brett Barker has held onto his District 51 seat in the Iowa House of Representatives. In Tuesday’s election, Barker earned 8,617 votes, or 55 percent, of 15,549 total ballots and Democrat Teresa Perin drew 6,901 votes, or 44 percent. There were 31 write-ins. District 51 covers the northwest, southwest and northeast quadrants of Marshall County — including communities of Green Mountain, Albion, Liscomb, St. Anthony, Clemons, Rhodes, Melbourne and State Center — along with a large swath of Story County outside of Ames. Within Marshall County, Barker earned ...
The legal battle between the city and the former downtown hospital owner continues. On Saturday, Scott Covalt, owner of CD Marshalltown, filed a request with the Iowa Supreme Court for a 60-day extension of an appeal after former attorney Chad Frese submitted a motion to withdraw on Oct. ...
Election polls open for Marshall County voters today at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. As long as a person is in line at 8 p.m., they will still be able to cast their ballot. There are 11 poll locations in the county. Voters need to cast their ballots at the corresponding location, based on their residential address. In Marshalltown, the four locations are: Marshalltown Public Library, 105 W. Boone St., for Ward 1 voters; Iowa Veterans Home Malloy Hall, 1301 Summit St., Ward 2; Our Savior Lutheran Church, 3001 S. Sixth St., Ward 3 and; Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1600 S. Center ...
The ACLU of Iowa has won a preliminary injunction that clears the way for The Satanic Temple to stage a holiday event next month in the Iowa Capitol rotunda. In August, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against the state in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa over the state’s repeated refusal to grant permission for the temple to stage what the ACLU calls “a family-friendly winter holiday event.” The ACLU of Iowa cited the fact that other religious and civic groups are allowed to stage events in the rotunda. Shefali Aurora, ACLU of Iowa staff attorney, said Monday ...
