The appointment committee charged with selecting a new member to serve on the Marshall County Board of Supervisors after the passing of Kevin Goodman interviewed eight candidates on Wednesday, and a decision on the appointment is expected Monday. The committee is comprised of Marshall County ...
TOLEDO — One of the most interesting parts of this week’s Tama County Supervisor’s meeting on Monday morning was a field trip. With their permission slips signed, the majority of the supervisors, along with a few other county employees and the sheriff, went on a guided tour of the old STC ...
Patrons of the Marshalltown Public Library might have noticed an increase in noise and dust as there is a big renovation project underway. On the west side of the building, three new study rooms are being built, a conference room, a podcast room and a lounge area. “Hopefully the lounge ...
After a story about an increase in Melbourne’s water and sewer rates was published in last week’s Times-Republican, resident Josh Courter brought an error in the water and sewer rate increase to the city council's attention through Facebook postings. He correctly stated that the increase ...
TRAER — The North Tama school district is seeking candidates to fill a school board vacancy. The Director District 7 seat opened up late last month following Director David Boldt’s resignation. In an email obtained by the newspaper sent to Board President David Calderwood, Boldt said he ...
On April 5, 1968 — the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. — Rex Kozak was a third grade student at Riceville Elementary School in far northern Iowa when he learned a firsthand lesson about discrimination from his teacher, Jane Elliott, ...