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Council proceeds with placing franchise fee on November 2027 ballot

Marshalltown voters will have the chance to decide the fate of a three percent franchise fee on gas and electric bills during the November 2027 city/school election after the city council voted unanimously to proceed with that course of action during Tuesday night’s meeting. During the ...

More than 600 primary election ballots submitted so far

The primary election is on Tuesday, just five days away, and Marshall County voters have already been casting their ballots. According to Marshall County Auditor/Recorder Nan Benson and Assistant Auditor/Recorder Jessie Chizek, 719 residents have either submitted early ballots or requested ...

A new era for Nourish

For the last decade, Rhonda Spellman has run Nourish, her holistic wellness and pain relief clinic, out of two different locations in Marshalltown — one on South Center Street near Applebee’s and then on 13th Street until last August. As of this year, she has moved the operation to the ...

Man convicted of 1980 Tama triple murder dies in prison

FORT MADISON — A former St. Anthony man who was serving a life sentence for murdering his estranged wife and two of her friends in Tama in 1980 died in prison on May 16, according to the Iowa Department of Corrections. Charles Cullor, 81, had been incarcerated since October of 1980 for the killings of Linda Cullor, Mark Curtis and Roseann Curtis in an apartment the three shared on April 6, 1980. He appealed his conviction on the grounds that his vehicle was illegally searched and seized without a warrant, but the Iowa Supreme Court upheld the judge’s ruling in 1982.

Peoples Community Health Clinic celebrates grand opening in Traer

TRAER – The provider is in and patients are arriving. After opening the doors to its new satellite medical clinic in downtown Traer on Monday, May 4, Peoples Community Health Clinic, Inc. held a ribbon cutting and open house on Wednesday, May 20. Those attending the ceremony included ...