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Todays News

Iowa Veterans Home’s longest tenured employee reaches milestone anniversary

After graduating from South Tama County High School, Rita Dostal was looking for a job while she studied at Marshalltown Community College (MCC) when she found one as a resident treatment worker (RTW) at the Iowa Veterans Home in 1969. She didn’t have a car at the time, so she walked from ...

Kim Elder celebrates 20 years in emergency management

From natural disasters, extreme weather, terrorism, mass casualties, biohazardous waste and other threats to public safety, emergency management serves an important role in prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Kim Elder has spent 20 years serving in emergency management ...

Local law enforcement officials report accidents due to icy roads

The icy road conditions around Marshalltown and the T-R coverage area caused at least a few accidents on Wednesday, according to local law enforcement leaders. Marshalltown Police Chief Chris Jones said the MPD dealt with three property damage accidents since 2 p.m. and two minor injury ...

Legion regains sales tax license after paying off nearly $90k in debt

It’s been a long four months for American Legion Golf Pro and Director of Operations David Boles and new Post 46 Commander Troy Underhill, but thanks to the generosity of community members, they are excited to announce that their sales tax license has been reinstated and routine operations at ...

Number of inactive voters surprises county auditor/recorder

More than 2,500 inactive Marshall County voters have had their registrations canceled. Marshall County Auditor/Recorder Nan Benson and Assistant Auditor/Recorder Jessie Chizek said they were surprised by how many inactive voters there were. “It’s just a bigger number than what we have ...