The Marshalltown city council spent the final 45 minutes of last Monday night’s regular meeting discussing Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) expenditures as one councilor warned that the long-term stability of the fund could be in jeopardy if substantial reductions are not enacted. According ...
T-R PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY Students, staff and supporters of St. Francis Catholic School came together to celebrate Catholic Schools Week last week as St. Francis alum Lynne Carroll spoke during an assembly on Monday, and members of the Marshalltown Fire Department visited on Wednesday ...
DES MOINES — The Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority, which is responsible for conveying and treating wastewater generated by over 570,000 Iowans across 18 communities, has a new director. Patrick Beane, P.E., was offered the position as director of the award-winning ...
Throughout her professional career and various business ventures in Marshalltown, a love of food has always been a constant for Luisa Ortega, who started a restaurant called Ortega’s in the Marshalltown Mall around the turn of the century before later shifting her focus to her first event ...
On Friday morning, a Des Moines man was arrested in connection to the West State Street shooting on Jan. 11. Chance Wins Buffalo, 31, was apprehended by Des Moines Police Department officers as the sole suspect in connection with the incident. Marshalltown Police Department (MPD) ...
Actions during the first month of 2026 of Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) agents have raised fear and anxiety across the country, including in Marshalltown. Protests have popped up in various locations, and a nationwide strike against work and school kicked off on Friday in ...