Plea agreement reached in Marshalltown grooming case

July 3, 2026

A plea agreement has been reached in a Marshalltown grooming case. Brock Casady, 40, was arrested and charged with third-degree sexual abuse of a minor on Nov. 10, 2025. According to the Marshalltown Police Department arrest report, the minor victim reported that she was sexually abused by Casady the previous night. The victim’s mother confronted Casady, who left the residence afterward. A Flock camera showed his vehicle leaving Marshalltown before his arrest. Casady pleaded not guilty to third-degree sexual abuse, and his original jury trial was scheduled for Jan. 27. The trial ...

America at 250: History of Marshalltown’s Iowa Veterans Home is still being written

July 3, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of words have been spoken of and written about Marshalltown’s iconic Iowa Veterans Home (IVH). It is fitting. Not long after it opened in 1887, IVH quickly became an integral part of Marshalltown, a community known for its distinctive courthouse, the Evangelical ...

America at 250: German immigrant Matthew Edel’s legacy lives on through ‘Iowa landmark’ blacksmith shop

July 3, 2026

HAVERHILL — Residents in the small town of Haverhill – pop. 163 – witness its population increase mightily but albeit temporarily from Memorial Day through Labor Day each year. That is when the late Matthew Edel’s blacksmith shop is open to the public ...

America at 250: Former Home Oil Co. building in State Center listed as historic site, repurposed as police station

July 3, 2026

STATE CENTER — A building in State Center once described as “the perfect model for a small-town gas station” received official placement on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on June 16, 2025. The building - the former Home Oil Co. service station – 108 Fourth St. SE ...

After hourlong special meeting, council pushes viaduct chain link decision to next regular meeting

July 2, 2026

At the last regular meeting on Monday, June 22, the Marshalltown city council voted to “press pause” on approving chain link fencing around the currently closed Center Street Viaduct to replace the deteriorating railings so that more options could be considered. On Wednesday, however, the ...

Supervisors extend law enforcement contracts, OK disaster declaration during brief meeting

July 2, 2026

The Marshall County Board of Supervisors got in and out in less than 15 minutes on Wednesday morning after approving a brief slate of agenda items including the extension of law enforcement contracts with 11 incorporated communities and a disaster declaration in response to the windstorms of ...