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Todays News

MCSD superintendent responds to education legislation

Actions of the recently-ended Iowa Legislature will have some effect on public school districts throughout the state, including Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD). Senate File 167 was signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds on May 14, and provides a 2 percent increase in funding per pupil. ...

Tama man pleads guilty to distributing and possessing child pornography

CEDAR RAPIDS — Jacob Samuel Yang, age 36, from Tama, pled guilty Thursday in federal court in Cedar Rapids to distributing child pornography and possessing child pornography. In a plea agreement, Yang admitted that in March 2024, he sent child pornography to other people. He stored child ...

Supervisors OK subdivision variance request, noxious weed control plan

The Marshall County Board of Supervisors swiftly moved through a host of agenda items during a regular meeting that lasted almost exactly a half hour on Wednesday morning, with a variance request for the potential construction of additional homes on a 40-acre agricultural plot north of State ...

Marshalltown officials react to new state fireworks law

During three days, the skies above Marshalltown might be filled with more flashing lights and increased loud bangs might be heard throughout. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 303 on May 14. The bill, now law, denies city and county governments the ability to restrict or prohibit the usage ...