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Council moves forward with alley vacation near JBS

The Marshalltown city council spent the largest chunk of Monday night’s relatively brief meeting discussing the potential vacation of a dead-end alley near the JBS facility east of 8th Avenue as one councilor raised concerns that other neighboring landowners had not been approached with the ...

Keith and Jo Anne Sash named 2026 Corn Carnival Grand Marshals

GLADBROOK — Always a parade chairman but never a parade marshal — until this year, that is! In an exciting twist, the Gladbrook Corn Carnival Committee has named Keith and Jo Anne Sash as the grand marshals of the 2026 Grand Parade set for Friday, June 12, at 6:30 p.m. Keith recently ...

Old hospital owner without representation, not allowed to provide defense

The trial between the City of Marshalltown and the owner of the old downtown hospital was one-sided on Tuesday. Scott Covalt, the head of CD Marshalltown and the property owner, appeared in the non-jury trial without representation. He was informed by Judge Christopher Polking that since ...

Former Tama County jailer charged with sexual abuse

TOLEDO — A now former Tama County jailer has been arrested and charged with two counts of second degree sexual abuse, both Class B felonies, over events that allegedly occurred in 2023. On Monday, the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) arrested 21-year-old Clayton Killian, who was ...

139-year history of IVH presented to full house Monday

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 synonymous with Marshalltown, a community known for its distinctive courthouse, the Evangelical Deaconess ...