The owner of an Eldora-based sanitation company came before the Marshalltown city council on Monday night to request a garbage and refuse license, but it was denied by a 5-2 vote as some councilors referenced an ongoing solid waste study and the impact garbage trucks can have on the city’s ...

Marshall County Magistrate Judge Tom Hillers has ordered a dog should not be returned, under any circumstance, to its former owner. Rae Lynn Stephenson, 42, was arrested and charged with animal neglect with injury on Saturday, when she was found in her vehicle with a dog and snake at ...

A 3-year-old girl was rescued from a house fire Monday afternoon by two Marshalltown Fire Department firefighters. The Marshalltown Police Department was first to arrive on scene and directed the firefighters to the girl’s second floor location. Firefighters attempted a ladder rescue from ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order Monday officially creating the state Department of Government Efficiency task force. Reynolds said at a news conference the initiative, based on the federal DOGE headed by Elon Musk, will make recommendations to further her administration’s ...

The Marshalltown Public Library, Humanities Iowa, and the Iowa State Historical Society co-sponsored a thought-provoking program entitled “AI and the Human Future” on Saturday at the library. Scott Samuelson, with Extension and Outreach in the Philosophy and Religious Studies department at ...

As a longtime farmer between Marshalltown and State Center, Don Myers has always loved and appreciated felines, owning many of them throughout his life. After Myers and his wife Bonnie moved into The Willows in April of 2023, he began to notice a feral tri-colored calico cat “hunting” ...