An influenza outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas has sickened almost 160 people in the past few weeks and might have even killed one person going through basic training. If it wasn’t already clear why Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to eliminate the military’s universal ...

I spent years as the Director of Marshall County Development. Part of that work involved sitting across the table from industrial site selectors — companies actively looking for places to put significant capital investment. Some of those conversations were about data centers. Marshalltown ...

One of the things I have been focusing on early in my term as Mayor, is making Marshalltown more resilient. What exactly does that mean? Being a “resilient community” means that we are ready for what Mother Nature throws our way. We can argue about why disasters are happening more ...

As a fifth-generation Iowa farmer, I understand the importance of making decisions that sustain a farm for future generations. My family has been farming and raising pigs in central Iowa for more than 155 years. Today, my wife and I, and our son and daughter-in-law raise pigs, corn and beans ...

As the city of Marshalltown prepares for thousands of RAGBRAI cyclists coming to town on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, riders and citizens safety is the number one goal for our Marshalltown Ride Right Committee. Ride Right is the official bicycle safety program developed by RAGBRAI. The name ...

The US Open Golf Championship is being contested this weekend. Participants are competing according to the United States Golf Association official rule book. Believe me, no one wants to be disqualified for not playing according to the rules. So who makes the rules for life? Society? The ...