There is an individual (Kevin Lewis) that lives in North Carolina who has taken on the quest to promote discord and division in our city. He claims to have “friends” in Marshalltown and will be moving here. He has called me with threats, sent me an email where he “wished me dead,” ...

We are looking forward to the 4th of July Fun Run which will be held at 13th Street and the Iowa Veterans Home. The event is free and will start promptly at 8 a.m. We encourage all ages as there will be two routes for participants to choose from, a short run as well as a 5K. Join the event, ...

In Friday, June 12's TR The Capital Dispatch reports that Trump says Lahn of Kansas is “much more Trump” than Feenstra. I have read a fair few of “Randy’s Roundups.” Not because I want to follow him, but because I wanted to campaign against him for the way he’s mismanaged Iowa’s ...

Being a longtime friend of Mark Rohde, and being a Bible teacher and pastor for 4 decades, I was saddened to see how a local pastor chose to respond to Mr. Rohde’s “Bible Truth or Tradition” articles. In undergraduate work, I took a class in Logic where I learned about “Ad hominem”, ...

My mother told me when I was a child to never take credit for matters which others brought to fruition. "Self praise stinks," she stated, and it is certainly a rule I praise among Iowans. Marshalltown is proud of the new Apgar Family Water Plaza which evolved like a pearl from a splash pad to ...

With the nice weather there are more users on the city bike paths. Everyone needs to remember that these are used by walkers, joggers and bicyclists. Bicyclists and electric devices need to remember to announce themselves as they approach slower traffic from behind. Blasting by at speed is not ...