When Matthew Peterson was approached about taking a new job as the commandant at the Iowa Veterans Home and uprooting from his life with his wife and kids in the Austin, Texas, area, he chose to think of it in military terms. It’s just another deployment, after all. Peterson, who retired ...

Esports, the fastest growing competitive activity in the world, is now on the rise locally as both Marshalltown Community College and Marshalltown High School launch their new programs this fall, making Marshalltown a potential hotspot for video game competition and unique educational ...

Because of its location south of the downtown area, the Marshalltown Arts and Civic Center (MACC) — which had long previously been known as the Fisher Community Center — avoided the worst of the 2018 tornado that ripped through the heart of the city. The 2020 derecho, however, was a whole ...

There’s more to see in Marshalltown than there was a year ago. Many residents and visitors who haven’t been here in a while might balk at that statement because a tornado and derecho erased a staggering percentage of the town’s trees and reduced buildings to piles of bricks. But ...

Multiple wage increases for Marshalltown Community School District employees have been approved in the last several months, and while pay is examined every year, some employee categories received more notable raises this year, specifically paraeducators, bus drivers and monitors. ...

Multiple improvements to the Marshalltown Community College campus have recently been completed including a brand-new student success center, an updated library facility and a new student art gallery. The work isn’t done as other projects are slated for completion soon. The new B.J. ...