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Prep Sports Schedule

Thursday, Sept. 10 Girls Tennis Union Community and Waverly-Shell Rock at Marshalltown, Noon Marion at South Tama, 4 p.m. Cross Country BCLUW at Marshalltown’s Bobcat Invite, 4 p.m. at MCC East Marshall at Colfax-Mingo Invite, 4:30 p.m. at Kelly Fields, Colfax GMG at Union Community Invitational, 5 p.m. at La Porte City Golf Club West Marshall at Gilbert Invite, 5 p.m. at Iowa State University Cross Country Course, Ames Girls Swimming Cedar Rapids Washington at Marshalltown, 5:30 p.m. College Volleyball Northwest Iowa at MCC, 6 p.m. Volleyball Nevada at West Marshall, ...

Origin Homes awarded Workforce Housing Tax Credits for four communities

WEST DES MOINES — Origin Homes, a rural custom homebuilder based in West Des Moines, has been awarded Workforce Housing Tax Credits through the Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Finance Authority for housing projects in Webster City, Knoxville, Panora and Conrad, continuing the single-family homebuilder's mission to increase attainable homeownership opportunities in rural Iowa communities. The awards support Origin Homes' Rural Housing Initiative, a program launched in 2023 to address housing shortages in smaller communities by delivering single-family homes in ...

Call for Fiber Artists + Makers

This December, Arts + Culture is bringing together works in fiber and clay to explore the relationship between tradition, material and contemporary creativity — and Arts + Culture is looking for local fiber artists and makers to be part of it. Fiber and clay are among some of the oldest creative materials. For generations, artists and makers have woven, stitched, shaped and transformed them into objects that are functional, expressive and deeply connected to culture and tradition. Today, artists continue to push those traditions forward. Through experimentation, unexpected ...

MCC to host Marshalltown College Fair for students and families

Area high school juniors, seniors and their families are invited to explore postsecondary opportunities at the Marshalltown College Fair from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Sept. 22 at Marshalltown Community College. The event, sponsored by the Iowa Association for College Admission Counseling, will take place in the MCC Student Activity Center. More than 60 colleges, universities, military branches and educational organizations are expected to attend, providing students with a valuable opportunity to connect directly with representatives and learn about a variety of academic and career ...

Late summer cattail and floating-leaved plant control tips for ponds

Late summer or early fall is the best time to manage cattails, America Lotus, water lilies and other emergent or floating-leaved plants that are on the pond’s edge or are above the water. Spraying certain herbicides this time of year will eliminate the whole plant and it will not regrow next spring. There is little risk of depleting the oxygen in the pond with treating these plants; they die-back every year at this time and decompose slowly over the coming months. Starting in late summer, these plants move food to their roots to survive the winter, making systemic herbicides most ...

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Sept. 10 TOPS 1440, Nazareth Church Fellowship Hall-Corner of South Center Street and South Street, Weigh-in 8 a.m.; Meeting 8:30 a.m. Cards, Senior Citizens Center, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Potluck, Senior Citizens Center, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. MHS Alumni Group, Senior Citizens Center, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Marshalltown Cruise Night, Taco Johns, 5 p.m. Roller Skating Night at Y, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Skates will available for rent or bring your own) Grief Support Group, 8 W. Church St., 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Live & Local-Jordan Beem, Leonard Grimes Memorial Amphitheater, Grimes Farm and ...