TAMA — A house in the 1700 block of State Street in Tama sustained heavy damage, and the garage and two vehicles are considered a total loss after a fire early Tuesday morning. According to a press release from the Tama Police Department, the 911 dispatch center received a call from a ...

CORN CARNIVAL PHOTOS BY JONATHAN MEYER/BLACK DIRT DAYS PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY Two long-running town festivals returned to the area this year with strikingly similar themes, both odes to Bruce Springsteen’s classic song: “Corn in the USA” at the 103rd Corn Carnival in Gladbrook and ...

STATE CENTER — A popular aspect of the annual Rose Festival are the pork burgers made by the State Center Fire & EMS Department, but will not be present this year. Instead, they will be available this Saturday during the Ignite the Night Fire Department New Station Fundraiser. Beginning ...

As the Marshalltown Christian School has continued to grow and expand throughout its nearly 20-year existence, its leaders must now renew their accreditation through Christian Schools International (CSI) every five years. Administrator Bethany Wirin is happy to report that the process has been ...

Marshall County Courthouse Court April 22 • Tony Wayne Lake made an initial appearance on a theft-fifth degree charge. Patrick Peters is appointed as counsel. The pre-trial conference is set for 9:30 a.m. on May 21 in Magistrate Court. • Jammar Dazmond Watkins made an initial ...

On Monday, a Marshalltown woman turned herself in for allegedly embezzling more than $10,000 from the Marshalltown Education Association (MEA) between July 2017 and September 2024. Rachel Nelson-Loupee, 48, has been charged with first-degree theft, a class C felony. She turned herself in at ...