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Seattle is a young city with a long history of protests

SEATTLE — Large protests in Seattle over police brutality and racial injustice have again caught the nation’s eye, but big, unruly demonstrations have been part of the city since shortly after it was founded in 1851 by settlers in a log cabin on a lonely strip of land along the Puget ...

White Coats for Black Lives

Healthcare professionals at UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown participate in White Coats for Black Lives on Friday. They joined other people across the country who knelt to signal commitment to improving the health and safety of people of color.

Annie Glenn, American hero

In 2012, Annie Glenn and I were doing what we so often did, which was to sit side-by-side in a quiet place offstage, waiting for our extroverted husbands to finish speaking to a crowd. We had been close friends for six years by then. My husband, Sherrod Brown, was running for reelection to ...

Marshalltown resident performs virtual theater show

While the Marshalltown Community Theatre will not be present any productions in the near future, theatre enthusiasts should note a virtual show being released this weekend. "Unconditional Surrender: A Visit with Ulysses S. Grant," a show written and performed by Pete Grady of Marshalltown, ...

Marshall County has more than 600 cases

DES MOINES - On Sunday, 58 additional cases of COVID-19 were confirmed for Marshall County, bringing the county total to 603. Of those, 193 have recovered. There have been 1,977 tests conducted in the county. The Iowa Department of Public Health also reported 470 other cases throughout the ...