With the war between Russia and Ukraine raging, people all over the world are doing whatever they can to help the Ukrainian people. Fundraising has been a go to for individuals looking to help, and for Liza Yaryshkina, a 16-year-old foreign exchange student from Ukraine, it’s one of the best ...
The Marshalltown Police and Community Team (MPACT) is being largely embraced by the people it aims to help according to its latest quarterly report. Program supervisor Ryan Keller, who is also a mental health therapist with YSS, shared the organization’s impact by the numbers with the city ...
The City of Marshalltown has launched the brownfields program to jump start the redevelopment of what could be seen as risky properties for potential buyers. A brownfield is a property that can be difficult to redevelop or use due to the presence or potential presence of hazardous ...
TAMA — A vicious attack by a pack of dogs took the life of an adult female member of the Meskwaki Nation on the afternoon of March 28, according to a release from the Meskwaki Nation Police Department. According to the post, the attack took place in the area of Springs Road on the Settlement, which is located just over one mile southeast of the Meskwaki Casino and south of Highway 30 near the Iowa River. Details of the incident and the identity of the person who died have not yet been made public due to the “sensitivity of the situation.” The department provided an update later ...
With 118 structurally deficient bridges as of the most recent reporting, Marshall County is second in the entire state of Iowa on that number behind only Jasper County. County Engineer Paul Geilenfeldt said there’s no one reason the number is high, but a lot of it boils down to the simple ...
Two Marshalltown High School (MHS) students, seniors Andrea Montes and Jeremiah Hernandez, are moving on to all-state after an intense state individual speech competition in Grinnell. The all-state competition, hosted by the Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA), will be held at the ...
