Earlier in the year, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that she planned on awarding certain teachers a retention bonus of $1,000, but many Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) staff members would not be able to reap the benefits. Because of this, Superintendent Theron Schutte — ...

GILMAN — A tornado touched down near the southeast corner of Marshall County on Saturday night, but Emergency Management Coordinator Kim Elder said there have been no damages reported thus far. According to Elder, the twister actually touched down just south of the Marshall County line ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed one of the largest tax code overhauls in the state’s history earlier this week, and several local leaders in the Marshalltown area are excited about the change, which will gradually transition individual state income tax to a 3.9 percent rate for all earners, ...

The Marshall County Crime stoppers are now offering a $500 reward for information leading to an arrest in connection with a slew of as yet unsolved arsons. Over the last year, the Marshalltown Fire Department has been called to a total of nine vacant structure fires that have been determined ...

STATE CENTER — A somber, reflective atmosphere filled Saint Paul Lutheran Church in State Center on Tuesday night, as church leaders and members of the community joined together to pray for Ukraine and to support Olya Hinchak, a Ukrainian foreign exchange student attending West Marshall High ...

Marshalltown Police Department Chief Mike Tupper pitched a new hiring incentive to the city council during Monday night’s meeting. The department is seeing fewer and fewer applicants for open police officer positions in what Tupper described as a “national crisis.” “It has nothing to ...