BRAILA, ROMANIA — When Burgess Barr awoke at his home in Odesa, Ukraine, at 7 a.m. Thursday, his phone was lit up with the notifications he had been fearing — Russia had launched a full scale invasion targeting several of the nation’s population centers. His daughter Anastasia told him ...

Even as COVID case numbers continue to decline and — on the public health front, at least, the world is beginning to return to some sense of post-pandemic normalcy — finding great candidates to fill available positions remains a challenge for several of the area’s top employers. Two of ...

Child Abuse Prevention Services (CAPS) is dedicated to preventing the sexual abuse of minors by partnering with Marshall County schools to educate students from grades PreK through 12 on sexual health. These curriculums look different for different age groups, but they are all focused on ...

WATERLOO — Playoff sports can hinge on a hot streak, a stroke of individual brilliance or a bad matchup. Try as the Bobcats might, a title repeat was not in the cards for Marshalltown boys’ bowling. The Bobcats finished second in the 2022 Class 3A team bowling state championships on ...

The city of Marshalltown’s process of rewriting its zoning ordinance has reached its final steps after over a year of work to bring it up to date. The city council approved a contract to have the ordinance rewritten in December of 2020. The last time major changes were made was 1998, when ...

A large fire that torched a vacant building in downtown Marshalltown on Saturday night is considered suspicious, according to Fire Chief David Rierson. Drivers who passed the wreckage at the 108-110 building on West Main Street slowed down to get a closer look on Monday as a crew worked to ...