Times-Republican Publisher Abigail Pelzer is stepping down at the end of July. Pelzer has accepted a position as Senior Marketing Manager at MARSHALLTOWN and will continue to live in the community. Terry Christensen, publisher of The Messenger in Fort Dodge and the Daily Freeman-Journal in ...

After several months of planning and preparation, a group of Quaker Oats employees from Cedar Rapids got to work on Thursday to restore the Iowa Veterans Home baseball field to its former glory. Navy veteran Brooks Dechant has been leading the way on this initiative, along with other members ...

STATE CENTER — A State Center man was pronounced dead after a structure fire at 508 Fourth Ave. SW early Thursday morning. According to a press release from the State Center Police Department, personnel from the State Center Fire Department and the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office ...

Mark Ketcham’s passion for aviation was ignited right in his own backyard when he was still in elementary school watching his neighbor fly radio-controlled airplanes. Now, he’s an aerospace engineer, and he flies with the Vanguard Squadron entertaining the masses. Ketcham was born and ...

Two prime Main Street properties are opening up for redevelopment, and Marshalltown city leaders are seeking the public’s input on what should come next. Last week, a public survey, which is available in English and Spanish, went live on the city website asking what should be built at the ...

Two long journeys full of trials, tribulations and struggles most Americans couldn’t even begin to fathom culminated at Principal Park on July 1 as Nan Tha Zin Win Davidstars and Sisi Grace-Man, both of Marshalltown, became naturalized American citizens along with 27 other Iowans. “I was ...