The city council voted down the $1.50 per month compost fee during Monday night’s regular meeting after more than a month of consideration. The fee, which would be charged to residential customers of Marshalltown Water Works, had momentum before being tabled at a regular meeting on June 13. ...

After long-awaited family fun was compromised due to COVID-19 restrictions over the past two years, the Central Iowa Fair is proudly back in full swing this week from July 13-16, hosted by the ISU Marshall County Extension and 4-H. The fair will be holding a variety of familiar events and ...

It’s been a long road to recovery and reopening for the Marshalltown Arts and Civic Center (MACC), previously known as the Fisher Community Center, but the future now looks bright with a reconstruction project nearing completion and a local native taking the reins as the facility’s first ...

After several weeks of investigation, six arrests were made in connection with a June 18 burglary on the 700 block of South Third Avenue, and all individuals have been charged. According to a press release from the Marshalltown Police Department, a concerned citizen reported the burglary ...

Within Marshalltown city limits, the only legal fireworks are sparklers, caps and snakes, but the Fourth of July weekend still went off with a bang, literally. Large fireworks are prohibited without a permit, but display fireworks were being set off throughout the three-day holiday. The ...

On a humid, scorching-hot Fourth of July, the people of Marshalltown and surrounding communities made their way over to the Central Iowa Fairgrounds for an evening of food trucks, fun, music and fireworks to celebrate the national holiday. Beginning at 4:30 with a performance from Bon Jecci ...