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Award-winning instructor named art teacher at St. Francis

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Maggie Parks of Garwin spent 35 years teaching art in the area public schools, earning countless awards and accolades along the way. Although she retired from Marshalltown Community School District at the end of the 2025-26 school year, she’s returning to teaching this fall as the newly hired part-time art teacher at St. Francis Catholic School. “It’s definitely time for me to slow down. I’ve been in two or three schools most of my career, and so this is an opportunity to work half time and be in just one building, but still be involved with teaching because I’m not ready to ...

Crews moving out of Miller building, starting work on addition

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Students will once again be roaming the halls of Miller Middle School when the 2026-27 school year starts on Monday, Aug. 24 amidst the ongoing $106 million Reimagine Miller reconstruction project. During the regular Monday meeting, Boyd Jones Director of Education Services and Project ...

Bird defends state decision to submit voter data to feds

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Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said Monday at the Iowa State Fair that the state should do everything it can to prevent illegal voting, including turning over voter data to the U.S. Department of Justice. Bird, who is running for reelection, spoke Monday at the Des Moines Register ...

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Marshall County Courthouse Court Aug. 18 • Keith Arthur Chambers made an appearance on a failure to comply with sex offender registry regulations charge. The public defender’s office is appointed as counsel. The preliminary hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 28. Bond is set at $2,000 cash or surety. • Monique Makhidia Suka Suka made an initial appearance on a driving under suspension charge. Suka Suka pleaded guilty and the fine is $250 with a $37.50 surcharge and $60 in court costs for a total of $347.50. • Drew Allen Smithson made an initial appearance on an ...

DAILY RECORD

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Marshall County Courthouse Court Aug. 17 • Juliet Arabella Fernandez made an initial appearance on a theft-second degree charge, a forgery charge, an identity theft more than $1,500 charge, a fraudulent practice-second degree charge and a tampering with records charge. The preliminary hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 27. • Devon Dewaine Lentz made an initial appearance on two counts of a possession of contraband in a correctional facility charge, a possession of methamphetamine-frist offense charge and a possession of marijuana-first offense charge. The public ...