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Study: Marshalltown needs housing of all types

Editor’s Note: This is part two of a two-part series on the building of new apartments, town-homes and more in Marshalltown by its major employers. In recent years several have spent funds or provided other assets in the building of apartments, town houses and more specifically for ...

Lennox, T-R built a combined 163 new Marshalltown homes post-WWII

Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series on the building of new apartments and homes in Marshalltown by some of its major employers. Specifically, in recent years JBS and MARSHALLTOWN Co. – among others - have expended funds and devoted other resources in the building of ...

Tama County deputy arrested, charged with OWI in Grundy County

GRUNDY CENTER – A Tama County Sheriff’s deputy who was arrested and charged earlier this month in Grundy County with operating under the influence has been placed on paid administrative leave. “[W]e are aware that a Tama County Sheriff's Office deputy was arrested for OWI in another county. Upon learning of the arrest, the deputy was placed on paid administrative leave pending an Internal Affairs investigation,” Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt told the newspaper this past Wednesday via email when asked to provide comment on Deputy Heath Ryan Brown’s arrest. Brown, 40, of ...

School board updates criminal history records policy

The Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) got more in line with some Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations (DCI) requirements during Monday morning’s regular school board meeting. The board approved changes to the National Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) ...

Iowa Veterans Home sued for alleged workplace discrimination

A pharmacist fired from the state-run Iowa Veterans Home is now suing the state, alleging discrimination based on age, gender and disability. Kimberly Helmbrecht, who was hired at the Iowa Veterans Home in early April 2020 during the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, is suing the ...