A few weeks after he was first announced as the 2025 recipient of the Arts + Culture Alliance’s Community Artist Grant back in July, folklorist and storyteller Kiran Singh Sirah first visited Marshalltown to learn more about the community and formulate plans for a larger project. Beginning on ...
Marshalltown Police Department Arrests • On Thursday, Nov. 13, Stacy Galema, 35, was arrested for two counts of sex exploit by a school employee-pattern and lascivious conduct with a minor. • On Thursday, Nov. 13, Eron Ramirez Hernandez, 33, was arrested for operating while under the ...
A Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) employee was arrested Thursday and charged with sexual exploitation over an alleged inappropriate relationship with a student that occurred between 2014 and 2019. A press release from the Marshalltown Police Department (MPD) indicated that on ...
It’s not everyday a community sees a film released about one of its own. “Nouvelle Vague,” which tells the story of the making of the 1960 film “Breathless,” came out on Oct. 31 in select theaters and starts streaming on Netflix today. The comedy-drama film directed by Richard ...
Glenwood Place resident and Marine Corps veteran Don Plahn has a special talent for oil painting, creating countless “wet on wet” works inspired by Bob Ross and William Alexander over a period of about 40 years. On Sunday, his paintings will be shared with the public during a giveaway event ...
As Class of 2010 Marshalltown High School alum and current assistant auditorium manager Daniel Abens prepared to direct his first solo production at the school, he simply chose his all-time favorite play: “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Oscar Wilde’s beloved satire of aristocrats in ...