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Iowa GOP legislation reveals biases

Iowa’s 91 House and Senate Republican legislators want to outlaw classroom discussion of topics like racism and sexism. Furthermore, Iowa’s GOP attempt to ban discussion of the slavery-oriented “1619 Project” book reveals their pro-white bias. Republicans’ effort to sweep racism and ...

Thank you Marshall County leaders

Our society has been filled with unsympathetic political climates, divisive COVID 19 response debate, and circumstances in our lives that can bring us down and take many frustrations out on our leaders in government. Elected officials have signed up for answering to the public, taking their ...

Mental health is important, too

We are writing as members of Students Empowering and Leading (SEAL), a student-led philanthropy group from East Marshall High School. SEAL gives us the opportunity to not only better the lives of people around us, but also learn valuable lessons about life and leadership. Recently, we ...

Thompsons very generous to county

We wanted to share the timeline and history of the Old Fire Station with the patrons of Marshalltown and Marshall County. The Old Fire Station actually has two addresses, the north section at 107 S. First Ave. and the south section at 109 S. First Ave. Just to be clear if you are looking at the ...

Do not penalize Marshall County Sheriff’s Office

Iread the recent article in the Times-Republican that explained the county will be facing a million budget shortfall due to repairs in the courthouse and due to lower revenue coming into the Marshall County Jail because COVID has reduced the inmate population. I was surprised to see the board ...

Pandemic adversely affecting domestic violence survivors

There are several Super Bowl ads that I can remember from over the years. None more vividly, though, than one about domestic violence that aired in 2015. In it, you hear a survivor of domestic violence calling local authorities while the camera pans around a house showing nearly everything is ...