Tama citizens have been wondering what is happening as far as the Lincoln Bridge is concerned. People are probably aware of the new store built on the east side of town. The store has put in a drive leading to their business. The city will finish the drive taking it to Fifth Street. This will ...

Dec. 26 was a special day. Having many errands to do, we started by eating breakfast at Muddy Waters. After ordering, we began to people watch. Just inside the main-entrance door, there was a table of 20+ people, probably a family get-together. Shortly, a ten year old boy strolled in and ...

Thank you to the Marshalltown community. 2024 was a record year for use of the Emergency Food Box. As in the past, the community has stepped forward to meet the needs of this mission. On behalf of the EFB Board I want to thank everyone for their support in 2024. When the need increased, the ...

The Governor of Iowa has cut back the river monitoring in Iowa City. Upstream. The Iowa Beef Processors were given 11 million dollars to expand their production. They unilaterally changed this to “upgrades.” Gee, I’d like to see the list on this one. With the republican Senator visiting ...

Greetings from Rev. Darrell Mitchell. On Monday,Dec. 16, Senator Randy Feenstra wrote an article in the TR, “Keeping Our Military the Strongest Force in the world.” More than half of the Pentagon’s appropriations went to large defense contractors, of which the leaders are Lockhead Martin, ...

I am taking this opportunity to document the fact that there was an active bicycle club in Marshalltown, Iowa for 50 years, 1974 - 2024. It was the Iowa Valley Bicycle Club (IVBC). Mid December 1974, My wife and I were invited to a Christmas party at the home of Dan Ring, an avid cyclist. At ...