On behalf of the Central Iowa Choral Society, I thank our Messiah audience for their attendance, appreciation, and generous offering. Following Handel’s example, we are sharing the offering with the Emergency Food Box and the MPACT Program. Our singers contributed greatly as always — in ...

Pete Hegseth says he answers to Trump, the voter plurality, the senators and his lord and savior. Joni Earnst who tied her shoes in Afghanistan, and hence is a combat veteran, is borderline on the whole issue, whether Pete should be Secretary of Defense. The real problem is. “Does Hegseth ...

The Homeless Task Force has arranged for a few “Warming Centers” and some spots for overnight sleeping for Marshalltown and Marshall County’s homeless population. Volunteer monitors have been working for the past couple of weeks. They are getting burned out and could use a break. We ...

As a new Board that will be installed into office January 1, 2025, we would request the current Board to refrain from appointing new members to the zoning board of adjustment to replace Todd Sebesta and Kurt Kelley and any further appointments. Todd resigned in mid-November 2024. Kurt resigned ...

I was told in no uncertain terms that because May St. is platted at 66 feet wide myself and the other homeowners on May Street do not own the size of land shown on our deeds. It is more than an easement to access the property; it is actually city property. That means several homes on the ...

I don’t understand why so many are surprised and appalled at the election results. Ever since the insidious scheme of Corporate Capitalism was concocted, the highest goals embedded into the system have always been for individuals to acquire great wealth, power, and unobstructed control, ...