The future of Iowa and the United States is safe. That is, if the compelling displays, documentary, and one-act plays are all portrayed with passion and poise by the leaders of tomorrow — 14 Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) students — are any indication. The impetus was the ...
GLADBROOK — Patrick “Pat” Acton created his first model out of matchsticks in 1977, a church, using 500 matchsticks. This year he completed his 80th piece — Disney’s Cinderella Castle — using 607,000 matchsticks. His career total: a whopping 9,767,772 matchsticks used. He began ...
At the tail end of Monday night’s meeting, the Marshalltown city council returned to a familiar topic that has proven controversial in recent years — the implementation of a franchise fee added to gas and electric bills — and ultimately voted 5-2 to proceed with a path to imposing such a ...
Iowa Sen. Zach Wahls (D-Coralville) hopes to soon change his title to U.S. Sen. Zach Wahls. Conventional wisdom dictates that he will have a strong chance based on polling, reactions and support from a number of attendees listening to Wahls’ speech at Monday night’s “Iowans Over ...
Marshall County Courthouse Court April 14 • Kevin Kroeger made an initial appearance on a violation of parole charge. Patrick Peters is appointed as counsel. The parole revocation hearing will be scheduled by the Administrative Law Judge. Kroeger is being held without bond. • A ...
Next Wednesday is the annual day dedicated to environmental protection support - Earth Day. And Grimes Farm will host a walk for the yearly observance. Naturalist Emma Bruck said this is the second year the park has hosted the event. “We host the Earth Day Walk to encourage people to ...