Both Democrat Rob Sand and Republican Zach Lahn said Tuesday in their final gubernatorial candidate debate that more work was needed to address mental healthcare and the impact of Medicaid privatization on healthcare providers, but the candidates offered different solutions to improving ...
(Editor’s note: This is the second story in a series on Monday night’s Marshalltown city council meeting and the ongoing debate over data center regulations in the community.) After a brief update and public hearing on the Public Housing Agency (PHA) Fiscal Year 2026 review with Housing ...
More and more Iowans are utilizing food banks across the state, and the same is true for the Emergency Food Box in Marshalltown. In 2023, the Emergency Food Box (EFB) was serving roughly 400 families per month. Now they are up to 500 families, or 1,900 people, according to Co-chairs Conny ...
Marshall County Courthouse Court Oct. 27 • Harley Dean Ferch made an initial appearance on a violation of parole charge. Mark Olberding is appointed as counsel. The parole revocation hearing will be scheduled by the Administrative Law Judge. Ferch is being held without bond. • Jose De Jesus Sanchez Soberanis made an initial appearance on a controlled substance violation charge. The public defender’s office is appointed as counsel. The preliminary hearing is set at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 6. A substance abuse evaluation is ordered with the results submitted to the court. • ...
As American politicians and industries look to bring manufacturing to U.S. soil, Iowa State University researchers and their partners are working to scale a method of carbon fiber development using cheap, readily available materials. ISU mechanical engineering professor and Bioeconomy ...
Soybean harvest across Iowa has picked up after a slow start to harvest season and is now 6 percentage points behind the five-year average harvest, according to the latest crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Seventy-eight percent of soybeans have been ...
