Subjects will be learned, sports will be played and new friends will be made by many Marshalltown Community School District students. The 2026-27 school year began Monday. Students and staff gathered outside to wait for the opening bell and then poured into the hallways in the elementaries, ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday efforts to increase the nutritional value of school lunches, including a push for more locally grown foods at school. The announcement, made in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, noted funding packages to ...
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson told reporters Friday that if her opponent wins the U.S. Senate campaign, the Iowa State Fair might lose its Iowa Pork Tent. Hinson flipped porkchops and spoke with officials, farmers and media at the Iowa State Fair about California’s Proposition 12 and its effect ...
Marshalltown celebrated grand openings of community amenities last weekend. It started with Franklin Field on Friday evening and ended with the opening of the Emerson Bridge early Saturday night. Opening the Emerson Bridge event was Arts + Culture Alliance Executive Director Amber ...
Democratic candidate for Iowa attorney general Nate Willems laid out his history of winning legal battles for Iowans’ benefit Friday and said his office’s priority would be helping Iowans, rather than focusing on out-of-state litigation. Willems spoke on the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox stage at the Iowa State Fair about his bid for the state attorney general position, for which Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird is seeking reelection. “Over the last 18 years, I’ve represented tens of thousands of Iowans and recovered tens of millions of dollars,” Willems said. ...
Confusion seems to have been the predominant feeling at last Monday's Tama County Supervisors meeting, as no one seemed to have a firm grasp on what was going on or what the proper thing to do was, especially as it pertained to the petition to return the board, which went up to five members ...
