As Iowa lawmakers get ready to reconvene Jan. 13 for the 2025 session with new members, leaders said they are heading into the session with expectations to take on property taxes, changes to the state’s higher education system and immigration policy, among other issues. Following the 2024 ...
STATE CENTER — An intersection in State Center that has drawn the attention of local and state officials alike over concerns about a slew of high speed collisions is set to receive a major makeover in an attempt to improve overall safety, with construction likely to begin sometime in 2026. ...
ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old. The longest-lived ...
After he had previously broached the topic with the Board of Supervisors a few months back, longtime Marshall County resident Patrick Lynott returned to discuss his request for a green burial on his property south of Green Mountain during the Dec. 18 meeting. The process is described as ...
GLADBROOK – A recent photo of what appears to be an “oil leak” on a Vienna Wind Farm turbine garnered a lot of reaction recently when posted to the Tama County Against Turbines public group page on Facebook, but according to a representative from MidAmerican Energy – the wind farm’s ...
A familiar leader in the Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) will begin a new chapter in 2025. Director of Special Services Matt Cretsinger will become a regional special education director with the Iowa Department of Education (DOE) in the Des Moines and central Iowa area. Tuesday ...