For the last several days, a group of six Japanese youngsters from the city of Minami-Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture, have been immersing themselves in the sights and sounds of central Iowa and getting to know their American host families in the process through the Sister Cities of Marshalltown ...
Marshall County Courthouse Court Aug. 2 • Tia Michelle Clark made an initial appearance on a failure to appear for a pre-trial conference in advance of a jury trail charge. The pre-trial conference will be rescheduled by District Associate Court. Bond is set at $2,000 cash only in ...
Roadside wildlife surveys will be underway throughout Iowa during the next two weeks. Since 1962, standardized rural road count routes have been conducted. Each 30 mile long route is unique to every region of the Hawkeye state. There are 225 designated standard routes. When all the ...
Karen Shipley-Cooper will never forget the balmy July day in 1983 when the unthinkable happened. Her teenage daughter and only child, Teresa Shipley, suffered an aneurysm at church — first, it was a bad headache, and then her legs stopped working. She slipped out of her mother’s arms and ...
With more than 100 cats and 60 dogs in its shelter currently, the ARL of Marshalltown has gotten creative when it comes to ensuring these critters have the care they need. That’s why the organization provides sponsorship of kennels, open to businesses and individuals. “We’ve offered this ...
The desire to provide food for the community led Tiffany Gummert to create the Marshalltown Plant Swap group on Facebook. The idea for the plant swap came to her after a United States Post Office worker delivered a package and noticed the sunflowers growing in the yard. “[The sunflowers] ...