A juvenile was arrested and charged with arson after the Marshalltown Fire Department (MFD) and the Marshalltown Police Department (MPD) were called to the old hospital site downtown for a structure fire on Wednesday afternoon. According to a joint press release, the agencies responded to ...

A Marshalltown man was arrested and charged with felony sexual abuse on Tuesday afternoon. At 4:03 p.m, the Marshalltown Police Department arrested Ibrahim Lugendo, 27, and charged him with third degree sexual abuse. A criminal complaint alleges that Lugendo “walked up to the victim and ...

Three Marshalltown nonprofits received a Homes for the Holidays donation of 17 twin beds, complete with memory foam mattresses and foundations, from Slumberland on Wednesday. Manager Pam Taylor said nine beds were given to Heart of Iowa Big Brothers Big Sisters, six to Guiding Star ...

Since YSS of Marshall County Director of Community Engagement David Hicks and Marshalltown Police Chief Mike Tupper first began raising awareness of the fact that funding for the Marshalltown Police and Community Team — better known by its acronym MPACT — was set to run out at the end of ...

Many people take to the Internet to sell items that otherwise would remain in the attic collecting dust. Earlier this year, the Friends of the Marshalltown Public Library decided to take donations unable to be incorporated into the library’s collection and list them on eBay. Past Friend’s ...

A discussion item on the Marshalltown city council agenda Monday night sparked a lengthy and at times charged conversation about the translation of meetings into other languages and which platform the city should use to broadcast them. City Clerk Alicia Hunter kicked it off and explained ...