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Todays News

MFD battles early morning blaze on Union Street

At approximately 3:40 a.m. on Wednesday, the Marshalltown Fire Department was dispatched to 402 Union St. for a residential fire assignment. Upon arrival a single family, 1 ½ story house is found with a working fire in the finished attic space. At the time of the fire, the house was ...

Lucy’s Dive Bar set to open at former Dave and Sally’s location next Friday

Class of 2017 Marshalltown High School graduate, Marshalltown Community College alum and current Iowa Army National Guard Sgt. Luz Morciego is so used to people mispronouncing her first name that she typically instructs them to say it as “Lucy without the Y.” It’s so ingrained in her now ...

Annual gun show returns to Central Iowa Fairgrounds

Welcome to the annual Marshall County Gun Show. Beginning Friday in the Central Iowa Fairgrounds Activity Building, organizer Brandon Kelley said there is no more room for additional vendors. Kelley, owner of BK Productions, said this will mark the third year his company has hosted the ...

Marshalltown KFC closed due to unprofitability, franchisee says

In an email sent to the T-R on Monday evening, Central Iowa KFC Inc. Owner Kevin Schlutz said the Marshalltown location at 3007 S. Center St. closed due to unprofitability. The company based in Columbus Junction had franchised the restaurant, which has a long history in the community at ...