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‘Christmas tradition’ welcomes more than 170 area children

GLADBROOK — For the second year running, Gladbrook’s beloved Kids Shopping Day took place amid a significant winter storm. But not even intense snowfall and cold temperatures could stop more than 170 children from attending (with their caregivers) the 13th annual event held on Saturday, ...

Three Marshalltown residents charged with robbery after alleged assault

Three Marshalltown residents were arrested on Saturday after a victim reported being assaulted with a handgun and ended up in the emergency room. At approximately 4:10 a.m., officers from the Marshalltown Police Department were dispatched to the UnityPoint Health Emergency Room for an ...

Christmas fun at Clutier’s ZCBJ Hall

CLUTIER — For the second year running, Clutier ZCBJ Lodge’s annual ‘Deck the Hall’ event had to be postponed by a week due to winter weather with this year’s original Saturday, Dec. 13, date pushed to Dec. 20. “I think we would have had our biggest crowd had it happened a week ...

Welcome home, Staff Sgt. Howard

T-R PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY, TRANSFER OF REMAINS PHOTOS BY THE DES MOINES REGISTER AND THE CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE The community welcomed home its fallen hero on a somber Christmas Eve as the body of Iowa Army National Guard Staff Sgt. William Nathaniel "Nate" Howard, 29, a Class of 2014 ...