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Todays News

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 ...

Military procession honoring Staff Sgt. William ‘Nate’ Howard set for today

The body of late Iowa Army National Guard Staff Sgt. William Nathaniel “Nate” Howard, who was killed in a terrorist attack in Palmyra, Syria, on Dec. 13, will return to Iowa on Wednesday — first to Des Moines and then to his hometown of Marshalltown. According to Mitchell Family Funeral ...

YSS leader shares final MPACT update of 2025 with council

YSS of Marshall County Director David Hicks has become a familiar face at Marshalltown city council meetings with his quarterly updates — sometimes with assistance from advocates Suzy Reed and Tiffany Beadle — on the latest happenings within the Marshalltown Police and Community Team ...

Woman faces federal distribution, money laundering charges

A Marshalltown woman will be tried in federal court for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and five counts of money laundering. The trial for Liz Margarita Vargas, 45, is slated to begin Feb. 6. According to documents filed in the United States District Court for the Southern ...

Council OKs Flock camera expansion during final meeting of 2025

The Marshalltown city council gathered for the final time in 2025 on Monday night, swearing in two new councilors, one re-elected incumbent and a new mayor before approving the expansion of the current Flock public safety camera system through the use of Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) dollars. ...