MELBOURNE — Melbourne residents may have experienced a bit of sticker shock when they received their most recent water and sewer bills and saw a 20 percent increase in the amount they owed, but as Mayor Cynthia “Boo” Mansager and City Clerk Mary Pothast explained during a recent interview ...
TRAER — The North Tama school district is seeking candidates to fill a school board vacancy. The Director District 7 seat opened up late last month following Director David Boldt’s resignation. In an email obtained by the newspaper sent to Board President David Calderwood, Boldt said he ...
On April 5, 1968 — the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. — Rex Kozak was a third grade student at Riceville Elementary School in far northern Iowa when he learned a firsthand lesson about discrimination from his teacher, Jane Elliott, ...
DES MOINES — On Tuesday morning, State Auditor Rob Sand issued a report on his office’s special investigation into the Tama County Human Resources Department — specifically, transactions processed by former HR Director and Insurance Administrator Tamara “Tammy” Wise — and identified ...
The day after Valentine’s Day will bring the debut of a new event in Marshalltown, and the return of a hometown boy. Steve Sprague and his wife Paula are the owners of P.S. Cards and Collectibles Events and will host the Valentine Edition Cards and Collectible Show at Midnight Ballroom on ...
A ribbon cutting for the new antique/thrift store Grandma’s Attic, located at 205 S. 3rd Ave. in Marshalltown, was held on Friday morning.