On Dec. 10, Tom McCoy was honored at the annual Rotary Club of Marshalltown Christmas Party receiving the Kenneth Brintnall Award. The Kenneth Brintnall Award was started in 1975 by Dave Norris who was club president at the time. Each year the winner is selected by a committee made up of former ...

Joanne Kramer of Nevada and Doni Sheldon of Marshalltown worked hard during their respective careers and saved for retirement. That is why the two volunteers with the Central Iowa Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) are on a mission to prevent fellow retirees from becoming the victims of ...

TOLEDO — After serving for more than 18 years at the helm of the Tama County Auditor’s Office — where she has handled everything from county budgets to elections to clerking for the board of supervisors — Laura Kopsa is set to retire. Kopsa, 63, a Democrat from Tama, said her decision ...

Moving to a new town can be hard. Moving to a new country and not speaking the language makes the difficulty of adjusting even more pronounced. Marshalltown is one of Iowa’s most diverse cities with immigrants from all over the world calling the community home, and it is estimated that at ...

After the Marshalltown City Council had approved the rest of the consent agenda on Monday night, they received an update on the situation at Riverside Cemetery as Councilor Jeff Schneider asked that the item be pulled for further discussion. “I asked to pull this just because it was on the ...

The holidays tend to bring generosity out in folks, and nonprofits see an increase in donations. The Animal Rescue League (ARL) of Marshalltown is no different. Executive Director Austin Gillis said the uptick in donations is attributed to them reaching out with year-end appeals, and people ...