GILMAN — Trees, trees and more trees. These new plants, composed of many different species, all found new homes in the new campground areas, along the shoreline of Green Castle lake, and other places where thinning had already been accomplished so that new stock could get planted. Now add ...

The annual Grimes Farm Park Apocalypse Zombie Run came and went on Saturday, and has steadily grown in popularity. This year, more than 100 running enthusiasts traveled the marked trail through Grimes Farm and tried to avoid the “dead-icated” volunteers playing zombies. As the zombies ...

Roughly 70 people attended the CommUNITY Unity Potluck on Friday at Anson Park. Hosted by Immigrant Allies of Marshalltown, it was an opportunity for community members to bring their homemade dishes, engage in conversation and celebrate the rich diversity of the town. As attendants visited ...

Ahead of the Nov. 5 general election vote, the Times-Republican sent questionnaires to all of the candidates in contested races for county, state and federal offices. Today’s feature highlights the race for the U.S. House seat in Iowa’s Fourth District — two-term Republican incumbent ...

TAMA — Last Monday night’s South Tama County school board meeting started with a blaze. During the public comment period, board member Jackie Ellenbecker, who was elected less than a year ago in November of 2023, asked to speak and delivered her resignation letter. After sharing a bit of ...

DES MOINES — The teenage shooter in a deadly attack at a small-town Iowa high school in January sought to gain fame with the shooting, tried to livestream his actions and had planned for weeks, according to investigators. The town of Perry, located about 30 miles northwest of Des Moines, ...