T-R PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE BOWERS, ERINN MAHARRY AND ROBERT MAHARRY GARWIN - As Americans across the country celebrated Independence Day on Friday and into the weekend, Garwin hosted its annual Freedom Days festival with most of the activities being held in the area around the city park. ...
Remaining members of the so-called “Greatest Generation,” who helped the Allied Powers win a decisive victory in perhaps the most consequential armed conflict in modern world history, are few and far between. But two of them who reside at the Iowa Veterans Home were prominently featured ...
Small towns experiencing population decline often see staples like grocery stores, day cares and schools close, Iowa State University sociology professor David Peters said, leading to less access and hardship. One less-known, missing part of many of these communities is legal representation, ...
T-R PHOTOS BY GARRY BRANDENBURG - Tony Brink and his grandsons enjoyed a Canada goose roundup and leg banding Wednesday, July 2. A crew from the Iowa River Corridor Wildlife unit of the Iowa DNR came to Tony’s farm. They were successful in capturing 42 geese. One mature goose already had a ...
Marshalltown once again observed Independence Day in style with the second iteration of the revamped Red, White and Blue Celebration, which began on Thursday evening with a car cruise-in and food trucks in the 13th Street District as well as the first Live After 5 of the summer at West End ...
For almost 50 years, Kerry Jech has been a pastor and a mainstay of the faith community in Marshalltown. On June 1, Jech retired from his role as lead pastor of New Hope Christian Church. “Forty-seven years is a long time,” he said. When Jech started officiating weddings of ...