County leaders announced the Marshall County Courthouse is not estimated to be open until the fall. The building was originally supposed to open around the one-year anniversary of the July 19, 2018 tornado. "Marshall County Board of Supervisors and Auditor/Recorder were optimistic that we ...

Newly sworn-in First Congressional District U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer toured Marshalltown on foot and by car Sunday, looking at tornado-impacted businesses and homes. The Democratic representative was joined by state Rep. Mark Smith, D-Marshalltown, and by First Ward City Councilor Sue Cahill. ...

Damaged homes in Marshalltown are set for a boost in repairs to the tune of $400,000 from Volunteer Iowa. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the recovery effort Thursday. The money will be used “to equip and staff a mobile response unit that will make critical repairs to tornado-damaged homes in ...

The hallways and rotunda of the Marshall County Courthouse have been silenced from the usual hustle and bustle — replaced now with the sound of hammers, saws, fans and cleaning crews who have worked almost around the clock following the July 19 tornado. Since the day after the ...

The Marshalltown High School Class of 1969 has launched a MHS Bobcat Tree Restoration Fund Drive with the goal of raising $50,000 to plant 300-500 trees indigenous to Iowa on private and public land in Marshalltown, to replace the arbors damaged in the July 19 tornado. At Tuesday’s Board of ...

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds has filed an appeal letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials, requesting they reconsider the denial of individual assistance funds for Marshalltown tornado victims. The letter comes about two weeks after FEMA officials announced no such ...