Renewing the one penny local option sales/service tax (LOSST) will let Marshalltown keep its momentum in rebuilding our city after the double-whammy tornado and derecho events. It will also have visitors help keep our property taxes lower when they buy goods and services here. If your home is ...
A couple of weeks ago, the weather being exceptionally nice, I decided to take a walk and that stroll took me down to the river. I paused, enjoying the spring air in February, sat down under a tree for a brief rest, when to my surprise, a white rabbit ran by. I stood up and the animal, scared ...
Tuesday, March 5 is an important day for our community and future. You are being asked to decide two ballot measures, renewal of the Local Options Sales & Service Tax (LOSST) and Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL). I would like to commend both the City and School District on their ...
Thank you for four decades of support for my Big Treehouse fantasy, hobby, and passion. My name is Mick Jurgensen and I “lived” The Big Treehouse for all of my adult life. Nestled in the historic grove of Burr Oak trees east of Marshalltown on Shady Oaks Road was a unique construct named ...
As part of Black History Month 2024, my organization, CURE, Center for Urban Renewal and Education, has announced the release of “The State of Black Progress,” published by Encounter Books. This is a follow-up to “The State of Black America,” published by CURE in 2022. The objective ...
Last week, Russian political activist and dissident Alexei Navalny died in a Siberian prison camp, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for what most observers agree were specious, purely politically motivated convictions. Navalny had been an opponent of Vladimir Putin, the country’s ...