7+ hour, 22+ min ago  (216+ words) Charges were filed against the driver who caused an accident involving a Marshalltown Municipal Transit bus transporting students from school on Monday. The driver of the passenger vehicle, Reis Hauser, 43, was given three tickets for failure to obey a stop…...

1+ day, 23+ min ago  (584+ words) A local businessman who started his career in 1972 and a woman with a passion for genealogy and history recently joined the Historical Society of Marshall County's (HSMC) board of directors. Rick Gooding of Marshalltown, who began his career at Lowe's…...

23+ hour, 9+ min ago  (372+ words) The Marshalltown boys" tennis team had no illusions about its opponent. Southeast Polk entered Monday"s match winless in dual meet action, but the Bobcats...

23+ hour, 9+ min ago  (26+ words) AMES " Iowa State women's basketball head coach Bill Fennelly has named Caroline Mc Combs as associate head coach. Mc Combs will begin her duties with the Cyc...

23+ hour, 14+ min ago  (251+ words) The federal Head Start program has been a lifesaver for me since I was a toddler. I count my lucky stars that my parents were able to get me into Head Start for...

1+ day, 29+ min ago  (422+ words) Time to spring into some downtown cleaning. The annual Marshalltown Central Business District (MCBD) Team Up to Clean Up event is scheduled for Saturday, from 10 a. m. to noon. Executive Director Danielle Lekin said the event is organized to prepare downtown for…...

1+ day, 13+ min ago  (761+ words) After holding a trio of public hearings on reallocating unspent bonds that have already been issued, the Marshalltown City Council voted to spend them on improvements to sidewalks, trails and the police/fire building during Monday night's regular meeting. City…...

1+ day, 18+ min ago  (602+ words) Twenty-two years to the day before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a young George Washington penned his name in defeat as he surrendered for the first and only time in his storied military career. It was at Fort…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (710+ words) ELDORA " The East Marshall boys" track and field team set a pair of school records at the South Hardin Co-Ed on Friday night in Eldora. Eli Burns broke the Mustangs" record in winning the 110-meter high hurdles with a time…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (301+ words) DES MOINES " After finishing ninth in Thursday's 3, 200-meter run, Marshalltown High School junior Preston Johnson returned to the Blue Oval with an invitation to the "Elite High School Mile. Though the event was different, the result was not as Quentin…...