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Arrest made in robbery cases
Times Republican
Feb 01Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the recent slew of convenience store robberies in Marshalltown. »
Senior wins poetry contest for third straight year
Times Republican
Feb 01Marshalltown High School senior Gwen Morrison won the school's Poetry Out Loud contest for the third straight year Tuesday and hopes it's the first step on the way to the national competition. »
Marshalltown receives $50,000 for Main Street
Times Republican
Jan 30Marshalltown and State Center Main Street programs received $50,000 each from the Iowa Economic Development Council and Main Street Iowa in award ceremonies Saturday in Des Moines. Presenting the awards were Gov. Terry Branstad and Se. »
Orpheum announces 2012 signature events
Times Republican
Jan 29Marshalltown's Orpheum Theater Center has got a lot in store for entertainment in 201. »
A week to celebrate being unique
Times Republican
Jan 29Marshalltown Area Catholic School students have excitement building as they prepare for Catholic Schools Week, which starts Monday. The two MACS attendance centers, St. Mary and St. Henry, have special events planned to celebrate the week. »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
McKibben Makes Comeback
John Deeth Blog
Feb 02Dem Bruner announces in Senate 26 Republicans just picked up as high profile a challenger as they can get for Democratic Sen. Steve Sodders of Marshalltown: his predecessor. Former three-term senator and one time congressional candidate Larry McKibben ... »
2012 RAGBRAI route announced
Bleeding Heartland
Jan 29On Saturday night the Des Moines Register announced the major stops on the 2012 Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI). The 471-mile ride will start in Sioux Center on July 21 and end in Clinton on July 28. Overnight stops are after th... »
Campaign Finance From The In-box
John Deeth Blog
Jan 23With the campaign finance filings out as of Thursday, I'm working up a big picture kind of story. This is an important stage in the triage process: serious contenders had better be in the race by now and raising significant dollars. But here's a few st... »
Final GOP South Carolina debate discussion thread
Bleeding Heartland
Jan 20With Rick Perry dropping out of the race to endorse Newt Gingrich this morning, four Republican presidential candidates remained for tonight's CNN debate in South Carolina. Any comments about the debate or about Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul or Rick ... »
Who's who in the Iowa House for 2012
Bleeding Heartland
Jan 13Although the 60 Republicans and 40 Democrats in the Iowa House haven't changed since last year, I thought it was worth updating this post, because some committee assignments have changed, and House Democrats reshuffled their ranking members somewhat. M... »