Marshalltown News

Police in Marshalltown are asking for the public's help tracking down the person they say is responsible for a Saturday morning stabbing.

If you lose your job and your former employer disputes your claim for unemployment benefits, the state will conduct a fact-finding hearing that is confidential.

Today we offer some odds, ends and assorted strange stuff: And speaking of strange, an eastern Iowa auto supply store is selling spray bottles of a cleaner that, according to a newspaper advertisement, "KILLS H1N1 BACTERIA!" Wacky? Maybe not.

One person was killed and three others were injured in a highway crash in Story County.

The state of Iowa is again keeping secret the names of some Iowans fired from care facilities because of criminal activity or abuse.

Jessica Panther had 13 kills and Cameron Wilkens added 10 as the Southeastern Community College volleyball team won a pair of matches at the ICCAC Crossover tournament Saturday in Marshalltown.

Note: Arrest or citation for a crime is not a determination of guilt. Guilt or innocence is always established in a court of law.

Amid new studies that show texting behind the wheel is at least as dangerous as drunken driving, one central Iowa community said it's not waiting for the state to ban the practice.

Detachment 2, 1168th Transportation Company, 2:30 p.m., Audubon High School gymnasium, 800 3rd Ave., Audubon.

Police said Wednesday that a routine traffic stop resulted in the discovery of a stolen car and lead to drug charges.

The Iowa State Patrol said a man died Monday in a crash south of Eldora. Crash investigators said Mark Draeger, 24, of Marshalltown, was eastbound on county road S-62 when he crossed the center line and enter the north ditch.

A Marshalltown man is dead after a motorcycle crash Monday. The Iowa State Patrol says the motorcycle went into a ditch on County Road S-62 south of Eldora.

When the estate of Ralph C. Turbett was settled recently, several local organizations were beneficiaries of his generosity.

Construction of relocated U.S. 30 through Toledo will cause the permanent closure of through traffic on South Church Street between Grand and Oak streets beginning Oct.

The Department of Defense announced Tuesday that 3,500 Iowa National Guard members, including 130 from Iowa City, will be deployed to Afghanistan next year.

The proposed reconstruction of the Interstate Highway 80 interchange with U.S. Highways 65 and 6 in Altoona has an estimated cost of $40 million.

A Marshalltown resident was shot to death about a half mile from his home on Friday morning.

Kevin Koepnick said he could have been a park ranger. Growing up the son of a science teacher, Koepnick said he liked the outdoors and science, so he considered becoming a park ranger.

Oelwein has been recognized as a 2009 All-Star Community. It shares the honor with Cresco, Marshalltown and Mondamin.

Look at the blood-red cloth spread across a table at the Iowa State Historical Museum and imagine the scene nearly a century and a half ago along the coast of South Carolina.