As of the 3pm update Tuesday, there have been 71 cases of Legionnaire’s Disease in Marshall County. The Oktemberfest committee made the decision to keep the festival in downtown Marshalltown. It’s all set to kick off tomorrow afternoon at 4:30pm and all of the events this year will be on Church St. Vicki Daters, volunteer with Oktemberfest, talks through a few of the big events this year.
The parade this year will be Saturday morning at 10am, she says the plan is for the parade to go down Church St. the opposite way. The parade will start at the intersection of 9th St. and Church St. and travel east down Church St. ending at 2nd Ave. Daters talks about some safety during the parade.
Daters says people will not be going hungry as there are a lot of food trucks that will be around this weekend.
People can learn more about Oktemberfest by visiting their website, Oktemberfest.com or by heading to their Facebook page called, Oktemberfest- Iowa’s Best Family Fall Festival.
Zach Tomesch, News Director KFJB