Friday 29th March 2024

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Some Good, Some Bad

The state of Iowa has blown past the 200,000 count in confirmed COVID cases to date. With nearly 29-hundred new cases since midday yesterday,...
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Nursing Home Numbers

The state reports 980 nursing home residents have died of Covid and a record 116 Iowa nursing homes now have active Covid-19 outbreaks. Brent...
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Smokin'...

All that black smoke folks saw in east Marshalltown yesterday? That was due to workers using cutting torches on metal near dry grass and...
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A Little Bit Of A Plateau?

For the first time in nearly two weeks, the 14 day positivity test rate in Marshall County has fallen below 20 percent. As of...
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Preparing For The Next Phase

The C-E-O of the state’s largest hospital says if the number of Iowans testing positive for Covid continues to accelerate, he expects to implement...
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Long Range Plan

Marshalltown is among the areas that will be a focus of a massive campaign in the spring to restore thousands of trees that were...
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More, More, More...

39 more fatalities and over 26-hundred new cases on this morning’s COVID update. One new death each in Poweshiek and Hardin Counties. 110 new...
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Sidelined

The results are in and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley has tested positive for the coronavirus The 87-year old Grassley says he feels fine, but...
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Stroll-Less

Unfortunately, you could almost see it coming…The Marshalltown Holiday Stroll slated for Saturday evening has been called off. However, that’s not keeping the spirit...
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Tightening The Mask Strings

Governor Kim Reynolds says Iowa’s health care system is being pushed to the brink and she has issued a statewide mask mandate for many...