The remains of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed earlier this month in an ambush attack in Syria will return to Iowa on Wednesday, with a public procession planned to honor Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard as he is brought home to Marshalltown.
Bobcat Energy Center will sit adjacent to Alliant’s existing Marshalltown Generating Station, which produces 650 megawatts of energy. Construction of the new plant is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2026.
Larry McKibben, a former state senator, longtime Marshalltown attorney and past member of the Iowa Board of Regents, died Sunday at age 78.
The Legionella outbreak that sickened 74 people and led to two deaths in Marshalltown in August and September has been declared over after more than a month without any new cases.
A 30-year-old Marshalltown woman died Saturday after being struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.
State agency says the person who died was an elderly adult with multiple underlying health conditions.
The number of Marshalltown residents diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease continues to climb as local and state public health experts reported last week they are working to identify the source of the outbreak.
The number of Legionnaires’ disease cases among Marshalltown residents was up to 34 on Tuesday, as public health officials work to identify the source of the outbreak, State Epidemiologist Dr. Matthew Donahue told the Marshall County Board of Supervisors.
State health officials are investigating a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease diagnoses in Marshalltown that have affected 21 people and led to one death.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday morning and charged with willful injury resulting in serious injury after an alleged stabbing on North 10th Avenue.
When Mike Tupper was co-chair of the Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force, he was in charge of coordinating efforts with the National Immigration Forum to provide immigration-focused training opportunities to law enforcement agencies around the country and to advocate for immigration legislation at the national level.
The child was resuscitated after being found unconscious on the home’s second floor.
A Democratic state lawmaker from Marshalltown has called for an audit of the Iowa Veterans’ Home following the recent, unexpected elimination of 11 full-time staff.
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