6+ hour, 53+ min ago   (241+ words) A message on the wall behind the checkout counter at the Marshalltown TJ Maxx reads “We love Marshalltown to the maxx.” A large crowd of around 100 excited shoppers eagerly waited outside of the brand new TJ Maxx store at the…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (983+ words) A clean energy group is calling on the Iowa Utilities Commission and policymakers to ensure utility companies don't use data center energy demands to build new facilities and pass the costs on to ratepayers. Iowa Business for Clean Energy, in…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (679+ words) Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer speaks briefly at the Tom Mead farm northwest of Marshalltown on Wednesday. She is the Republican candidate for state auditor in the November election. As part of the Keep Iowa Growing tour, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (756+ words) PALO -- The U.S. Department of Energy has closed on a loan of up to $1.9 billion to support the restart of Iowa's only nuclear energy station, Duane Arnold Energy Center. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy James Danly said Tuesday in Palo the "unmothballing…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (496+ words) Iowa is spending public money to expand apprenticeship because employers need a reliable way to turn beginners into skilled workers. Companies adopting artificial intelligence should apply the same logic to the time the technology saves. In April, Iowa Workforce Development…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (754+ words) As the United States honored the efforts of its labor movement and workers over the weekend, Iowa labor experts say workers are "making the labor movement every day," amidst weaker bargaining laws, attacks from corporations and other challenges everyone is…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (186+ words) Unfortunately, the structure of this deal is socialist and I am not going to pretend otherwise because a Republican signed it. We have seen this movie three times this year. Washington took roughly 10% of Intel and called it the CHIPS…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (636+ words) It's been 37 years since Dr. Joseph Pollpeter began practicing medicine in Marshalltown. This week, he hung up his stethoscope, retiring from McFarland Clinic after 32 years in its employ. "I was going to retire last year, but just because of shortages,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (189+ words) Opperman, Bracy and Horn hope to raise $400,000 for new equipment at the larger playground near the swimming pool. "I wouldn't call it easy, but having three normal people wanting to make this happen and being able to do that is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (611+ words) The traditional folk tale goes like this: Mid-afternoon one day, a young man showed up at an elderly lady's house and, when she answered the door, he asked, "Do you have any food? I am hungry and haven't eaten." When…...