Seventeen nonprofits and organizations received grants totaling $146,469 from the Community Foundation of Marshall County (CFMC) during the annual grant ceremon
The annual Marshalltown Area United Way (MAUW) campaign kickoff will be held Tuesday at the Marshalltown Arts and Civic Center. The campaign, Let’s Raise the
The atmosphere was joyous at the Marshalltown Arts and Civic Center (MACC) on Tuesday night as the the Community Foundation of Marshall County (CFMC) held its a
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The Marshalltown Community School District anxiously awaits the new opportunities for increased student participation, school pride and individual student and team success that the creation of the new interscholastic conference will provide in the 2022-23 school year. Marshalltown plans to form a new 10-team conference with the districts of Ames, Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Mason City and Ottumwa and believes this decision is in the best interest of our students, families and our community.
Marshalltown High School has a rich history of interscholastic excellence and success dating back to the early 1900’s. It has achieved 34 state sanctioned state team championships with the first being in wrestling in 1925 and the most recent this year’s 2021 boys’ bowling team. Individual statewide athletic achievements have been recognized, since 1965, on a Wall of Honor found on the south endcap wall of the MHS Roundhouse and soon all documented pre-1965 individual state
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Marshalltown Area United Way reached its campaign goal of $780,000 on Friday – the last day of the campaign.
Executive Director Nancy Steveson said despite the unusual year 2020 was, Marshalltown residents proved themselves to be truly generous.
It was a great way for Steveson to retire from her role. Kendra Sorenson will be the new executive director at the beginning of February.
“We are very excited to meet the goal,” she said. “In light of COVID, and after the derecho – we are still displaced from that – we are just ecstatic to meet this goal.”
Following the August derecho, United Way was moved from the Fisher Community Center, which was condemned. Since then, the organization has been operating out of a space in the old YMCA building.