Carroll merchants and property owners involved with Westgate Mall recently asked the Carroll City Council for $400 a month, and potentially more financial help with water bills, for the restrooms in that downtown shopping center.

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined President Donald Trump today for the signing of the phase one trade agreement between the United States and China.

Every night, after Jean Seidl finishes up her last-minute emails and calls, she gathers up her belongings and heads out of the office feeling at ease.

MANSON: Republican Scott Anderson announced this weekend that he will seek re-election as Calhoun County sheriff.

After 20 years of working for Carroll County, Jean Seidl resigned this week from her position as the Carroll County treasurer.

The Carroll Chamber of Commerce will host legislative forums in 2020, offering area residents an opportunity to hear directly from local legislators, Sen. Mark Segebart and Rep. Brian Best, to hear first-hand about activities in the legislature and concerns involving pending bills.

Newly appointed District Court Judge Gina Badding on Dec. 23 conducted the swearing-in of Carroll’s mayor and three sitting members of the council who cruised to re-election in November in unchallenged contests.

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Farmland that has been owned by Carroll County for almost 140 years changed hands this weekend.

Growing up in a town in northeast Iowa, Rob Sand remembers hearing the nervous whispers throughout the community when a local storefront shuttered.

Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand will hold local town halls next week to discuss all that the office has done this year.

At least one beaver is suspected of damming a drainage ditch southwest of Glidden, which could lead to farm field flooding if the problem isn’t mitigated.

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Carroll’s mayor and three sitting members of the council cruised to re-election Tuesday in uncontested races and quickly turned their post-election comments to the work ahead.

Onica Ulveling and Cindy Johnson are the newest members of the Carroll Community School Board, winning spots along with incumbent Karen Friedlein.

After years of sharing softball fields with Carroll Community School District, Kuemper Catholic School System is in pursuit of a new location to practice and play, a decision that comes after Carroll Schools announced Kuemper would be charged double last year’s rates to rent its facilities.

Amy Haskins’ apparent downfall is that she’s confident and well-spoken when she attempts to take elected leaders to task.

Iowa’s U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley, leaders in the fight against the opioid epidemic, are urging their fellow Iowans to participate in the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, Oct. 26.

Dave Paulson sat quietly in his dad’s office, listening.

As the only farmers currently serving in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Jon Tester, D-Montana, introduced legislation aimed at reducing suicides on the nation’s farms.

Carroll’s Main Street will lose four parking spots, but gain six, after City Council re-voted Monday on a request that will help move forward construction of the new Carroll County jail.

County leaders approved an $8.95 million bond sale today to build a new downtown jail that netted them an additional $1.7 million up-front payment because they agreed to pay a higher interest rate.

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City officials have come up with a plan that could add several parking spots downtown while also allowing the county jail project to move forward as planned.

A Carroll city councilman who was among those who voted against eliminating four Main Street parking spots for a new downtown jail told the Times Herald he will call for another vote on the matter as he negotiates a compromise with county leaders.

The current design of Carroll County’s proposed new jail now might be unfeasible after Carroll’s City Council voted Monday against removing four parking spots on Main Street to allow for the jail’s construction.

Many in the Iowa ag community — “myself included,” said Carroll-based ethanol executive Nick Bowdish — are supporting President Trump in taking on China in broad strategic talks, even if farmers take temporary hits through tariffs, but the goodwill is quickly evaporating over the administrat…

Every week, Lou Forward had the same routine: drive into Carroll, go to the grocery store, stop at the bank and drop off cans at the Carroll Redemption Center.