Welcome to the Tall Corn Chronicle

Every community is made up of stories — some large enough to make headlines, others small enough to slip quietly by. Yet together, these stories shape the place we call home. They are the conversations overheard on Main Street, the fresh coat of paint on a beloved storefront, the long-awaited festival returning for another year. They are the neighbor opening a new business, the team rallying for a cause, the familiar clock striking the hour over downtown Marshalltown.

The Tall Corn Chronicle was created to gather and share those pieces of our shared life — not the breaking news you’ll find elsewhere, but the meaningful, neighborly kind of news that connects us.

Here you’ll find:

• Small Newsworthy Information — the small shifts and bright spots happening every day that deserve to be known.

• Small Business Highlights — the makers, dreamers, and doers turning their talents into something lasting for Marshalltown.

• Events and Happenings — where to meet, celebrate, and join the life of the town.

• Stories from Marshalltown — glimpses of our history, profiles of our people, and the traditions that tie us together.

It is not meant to be rushed. It is meant to be read like the turning of a familiar page — something you might share with a friend, clip and pin to the fridge, or carry into conversation. At its heart, the Tall Corn Chronicle believes that what is small is still worth telling. That the details of a place matter. That local pride is built when we know one another’s work and witness one another’s milestones.

Our hope is that this publication becomes a reliable companion: part update, part celebration, and part reminder of the good and growing things here in Marshalltown.

Welcome to the first edition of the Tall Corn Chronicle. There’s much more ahead — small but mighty stories waiting to be told.

— Editor at Tall Corn Chronicle