The outdoors might not have white snow on the ground just yet, but another familiar color and item has returned to Marshalltown — the Red Kettle. Ringers for the Salvation Army of Marshalltown began the season on Friday,

Union Depot’s annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony in Lowertown will come 21 days later, on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 7, as part of the venue’s Hub for the Holidays.

LOCKPORT — The Salvation Army was back again recently with its annual Polar Plunge for a good cause. On Saturday, community members dressed up in their Christmas PJs and plunged into the cold water of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River to raise funds for the local Salvation Army.