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A popular downtown Irish pub that reopened about a year ago after closing during the pandemic has shut down for good at 120 W. Main St. after the owner of the b
The line to Wax Xtatic Record Audio Stereo Shop in Marshalltown stretched down the block early on Saturday morning as music junkies from across Iowa descended o
tbabcock@timesrepublican.com T-R Photo by Trevor Babcock Wax Xtatic Record Audio Stereo Shop’s owner John Blabaum (right) and employee Carl Giannetto (left) worked to re-open their store over the past year and four months. Closed for a painful year and four months, Wax Xtatic Record Audio Stereo Shop has returned to Marshalltown’s Main Street. “There was a lot of work to get this thing ready, and it’s not quite ready yet,” Wax Xtatic owner John Blabaum said. Wax Xtatic is known for having one of the widest collections of used and new vinyl in Iowa. Since moving to the new location...