IF YOU THINK IT SMELLS A LITTLE SMOKY THIS MORNING AROUND MARSHALLTOWN, IT’S NOT BECAUSE YOUR NEIGHBOR HAD THE GRILL GOING AROUND MIDNIGHT. NUMEROUS GRASS FIRES WERE REPORTED LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF SUMMIT STREET UP TOWARDS THE ALBION AREA. ALL THE GRASS FIRES HAVE BEEN EXTINGUISHED. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES OR EVACUATIONS.

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