The pump station northeast of the intersection of Iowa Speedway Drive and Lincoln Street was the most liked by council ...

Housing justice advocates caution that sweeps disrupt peoples’ lives by severing their ties to case workers, medical care, and other vital services. Many unhoused people also have their personal ...

A “grand supper” and masquerade party put on by the ladies of the First Universalist Church at Union Hall on Christmas Eve ...

Historically, council member Randy Ervin has embraced the idea of funding partner agencies, and he remained vigilant in his ...

Newton City Council voted 5-1 to purchase a 100-year-old home, which has been identified as "very poor" condition by the county assessor. It is likely the home will be demolished. (Christopher ...

U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks last week visited the Chevron Renewable Energy Group biorefinery in Newton alongside fellow Republican members of the Conservative Climate Caucus, whose mission ...

The Jasper County Board of Supervisors have a discussion about with human resources director Dennis Simon at a past meeting. The board recently approved a revised policy removing department heads ...

The barn was built sometime in the late 1940s. According to an article from Iowa Farm and Home Register in February 1949, it operated under farmer O.K. Flaugh as a 20-cow dairy barn. It was touted as ...

Emma Harden, age 2, completed the Newton Public Library 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program. Emma’s older brother also ...

According to documents included in the agenda, the bill aims to simplify and increase recording fees to $10 per page. Iowa ...

Newton Police Department charged a 40-year-old Newton woman with extortion, intimidation with a dangerous weapon and three counts of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon after she allegedly ...

It is a crime to place campaign signs on properties without the expressed permission of the property owner. Jasper County Attorney Scott Nicholson emphasized this fact after receiving reports from ...