By Nov. 10, it is going to be real easy to find our local Marines, because it will mark the U.S. Marine Corps’s 250th birthday. Jasper County Marines are preparing a birthday bash, of sorts, starting ...

Occupation: Rehab therapies manager and physical therapist at MercyOne Newton 1. Introduce/Reintroduce yourself to voters and ...

The SPARK Leadership Grant Program is targeted toward rural communities who want to host soft skills-based leadership ...

Jerry Dean Briles was born on October 23, 1948, the second of three boys to Herschel “Pete” and Wilma (Telfer) Briles. He ...

PCM faces challenges just like every other rural public school in the state. Iowa is a school choice state and making sure ...

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It’s Newton’s first home playoff game since the Cardinals defeated Marshalltown, 42-28, in 2007. That team went 9-2. The 2025 ...

The main thing the district can do to help with declining enrollment is to maintain strong academic achievement to provide ...

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Levi Roush, 2, just completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Newton Public Library. Levi’s favorite book ...

I have two children: Brenden, a junior at Northern Iowa University, and Owen, a sophomore at Newton High School. My wife, ...

County Auditor Jenna Jennings agreed some of the lower turnout is attributed to voters not knowing they can actually ...