For some veterans who will participate in the final Jasper County Freedom Flight this week, Sunday’s hero’s welcome was long overdue.
Six World War II, 34 Korean War, 83 Vietnam War and 19 Vietnam-era veterans entered Newton Senior High School on Sunday afternoon to the cheers of an enthusiastic cr
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Ashton Chapel Church and Cemetery, located in the northwest corner of Jasper County just north of Mingo at 8887 W. 122nd St. N., will celebrate freedom and honor veterans duri
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DES MOINES (AP) — Lawmakers will return to the Iowa Statehouse this week as they seek to resolve some of the session’s biggest issues and adjourn.The House will convene Monday
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BOONE (AP) — A fund has been established to help pay funeral expenses for a 17-year-old who died in a house fire in Boone.The Des Moines Register reports the fund has been est
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The 165,000 jobs the U.S. economy added in April weren’t the only reason to be cheered by Friday’s employment report.Nearly as significant were the Labor Dep
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Schoolchildren in Minnesota and Wisconsin got a rare May snow day Thursday as a storm dropped up to 16 inches of sticky snow across a beleaguered region tha
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DES MOINES — With a wild season full of weather cancellations and sporadic competitions finally coming to a close, the Newton track teams can look back and feel a sense of acc
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In 2009, J.J. Abrams boldly rebooted the Star Trek franchise in an effort to revitalize a product that really hadn’t gone anywhere new in more than a decade. As a Trekker, I o
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MEDIAPOLIS (AP) — An entry from the southeast corner of Iowa has been named best burger in the state.The Des Moines Register says the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association and the Iow
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To the editor:This is letter of thanks goes out to all the people who served as guards during the visit of The Wall That Heals. These volunteers watched over The Wall of our f
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One year ago, on May 19, 2012, four young adults, Jacob Boyd, Caitlyn Atchley, Blake Eakins, and Matthew House, drowned in the Mississippi River after two jon boats collided.
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Ruth A. Funk, 100, of Newton died on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Newton Healthcare.A graveside service will be at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday at Newton Memorial Park Cemetery with a coff
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Roger Irvin Herr, 95, of Newton, formerly of Dallas Center, passed away Wednesday evening, May 15, 2013, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.A funeral service for R
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