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Sacred Heart gives to those in need

The Sacred Heart Catholic Church Prayer Shaw Ministry gathered at Skiff Medical Center on Thursday to decorate a tree with mittens and scarves for those in need. The tree will ... Read More »

Regional News

Dubuque leaders seek to dump greyhound racing

DUBUQUE (AP) — The Dubuque City Council will ask state lawmakers to remove a state requirement that it maintain a greyhound dog racing track at the local Mystique Casino.The r ... Read More »

Iowa nursing home fined for sex offender lapse

DES MOINES (AP) — A central Iowa nursing home has been fined $2,150 for failing to protect residents from a registered sex offender for a second time in a three-month period.T ... Read More »

World News

New American Airlines CEO vows to make merger work

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines and US Airways seem an unlikely couple, even to the man who will lead the combined company after their merger on Monday.Doug Parker ... Read More »

Rising riches: 1 in 5 in US reaches affluence

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just the wealthiest 1 percent.Fully 20 percent of U.S. adults become rich for parts of their lives, wielding outsize influence on America’s economy ... Read More »

Sports

Newton swimmers eclipse 33-year old record

NEWTON — As Sophomore swimmer Austin Bunker looked for a pool tool with the length to reach all the way to the top of the all-time swim records for Newton, his coach Dave Hook ... Read More »

Three Cardinals take Cardinal Classic titles

NEWTON — Wrestling at home is a premium. Newton’s Cardinals have had back-to-back home dates to start the 2013-14 season.“This is very special because we don’t get to wrestle ... Read More »

Lifestyle

Better Baking for Healthier Holidays

Healthier holidays are happier holidays! For happy, healthy holiday baking, experiment with simple substitutions and tasty trade-ups for festive and flavorful food. Seasonal s ... Read More »

'Elvis Lives' coming to Des Moines Civic Center

DES MOINES — “Elvis Lives” will show at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the Des Moines Civic Center.Tickets to “Elvis Lives” are on available at the Civic Center ticket offic ... Read More »

Dining

Better Baking for Healthier Holidays

Healthier holidays are happier holidays! For happy, healthy holiday baking, experiment with simple substitutions and tasty trade-ups for festive and flavorful food. Seasonal s ... Read More »

Study ties nuts to lower cancer, heart death risk

DALLAS (AP) — Help yourself to some nuts this holiday season: Regular nut eaters were less likely to die of cancer or heart disease — in fact, were less likely to die of any c ... Read More »

Opinion

Let me photograph your favorite stuffed animal

Have a favorite stuffed animal from your childhood? Or does your current child have a favorite stuffed animal or teddy bear?Well, let me photograph it. Free!I was inspired by ... Read More »

Southeast Asia can’t get enough of Iowa

Being away from home turf for three weeks in November was a challenge.  It started with my attendance at the World Forum for Foreign Direct Investment in Shanghai, China, on N ... Read More »

Community

Monthly potluck set for Tuesday

The Jasper County Senior Citizens Center and Golden Agers Club monthly potluck will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the center, 702 E. Third St. S. in Newton.Bring a covered dish ... Read More »

NHS yearbook orders, senior portraits due

Newton Senior High School 2013-2014 yearbook orders, along with senior portrait submissions, are due Monday, Dec. 16, and senior recognition ads are due Wednesday, Jan. 8. ... Read More »

Obituaries

Justin J. Vaske

Justin J. Vaske, 30, of Newton died Friday morning, Dec. 6, 2013, in a motor vehicle accident in Interstate 80 near Grinnell.A mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Wedn ... Read More »

Ruby Milligan

Ruby Milligan, 85, of Baxter passed away on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, at the Iowa River Hospice House in Marshalltown, Iowa.Visitation for Ruby will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, ... Read More »

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