Traveling Vietnam Wall returns to Jasper County
The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, is returning to Newton next week after a five year abse…
‘I did it, mom’ - 34 students graduate from West Academy
In front of the podium onstage at the DMACC auditorium, Jesse Sinclair couldn’t stop smiling.
Sincl…
Classic cars to motorcycles Motorists honor Vietnam vets with memorial escort ride
COLFAX — Smoke creeps out of the exhaust of his Yamaha Venture. The logo of the Legion Riders of Newton American Legion Post 111 rests on th…
NSCD names Bloom new business services director
Tim Bloom’s commute just got a lot shorter. At a called board meeting of the Newton Community School District Board of Education Thursday ni…
NCSD: Excessive heat moves graduation indoors
Due to excessive heat in the weekend weather forecast, administrators at the Newton Community School District have decided to move Sunday’s …
American Legion inaugural 5K Saturday
What hopes to be a new tradition, the Newton American Legion Post 111 is hosting an inaugural Memorial Day 5K Run/Walk. The event will start…
19-year-old Newton man charged with sexual abuse
A Newton man has been arrested on charges of sexual abuse. Dakota J. Floyd, 19, is charged with third-degree sexual abuse after the victim c…
Jasper County Relay for Life is June 7
The community is invited to attend the annual Relay for Life at 6 p.m. June 7 at the Maytag Park, near the Maytag Bowl. The theme this year …
Summer Youth Police Academy 2018
The 22nd session of the Summer Youth Police Academy will begin June 18. The academy is targeted for students entering fifth through eighth g…
Quartet to perform at Foursquare Church
The Sounds of Inspiration Quartet will be singing at the Newton Foursquare Church at 9:45 a.m. Sunday. Come celebrate Memorial Day Weekend a…
Sams hosts Memorial Day service
Sams Pioneer Cemetery in Jasper County is again hanging children’s wind chimes on Memorial Day. Each of the 63 children buried at Sams will …
