Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Jasper County, the legislative gathering will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 21 at the Newton Public Library, 100 N. Third Ave. W., in Newton. Members ...

A Celebration of Life for Marguerite Markle will begin at 11 a.m. Friday, March 27 at the First United Methodist Church in Newton. The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until the time of the ...

Mary Louise ‘Mary Lou’ Kaloupek, 87, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at St. Luke’s Hospital. Funeral Services will be held Friday, May 8, 2026, at 11am at Stonebridge Church, 1829 Stoney Point ...

Newton and Muscatine, died on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at the age of 95 years. He was born in Windsor, Ontario. He was the eldest son of William and Ina (Buffington) Patterson. He graduated from ...

Isaiah Hansen led four top-10 finishes for the Newton boys track and field team at the ISU indoor meet on Thursday. The ...

CEDAR FALLS — Ashlynn Hosbond was 10th in the 3,000-meter run, Grace Hunsberger posted a top-25 finish in the high jump and ...

Lauren Clarke was part of three top-10 finishes at the Iowa State indoor meet on Thursday. Tori White finished in the top 10 ...

To celebrate the 100th day of the 100th year of Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, students in kindergarten through fourth grade dressed as if they were 100 years old. They wore gray wigs and sported ...

Thursday, March 12, 2026, at Unity Point Grinnell Hospital. A service date is pending at this time. Memorial donations will be used for Jaymie’s son, Robby (please make checks payable to Jessica ...

Both area players, plus Newton sophomore Isaiah Slaughter and Lynnville-Sully junior Will Van Vark, collected additional postseason honors recently. Dee was voted to the Class 1A all-state first team ...

Klein started in all 10 LHC games that he played in and averaged 7.1 points per game. His 5.4 rebounds per game ranked 10th, his 1.2 steals per contest were tied for sixth and his 2.3 assists per game ...

Jasper County Community Development Director Kevin Luetters proposed the updated ordinance during the first of three public hearings at the March 10 board of supervisors meeting. Other revisions ...