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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kellogg, died Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A funeral service will begin at 11:30 a.m., Monday, March 23 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. The ...

AMES — Isaiah Hansen led four top-10 finishes for the Newton boys track and field team at the ISU indoor meet on Thursday. The Cardinals scored 11 points and finished 19th in the Class 3A standings.

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 ...

Newton, died Thursday, March 12, 2026, at MercyOne Des Moines. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Newton, followed by a ...

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 ...

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

Connor Deal was part of three top-five finishes and two Lynnville- Sully relay teams also placed in the top five during the Class 1A boys portion of the IATC Indoor Championships on Friday. The Hawks ...