According to the drafted ordinance, odors from chickens or ducks must not be perceptible beyond the boundaries of the ...

Jasper County has now adopted updates to its animal control ordinance to include additional enforcement measures for animals ...

The all-female tribute to the Bee Gees — one of the most influential bands in pop music — will be performing 7 p.m. March 23 ...

Noah Tremel, a 17-year-old scout of Newton Troop 354, received permission this week from the city council to trailblaze a permanent 5K course in Maytag Park. Following a brief pre ...

Newton Mayor Randy Ervin this past Monday night postponed both proposals to enter into a franchise fee agreement with Alliant Energy and Black Hills Energy, an initiative that has ...

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 ...

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 ...