Newton, IA News

• Newton, IA News
• 5th Annual Newton Red Pride Day
• United Way of Jasper County Winter 2012 Newsletter
• United Way Allocation Volunteers Needed
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
• United Way Of Jasper County Newsletter For Fall 2011
• Back to School for Newton - Bus Schedules, Lunch Menus, School Supplies and more
• Citing communications advances, U.S. House ends page program
• Police still don’t know what caused gunman to go on killing rampage
• Newton teen receives honor award
• NARFE to meet Wednesday
• Hy-Vee donates $2,000 to Newton Y
• Jasper County Pheasants Forever youth hunt scheduled for Oct. 15
• Parade to launch Iowa State Fair Wednesday
• Dow Jones tumbles 634 points on recession fears
• Officials set to miss latest deadline for rules on ozone
• Newton man accused of sexual abuse dead
• Iowa crops doing well, according to Ag secretary
• Superintendent: Mold issue under control at Berg school
• Mack sentenced to maximum of 50 years
• Israelis protest high cost of living
• It’s Your Government
• JCSCC to host monthly potluck
• Farmers urged to begin scouting for sudden death syndrome in soybeans
• Middle school students attend annual 4-H Intermediate Trip
• Europe acts to stem fear in markets
• Man in Ohio kills seven before police shoot him
• ‘Arsenic & Old Lace’ auditions tonight, Tuesday
• Prairie City Corn Feed a hit
• Bachmann visits Newton
• Santorum seeks momentum for his campaign
• Church Club Notes
• Library announces its summer reading winners
• St. Paul’s Lutheran Church planning final service, closing
• Our Savior Lutheran VBS set for Aug. 15-19
• Berg Elementary
• Thomas Jefferson Elementary
• Woodrow Wilson Elementary
• It’s Your Government
• Emerson Preschool
• Free corn feed comes to Prairie City
• Iowa tax-free 
holiday set for
this weekend
• Four school board seats up for election Sept. 13
• Two county post offices could close
• Rotary receives award for volunteerism
• YPJC hosting cookout, pool party
• Jasper County Conservation Board offering fish fry Friday at Mariposa
• It’s Your Government
• Virgin Lake restoration project open house Aug. 15
• Snook reunion set for Sunday
• ‘Suds: The Rockin’ ’60s Musical Soap Opera’ opening in Amana
• Hackers infiltrate networks of thousands of companies
• Six dozen charged in child pornography crackdown
• Summer reading program helps students read
• Egypt puts Hosni Mubarak, bedridden and caged, on trial
• Race weekend preparation under way
• Newton teen wins Register’s singing contest
• Bomb threat still under investigation
• Newton Dog Park to host ‘Fast 
and Furriest’ run/walk fundraiser
• YPJC group hosting free cookout, pool party at Maytag Pool Pavilion
• Domino’s Pizza donates to Fly Iowa
• Supervisors approve grant to fund 7-county consortium
• New centralized registration set in district next week
• Late-night bomb scare at TPI Composites
• A variety of shops under one roof
• Author visits Newton library
• Kelley, Black calling for special session of Iowa Legislature
• Negotiations revealed what matters most to key players
• Justice Department challenges Alabama’s anti-immigration law
• CAB mini-grants available to Jasper County organizations
• Bollhoefers hold 50th reunion
• Kiwanis meeting will feature program on I-80 rest area artwork
• Elks donate to St. Nick’s Christmas Club
• Bachmann skips Newton stop for debt ceiling vote
• Former Newton mayor David Aldridge dies
• Council frustrated with Maytag Bowl revisions
• Summer Shenanigans
• Keeping cool in the pool
• Congress, president reach debt ceiling deal
• Prairie City Police Youth Academy has graduation
• New occupational therapist joins Skiff Medical Center
• Jasper County Emergency Management, United Way to host seminar in community resiliency
• Newton may 
host pair of IndyCar races 
in 2012 season
• First Avenue paving project wraps up
• AWOL soldier accused of plotting to kill Fort Hood troops
• Book club info benefits new community members
• ‘Operation Space’ next week
• The Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride A
• ‘Oh Say Can You Sing’
• Ice cream 
social set 
for Aug. 11
• Uninvited wedding guests strain budget
• First Lutheran Church corn boil on Tuesday
• Church Club Notes
• It’s Your Government
• Human service providers to meet
• National Night Out set for Tuesday
• Newton FFA named top chapter in Monsanto FFA Chapter Challenge
• Nominations for 2011 Family Physician of the Year due Aug. 15
• White House to Boehner: Debt plan makes you the Grinch
• Benefit dinner at Legion
• Blues at the Speakeasy
• Lynnville-Sully schools gain $300K during past year through donations
• GOP leaders rewrite debt-ceiling 
bill in bid to quiet conservative critics
• Agencies tallying costs of Casey Anthony case
• It’s Your Government
• Des Moines Area Parkinson’s Disease Support Group to meet
• Vernon honored with Iowa Games Founder Award
• Des Moines blues band to play today, Friday
• Duck Stamp exhibits coming to Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge
• Centre for Arts and Artists offers rain catcher class
• Palin to keynote tea party gathering in Iowa
• Childcare center relocating to YMCA’s main branch
• Italian restaurant opening soon in Newton
• Two charged in gruesome murder of 
L-S graduate
• Jasper County Courthouse restoration work continues
• Newton native leads USGS Iowa office
• Lawyer : Suspect in Norway attacks believes he is in a war
• Wallace, RWR drivers to attend speedway track walk
• Baxter student awarded $25,000 scholarship
• It’s Your Government
• Prairie City Corn Feed set for Aug. 6
• Ophoven family at Bar None Cowboy Church on Thursday
• Jasper County Women’s Bowling Association banquet set for Aug. 8
• Lauber receives nursing degree
• Scoutmaster Kessler retires; Rogahn to carry on traditions of Troop 354
• Locks of Love
• Miller named presidential scholar at AIB College of Business
• Skiff receives new radiology equipment
• County asked opinion on annexation 
near Baxter
• Sweet corn season in full swing
• RAGBRAI rolls through Jasper County Thursday
• Lutheran Services in Iowa nominated for $25,000 grant
• Jasper County unemployment up
• Newton retirees react to Whirlpool verdict
• Mud-slinging a real headache
• Local youth learn to aim for their own adventures during 4-H youth conference
• Ice cream social planned in Mingo
• NASA seeking referees for fall
• It’s Your Government
• Newton residents graduate of AIB College of Business
• Longtime Newton barber Charlie Brown hangs up his clippers
• NCSD board 
torn over renewing
IASB membership
• Former non-residents seeking resident hunting licenses must submit new form
• House GOP, Senate Democrats prepare new debt plans
• Children’s Theatre presents ‘The Fearsome Pirate Frank’
• NHS Class of ‘54 meets Wednesday
• It’s Your Government
• Brown family reunion on Saturday
• Krumm named to dean’s list
• Masons donate $2,500 to Christmas Club
• Newton’s Citizen Police Academy application deadline set for Sept. 6
• Jolivette, Baarda make dean’s list
• Iowa’s centenarians to be honored during IDA luncheon on Oct. 3
• Townsend makes dean’s list
• Blood drive on Aug. 6 in Colfax
• Bachmann answers Pawlenty’s put-down
• Alleged burglar leads authorities on high-speed chase in county
• Ridiculous Day gets ridiculously wet on Saturday
• Federal court rules against Maytag retirees; 
Whirlpool granted right to alter benefits
• Poker Run a success despite rain
• Grace Church to offer PandaMania
• How the debt limit showdown could affect you
• Atlantis lands to end space shuttle era
• Iowa unemployment rate holds steady at 6 percent in July
• Sanders named Marion County Fair Queen
• Sugar Grove set to 
feature Poppa Neptune
• Rachel Farley to perform at Old Settlers on Aug. 13
• It’s Your Government
• Ospreys relocated to Iowa, increasing in population
• New report shows Iowa’s education system in need of major remodeling
• Mingo Days takes place this weekend
• Jasper County Freedom Flight fundraiser ready
• Energy 106.7 
FM will shut down briefly
• Jasper County Fair was a hot, but good one
• Ames man killed in fatal crash along Highway 330
• Safety of dissolvable tobacco products disputed
• NHS government students visit Capitol
• Found property available for claiming at police department
• Forgiven Quartet to perform Sunday at Prairie City church
• Barn dance set for tonight at JCCC
• Free community meal set for Sunday at St. Stephen’s Church
• New bins at parks to recycle fishing line
• Five tons of poached ivory burned
• ‘Gang of Six’ plan triggers search for debt compromise
• Creepy critters invade library
• Hot county fair wraps up today
• See what I saw at the fair
• Supervisors create non-profit historic preservation entity
• Mack found guilty of second-degree murder
• Newton to host lunch stop for National Railway Historical Society 2012 convention
• Pawlenty looks to gain Iowans’ support for crucial straw poll
• Homecoming held in Grimes for Newton-based National Guard unit
• Health panel: End copayments for contraceptives
• It’s Your Government
• Monthly SHARE distribution on Saturday at First Baptist Church
• Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild monthly meeting Thursday at St. Luke UMC
• Strong America Now meeting Thursday at Newton Public Library
• Catfishing program set for Friday
• MAT students entertain on Fourth of July; registration Aug. 17, 19
• Reports indicate Casey Anthony could be in Southern California
• High suspension rate fails to improve school performance in study
• Casey Anthony’s
location unknown
• Newton artist’s paintings available for donation at viewing Wednesday
• Mack guilty of second-degree murder
• Borders to liquidate after sale efforts collapse
• New 600-foot no-wake zone in place on Iowa’s Great Lakes
• County Fair Parade
• Catfishing program set for Friday
• Traffic safety rewards campaign under way
• Jasper County Courthouse history program Wednesday at museum
• Phil and Pam Morgan to perform 
at The Bar None Cowboy Church
• Conservatives pursue symbolic votes as debt debate grinds on
• UNI names area students to 2011 spring dean’s list
• Local students graduate from UNI
• Simpson announces local grads
• Spending a day at the fair
• Braving the heat, ridin’ the storm out
• Population shift forces change in city voting wards
• Iowa Speedway draws Hollywood stars, race fans
• Defense rests; jury deliberates in Mack murder trial
• Library hosts Fancy Nancy Tea Party
• It’s Your Government
• Blood drives in Jasper County
• Local 997 Retiree Council to meet
• Hunter education course in August
• Newton Lions Club names 2011 Peace Poster winners
• Police interview 1982 sex-assault victim about murder suspect
• Bollhoefer family reunion on Sunday
• Council hosts public hearing on ward and precinct changes
• Pawlenty to stop in Newton tomorrow
• Michele, meet Merrie the llama
• Iowa author to discuss new book on July 28
• Claims of verbal abuse as defendant takes the stand in Mack murder trial
• Study links diet soda to larger waists
• FBI jumps in on investigation of phone-hacking scandal
• Singapore missionaries 
to speak at First Lutheran
• Anti-war film to be shown at St. Stephen’s
• Grace Church to present PandaMania
• Kellogg UMC hosting cookout
• Forgiven Quartet at Prairie City Christian Reformed Church July 24
• Parkinson’s support group to meet
• Found property at police department
• It’s Your Government
• Bollhoefer family reunion July 24
• Local students complete Summer Youth Police Academy for 2011
• Court of Appeals upholds murder conviction of Coralville woman
• Bob Dorr and the Blue Band to perform in Colfax
• New debt strategy would let Obama raise ceiling on his own
• County Fair kicks off seven-day run tonight
• Speedway events lined up for weekend
• Haulers show off their rigs
• Tractor Ride shows off antiques and otherwise
• Fishing program set for Tuesday
• Boswell accepting applications 
to U.S. Armed Service Academies
• Blood alcohol level debated in Mack murder trial
• HIV drugs drastically reduce transmission risk
• It’s Your Government
• Cemetery cleanup on Saturday
• Springboard gives to Newton fireworks
• Draining Prairie Rose Lake next step for restoration
• Iowa Speedway, Patriot Outreach offering raffle during race weekend
• Capstone expanding psychiatric services
• Woman cut off husband’s penis after fight over friends, prosecutors say
• Club Notes
• Debt debate widens intraparty divisions
• Fly Iowa 
2011 event
 takes shape
• Fat threatens young adults as study predicts shorter lives
• Gianni’s opens in Newton; will feature crepes for dessert
• Testimony continues in Mack murder trial
• Tips for saving money on your pet
• Greater Des Moines is No. 1 Best City for Young Professionals
• Sen. McConnell offers backup plan on debt limit
• Violent crimes against LGBT individuals up 13 percent
• It’s Your Government
• Sully High School reunion set for July 30 at Sully Community Center
• NCSD pay transportation registration begins Monday
• State grant will assist in the construction of Habitat for Humanity home in Mingo
• Marine Corps Pfc. Aurand to serve in Talisman Sabre 2011
• Potter graduates from basic training
• Local Central students to study abroad this fall
• Thompson studies French culture during May term
• Baxter student joins other Wartburg students in touring English landmarks during May term
• JEDCO director optimistic for future of Jasper County
• New name for Skiff’s ‘original hometown hospice’
• Storm clean-up continues in Newton
• Mack told dispatcher he shot his girlfriend because he ‘had enough’
• Testimony begins in Mack trial; defendant admits to shooting victim in 911 call
• Jasper County students receive 4-H scholarships
• County fair ready for ‘old-fashioned’ style
• Jury whittled down in murder trial; selection process should end today
• District budget, Emerson Hough fort discussed at board meeting
• Newton man hurt following accident Sunday
• Wartburg offering broadcasting camp for high school students
• Quad Cities attorney to challenge Loebsack
• No agreement
in debt-limit talks
• Iowa Democrats trying to stay in the game
• O.W.L.S. program on Wednesday at Jasper County Community Center
• It’s Your Government
• BMS releases ‘B’ honor roll
• Sacred Heart Catholic Church Vacation Bible School this week
• Disaster program deadline approaches for crops
• Sacred Heart Confirmation
• Royal couple visit skid row arts center on final day in Los Angeles
• Riding the rails the old-fashioned way
• Mack murder trial begins today in Jasper County court
• Garden trains 
make a great 
hobby for some
• Trees downed by morning storm
• Zoo critters scamper to library Monday, July 18
• JCCB river fishing program rescheduled
• Area blood drives planned throughout July
• Jasper County Habitat completing home build
• Community Heights Alliance Church hosting Kids Carnival on Thursday
• Church Club Notes
• Atheists’ billboard pulled from latest spot
• Freedom Flight receives donation from speedway
• State department having conversations on aging issues
• It’s Your Government
• Tinnermeier reunion set for Sunday
• Rushville Reunion set for Sunday
• St. Luke set for VBS on Monday
• Baxter Fun Days 
set for this weekend
• Quilt show Saturday
• Butterfly count to fly Sunday at Neal Smith
• Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid to film movie at Iowa Speedway
• Baxter cheers soldier’s return
• Police 
catch
 alleged 
car thief 
runaway
• Skiff accepts donation for baby calendar
• Council approves tax rebates for new Prairie Gas ownership group
• As debt talks resume, lawmakers remain hung 
up on taxes with no compromise imminent
• Free art class Monday at YMCA
• Free meal at Holy Trinity Lutheran
• Mental Health First Aid program set for next week
• Grinnell business incubator marks one-year anniversary
• Harkin aide to visit Jasper County
• Al-Qaida considering bomb implants, officials say
• Casey Anthony to face more legal entanglements
• Farmers hoping for minimal soybean disease impact
• Chapman University offers 
$46 million for Crystal Cathedral
• Club Notes
• It’s Your Government
• Bethany UCC dinner planned 
for Friday during Baxter Fun Days
• Iowa soldier killed in Iraq
• Butterfly count set for Sunday at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
• Governor Branstad views war monument
• Casey Anthony found not guilty in daughter’s death
• Pawlenty seeks to capture some Huckabee magic
• Warmer temperatures threaten Northern California vineyards
• City council 
approves I&I program
• Clement family becomes owners of Iowa Speedway
• Garden Walk set for this weekend
• Kiwanis to meet Wednesday
• Celebrating the red, white and blue
• Celebrating the Fourth with a BOOM!
• 112th Congress is one of the least productive in years
• Grinnell couple donates conservation easement
• Fear of more failing test scores sets off clash over No Child Left Behind
• FUMC hosting VBS next week
• Quilt show planned for Saturday
• Newton Farmers Market is today
• Perennial prairie strips 
offer new conservation tool
• Year-round business for fireworks companies hits high
• Newton man killed 
in motorcycle accident
• Internet Cafe going into old KFC
• Parade, fireworks highlights of holiday
• Newton Manufacturing faces lawsuit
• Willowbrook Adult Day Center offers vibrant community for older adults
• Library closed Monday to observe Fourth of July
• Tan Your Can
• VBS at St. Luke United Methodist Church in July
• Haiti missionaries to speak 
at United Presbyterian Church
• Our Savior Lutheran hosting patriotic service
• DMACC releases president’s list
• DMACC releases graduation list
• It’s Your Government
• Newton YMCA to close Monday for holiday, next week for maintenance
• Rotary names Trapp new president
• Kansas abortions will continue at one clinic
• Traffic enforcement plan
takes place this weekend
• YMCA hosts Family Fun Night tonight
• Sunsets at Sugar Grove set Saturday
• Fourth of July 
festivities planned
• None injured in fire except family cat
• County museum
hosts Kids Day on Wednesday
• Emmert to serve as grand marshall for annual parade
• Obama: States should decide whether or not to legalize same-sex marriage
• Deficit deal must end tax breaks for wealthy
• OPEN’s exchange students 
— meet the best of the best
• Kiwanis honor Students of the Month
• Local students receive honors at BVU
• Family fishing event on Friday
• United Way of Jasper County annual report available online
• City of Newton offices Friday, Monday closed for Fourth of July
• Senior class and student body accomplishments
• It’s Your Government
• Eilander named to dean’s list
• DMACC dean’s list released
• Defense in Casey Anthony trial 
to rest its case
• Iowa hunting access program accepting landowner inquiries
• Officials: bin Laden wasn’t running al-Qaida at end
• Our Savior Lutheran Church hosting patriotic service Sunday
• Masonic Lodge hosting breakfast
• Pottery class on Saturday at CAA
• Breakfast to help Freedom Flight
• Froah wins Best Technical Support Award at IHCC
• Local school board president 
honored for leadership training
• Children offered guaranteed-issue health insurance
• Kansas declares abortion clinics failed
• Lightning strikes far more men than women
• Bartending for a cause
• Palin’s Pella visit sheds no new light on presidential aspirations
• Sky Kings taking flight
• Newton residents reinvent 
their careers, start law firm
• Supreme Court imposes limits on public funding of campaigns
• Barnyard Babies contest on July 16
• Junior Naturalist Program on orienteering set for Thursday
• Newton YMCA to be closed part 
of next week for holiday, repairs
• Hopkins appointed to watershed board
• Justices strike down ban on sales of violent video games to minors
• Supreme Court rules against California on Holocaust-era art
• Palin to visit Pella today
• Five arrested 
in post-race 
shenanigans at speedway
• Tubabu!
• Board approves salary hikes for administrators
• Higher coffee prices trickle down to cafes
• 200 Methodist clergy in Illinois defy church on same-sex unions
• Looking at the best new cars for fuel economy
• It’s Your Government
• AFSCME gives to Freedom Flight campaign
• Junior Naturalist Program dissecting owl pellets on Tuesday in Lynnville
• Jasper County Genealogical Society potluck picnic planned for Thursday
• NHS Class of ‘54 meeting canceled
• Israel urged to speak directly to Arab world
• Plans for Bruce Lee memorial museum in Hong Kong canceled
• Newton man killed in accident on Saturday
• Prairie Days a success despite the rain
• 2011 Iowa Corn Indy 250 draws 35,000
• Battle over circumcision
• Newspapers are dying? Not so fast
• OPEN and IRIS partner to expand mentoring opportunities
• Mad Science program
at library set for Monday
• Oil prices sink as U.S., allies agree to tap stockpiles
• Federal ban on using phones while driving floated in House
• Sheriff’s deputy gets a ticket
• Church Club Notes
• Keninger graduates from Ellsworth
• Cullen makes dean’s list at Saint Joseph’s
• Briese graduates from Simpson
• Free meal Sunday at St. Stephen’s
• ISU students named to spring dean’s list
• Junior Naturalist Program on outdoor photography on Monday
• Flag Presentation
• New Iowa BWI law begins July 1
• Clay classes set for July
• NASA spacecraft slowly nearing protoplanet Vesta
• Military leaders cite risks in Afghanistan drawdown
• Prairie Days starts tonight
• Artsy weekend in Des Moines
• Revenue up, 
but Skiff still remains in red
• Nickel graduates from Ohio State University
• Cemetery cleanup at Sugar Grove
• Learning programs planned for Friday, weekend at Lake Red Rock
• Family Fun Night set for July 1 at Y
• River cleanup reset for July 24
• American Legion awards scholarships
• Newton grad develops award-winning project
• IndyCars, racing stars in Newton 
ahead of weekend races
• Obama defers to public on speed of Afghanistan exit
• Optimae LifeServices opens Newton office
• Rain soaks 
everything
• Governor to appear in Newton
• ‘Octomom’ doctor asks court to retain his medical license
• Industrial Midwest leads job recovery, but national picture spotty
• Masonic Lodge pancake breakfast on July 4 to benefit Freedom Flight
• Farm Bureau Cookout Contest 
set for Saturday in Prairie City
• Balloon storytelling program set for Thursday at Newton library
• Dance Camp scheduled at YMCA
• Newton Community Band concert set for Thursday at Maytag Park
• Bell receives Commitment to Ag Scholarship
• Local students graduate, earn honors at Indian Hills
• Local students earn academic honors from MCC
• It’s Your Government
• Jasper County Empowerment Board to meet Thursday at Skiff
• Newton Lions Club garage sale on Saturday to benefit Freedom Flight
• Baxter woman 
to be honored 
at art festival 
this weekend
• ‘Marriage Can Be Murder’ returning to Old Creamery
• Ryan Dunn’s passenger in fatal crash 
identified as ‘Jackass’ production assistant
• Unemployment 
falls in Jasper 
County in May
• Courthouse dome repair could prove to be costly
• Grinnell teen killed in accident near Oakland Acres
• Law enforcement unveils traffic plan for Indy race weekend
• FTC probe of gasoline prices targets refiners
• U.S. Supreme Court throws out huge 
discrimination suit against Wal-Mart
• Windstream gives $1,000 to hospice at Skiff hospital
• State Fair Express offers Newton residents a ride
• Simmons graduates from John Brown University
• Boner among recent graduates from Coe College
• Martin named to William Penn president’s list
• William Penn University announces spring graduates
• Area students graduate from Central
• It’s Your Government
• YMCA, CBBA offering Taekwondo camp beginning on Wednesday
• Adventureland trip set for June 29
• Branstad orders flags at half-staff to honor WWII aviator
• Obama expected to outline Afghanistan drawdown plan
• Sewer back-up program passes second reading
• Coworkers of cancer-stricken Skiff employee ‘bettin’ on Jim’ to recover
• Cross-country velomobile riders make stop in Newton
• Newton group celebrating 20th anniversary
• County parade organizers seek float entries
• ‘Fat Woman on the Mountain’ author will speak in Newton
• Republicans are split over U.S. role in world
• Death penalty costs California $184 million a year, study says
• Art on display 
at Newton library
• Canoe, kayak night at Rock Creek State Park planned for Thursday
• Cousins reunion set for Sunday
• African ensemble performs tonight at Newton library
• It’s Your Government
• Farmers Market on Tuesday
• Jasper County students graduate from ISU
• First Newton National Bank taking donations
• Truman State University releases president’s list
• DAR presents flag to Klepinger
• PEO chapter LC to meet Tuesday
• Cemetery cleanup on Tuesday
• Health-care law blamed for AMA’s falling membership
• Knight crowned Jasper County Fair Queen
• Church blood drive Wednesday
• Museum program on Wednesday
• It’s Your Government
• Tubabu World Percussion Ensemble set to entertain
• Local students named to Northwestern College dean’s list
• NHS ‘A’ honor roll
• Retirement party planned for Bryant
• Kids Against Hunger meal packing July 9
• Bound 4 Him to perform at Kellogg church
• McCleary graduates from Arizona State
• Keller receives juris doctor
• Edwards receives master in studio
• JCSCC hosting potluck Saturday
• Support group 
to meet Monday
• Groenenboom, VanSoelen make dean’s list
• Heavy rains push Des Moines River to edge
• Ranard initiated into Phi Beta Kappa
• Bennett graduates from basic training
• Weiner’s resignation suggests social media, politics a risky mix
• Sentences can’t be lengthened for rehab
• Lynnville Days this weekend
• Bluesy acts 
will invade Speakeasy
• City fireworks show has been set for 2011
• Prairie Days 
coming next 
weekend
• Country Club keeps rollin’ as ‘Cardinal Hills’
• Group to host deficit reduction seminar
• Southern Iowa focuses on Red Rock
• Iowa GOP still hopes
Bachmann announces here
• NHS Class of ‘59 donates for Cardinal
• Kayla’s Kause hosting walk to stop foodborne illnesses on June 25
• NAMI to meet Monday at Skiff
• Community band concert tonight
• Analysts: Detentions stem from Pakistan’s frustration over bin Laden raid
• BVU Newton site instructor among ‘Faculty Member of the Year’ winners
• Club Notes
• Local church to show ‘Like Dandelion Dust’
• Croson named UPS Scholar
• Justin Munger graduates from Air Force Academy
• Beason to serve in Operation New Dawn
• Bankruptcy Court declares Defense of Marriage Act invalid
• Chocolate and strawberry milk are out at L. A. schools
• Unrest pushes Yemen to brink of humanitarian disaster
• Free IndyCar ride-along set for Thursday
• It’s Your Government
• Balloon storytelling program 
set for June 23 at Newton library
• ‘Barn’ dance set for Thursday
• NCEF selling advertising banners for display at H.A. Lynn Stadium
• Empowerment board to meet
• NHS students named to ‘A’ honor roll
• Branstad signs bill to expand Iowa wind energy tax credits
• Homeless population up slightly as ranks grow outside U.S. cities
• Courtroom 
to have sound 
system added
• Man sentenced to 15 years on meth charges
• Truckin: NDN reporter gets taste of driving a big rig
• Retirement for Old Glory
• Flag retirement ceremony today
• Piecemaker’s to meet Thursday
• Conservation board offering Junior Naturalist Program starting Friday
• Alzheimer Support Group to meet
• U.S. Cellular builds new cell tower near Laurel
• Jasper County Fair Queen Coronation set for Saturday
• Skiff Auxiliary celebrates scholarships
• Trinity employees picket on Monday
• IASB rep tries to settle school board concerns
• Driver in fatal crash pleads not guilty to vehicular homicide
• Guinness proclaims Filipino teenager to be world’s shortest man
• Hula Hoop program today at library
• Local 997 Retiree Council to meet
• It’s Your Government
• Farmers Market set for Tuesday
• Angel Food Ministries taking food package orders today at First UMC
• Insect program at Newton Arboretum
• State metrology lab earns accreditation
• DNR AmeriCorps deployed to help with flooding
• Kiwanis to meet
• Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say
• Newton Y launches 
new website
• Sculpture festival shows wide diversity of styles
• United Way 2010-11 Annual Report Available
• Still time to register for summer reading programs
• Central College releases 2011 spring dean’s list
• Courthouse work continues
• Ice cream social to benefit mission work
• Sounds of Inspiration to sing at Baxter church
• Free meal Sunday at Holy Trinity Church in Newton
• It’s Your Government
• NCMP Swim Team banquet set 
for Saturday at Maytag Pavilion
• Baxter reunion set for weekend
• Baker picnic set for Sunday
• NHS students named to ‘B’ honor roll
• Golden K Kiwanis Club presents scholarship
• Alabama enacts anti-illegal immigration law described as strictest in United States
• Using a car to flee police can count as ‘violent felony,’ high court rules
• First Avenue 
milling to begin Sunday in Newton
• Sunsets at Sugar Grove red hot with Hot Tamale Saturday
• Iowa Sculpture Festival kicks off
• Alumni reunion events ready to roll
• Man dies in SUV rollover
• Storm damage strikes community
• Lawmakers learn power 
and perils of social media
• Autism probably related to hundreds of genetic mutations, researchers say
• Pope names Msgr. Robert D. Gruss as bishop of Rapid City
• Equipment shipping delay pushes back WGA start date
• Art keeps bronze sculptor busy in many ways
• Iowa WWII aviator returns home 66 years later after discovery of remains in Hungary
• Rain cycle program planned for Friday at Newton Public Library
• Many new faces at this year’s Iowa Sculpture Festival
• Newton woman recalls escape from East Germany 50 years ago
• Kiwanis donates to Mitchellville Prison
• Free meal Sunday at Holy Trinity
• Hydrant testing planned for June
• Judges sharply challenge health care law
• Bombing of Libyan capital is one of the largest yet
• Newton Community Band opens concert season
• It’s Your Government
• DAR chapter to meet Saturday
• Consumer Confidence Report 
on Newton’s water released
• Rain cycle program planned for Friday at Newton Public Library
• Moore 
to receive Eagle Scout 
honor
• Law enforcement presence at Gull Point to increase for July 4 weekend
• Peregrine falcon nesting increases in Iowa
• Parkinson’s patients have double the risk of lethal melanoma, study finds
• Red Rock selected to implement mandatory life jacket program
• Missouri River cities prepare for flooding
• County 
supervisors approve 
GIS deal
• Highway 6 cruise, documentary, set for Newton visit
• O.P.E.N. celebrates 20 years of friendship
• Veggies coming on at Farmers Market
• Gov. Branstad talks budget at Newton stop
• Blood drives planned for June
• Day Camps planned at Red Rock
• MAT camp set for weekend
• NHS Class of ‘96 reunion Saturday
• It’s Your Government
• Newton Athletic Booster Club donates $35,000
• Hook receives P.E.O. scholarship
• Griswold graduates from ISU College of Veterinary Medicine
• Court allows California to grant 
in-state tuition to illegal immigrants
• Rep. Weiner admits lying about online photos, says he won’t resign
• Adventures of a small town comedian
• Mich. couple arrested in Newton on kidnapping charges
• One injured in mid-day accident
• Sewer back-up repair program nears reality
• Relay For Life exceeds fundraising goal
• Skokan wins award
• It’s Your Government
• County Democrats to meet Thursday
• Hephzibah House fundraiser garage sale begins Thursday
• Plants program on Wednesday
• Jasper County Conservation Board offering fishing program on Friday
• PEO chapters 
to meet Tuesday
• Farmers Market opens Tuesday
• Just Fabulous Darling opens its doors
• Mayor to moderate manufacturing jobs forum at DMACC
• City seeking 
supporters 
for fireworks
• Alleged Colfax car thief leads 
police on high speed chase
• Friday Flicks at Newton Public Library starts today
• The funniest women of our time
• Pakistan’s bin Laden probe falters before it even starts
• National Geographic publishes Area 51 pictures
• Newton FFA hosts Ag Day for first graders
• Mother allegedly threatens daughter with rifle
• Church Club Notes
• Monroe UMC hosting ice cream social
• Community Heights VBS next week
• Sounds of Inspiration to perform Sunday
• It’s Your Government
• Hydrant testing planned for June
• Scrapbooking division added 
to Jasper County Fair exhibit
• Local PEO chapters to meet Tuesday
• ‘Chicago’ razzle-dazzles
• Club Notes
• Class of ‘91 reunion set for June 11
• Report cards mailed Thursday
• Jehovah’s Witness gets Medicaid transplant without transfusion
• Loose Neutral launches Sugar Grove concert series Saturday
• Another defendant found guilty in 
beating death of teen
• Mitt Romney crafts new persona,
prepares to announce presidential bid
• Freedom Flight 
fundraisers ready 
for take-off
• Number of missing in Joplin, Mo., down to zero
• Bad economic news piles up, sending stocks down
• It’s Your Government
• YMCA hosting dance, overnighter
• Work day planned at fairgrounds
• Colorado sculptor to discuss art 
at Newton Arboretum on June 9
• State lawmakers: No end in sight
• Junior Ranger Day Camp 
at Red Rock
• Registration open for YMCA babysitting class
• Haiti missionary to speak June 12 at Newton church
• Maytag Pool 
opens for summer
• Colfax man charged with fraud
• Students from abroad offer perspective on their experiences in Iowa and Newton
• Clifford The Big Red Dog 
to appear at Newton library
• ‘Proof’ opens Friday at NCT
• Maybe mother doesn’t know best
• Vernon Company recognized as Top 40 Distributor
• Relay For Life to honor cancer survivors, remember those lost
• Fishing derby set for Saturday
• JCCB offers 
new programs
• Supervisors approve funding for Monarch Ave. bridge
• Newton native receives Bronze Star
• Cardinal Etching
• Newton Senior High School 2011 Graduation
• Mitt Romney appears to be 
the one to beat in GOP race
• TJ students read more than one million words
• Pentagon seeks mini-weapons for new age of warfare
• Maytag Pool passes available
• Annual acreage report due by June 30
• City of Newton salutes small business
• Fall prevention workshops begin Thursday at Jasper County Community Center
• Palin hits the road, not in full ‘campaign’ mode
• Single engine airplane crashes near Sully
• Class of 2011 celebrates with a dance
• Newton residents gather to honor military, past and present
• All-age summer reading programs kick off June 2
• Newton baseball falls to Chariton in home-opener
• Caldwell receives Yale music educator award
• Academic Achievements
• Parks offices open late for Maytag Pool passes
• GASS race to feature a pair of NASCAR legends
• New Iowa law promotes biodiesel utilization, green-collar jobs and energy independence
• Young girl reports being lured toward car in C.R.
• Commencement set for Sunday
• Memorial Day services planned
• NDN carrier remembered as ‘everybody’s friend’
• Alleged ‘burrowing burglar’ caught
• Firefighters christen new fire engine
• Registration open for Newton Community Preschool program
• Memorial Day services set for Monday at Wittemberg Cemetery
• Skiff to redistribute occupational health services
• Iowa Sculpture Festival set for June 11, 12, with preview June 10
• NHS Class of ‘76 planning reunion
• MAT members take state titles
• Joplin wary, weary as bad weather threatens
• Sidewalk vs. 
hike/bike trail
• Des Moines group tours downtown
• Free lunch offered at Berg Elementary this summer
• Jobs rate up
• NHS Class of ‘86 reunion June 11
• NewHeir Bluegrass Band to play at Bar None Cowboy Church
• Retirement party for Tom Hill, Karen Clark on Thursday at NHS
• It’s Your Government
• Cancer survivors to be honored during annual Relay for Life event
• Spring fish 
stocking to end
• USDA reminds producers of farm program deadlines
• Storm survivors reeling from loss
• Maytag Homes Walking Tour set for Saturday
• Memorial Day services planned
• Local man sentenced 
to 10 years
• Supervisors considering outside negotiation services
• Springboard Engineering sold to UL
• NHS Class 
of ‘54 to meet Wednesday
• It’s Your Government
• G. I. Jukebox opens June 2 at Old Creamery in Amana
• Kiwanis to meet on Wednesday
• Baby talk 
program set 
for tonight at Newton library
• Torch run passes through downtown Newton
• Meth, other drug charges 
filed following traffic stop
• Newton Country Club now open to the public
• District budget, staff salaries discussed at school board meeting
• ‘How Baseball Came to Iowa’
• It’s Your Government
• Skiff honors DAISY nursing award winner
• Near capacity campgrounds expected for holiday
• Retirement party Thursday at NHS
• Iowa unemployment falls;
Local data to be released later
• One injured in crash near Monroe
• Stenhouse takes checkered flag
• Man hospitalized for burns in camper fire at speedway
• Lawsuit against TPI moves to federal court
• Newton library closed
to observe Memorial Day
• Kirkwood honors outstanding students
• Winona State University 
recognizes outstanding grads
• NHS band student named state finalist
• Special services begin tonight at Foursquare Church
• FUMC hosting potluck, hymn sing
• Journey Bound to perform Sunday night in Prairie City
• Sharing Supper set for Saturday in Kellogg
• Vrankin retiring from First Lutheran
• Web camera following peregrine falcon nest
• Canoe and kayak night planned
• inMotion Dance Compete at Spotlight Cup
• Iowa to participate in ’11 National ‘Click It or Ticket’ through June 5
• Newton student appointed to Naval Academy following Boswell nomination
• State track runs through Saturday at Drake Stadium
• Speakeasy to host SSBS R&B show
• Iowa Speedway waves green flag
• EMS Week salutes medicine’s front line
• Rainy weather has slowed 
First Avenue project progress
• Obama will call for billions in aid to Egypt and Tunisia
• Fishing derby set for June 4; registration due by May 31
• Army captain 
to speak Monday
• Special services planned for weekend at Foursquare Church
• Boating course set for Saturday
• Heavy boat traffic expected for Memorial Day weekend
• NCT receives outstanding ensemble award
• Etter completes basic training
• Newton student appointed to Air Force Academy following Boswell nomination
• Farver graduates from basic training
• Study finds ‘No single cause’ of sexual assaults by priests
• No charges filed in fatal head-on Interstate 80 crash
• Gotcha!
 Authorities catch 
suspect wanted in care facility theft
• Caleris to add 100 jobs in Newton
• ‘Barn’ dance set for Thursday
• CIC distribute helmets to third graders
• Blood drives planned in county
• Creative Writing Club to meet
• Over 500 tractors to participate 
in Great Eastern Iowa Tractorcade
• Cibula receives award
• Fast-food industry is quietly defeating Happy Meal bans
• Filmmaker who planned ‘Maytag studio’ 
sentenced to 10 years in tax credit scandal
• Supervisors approve new roof for genealogical society building
• Construction season in full swing
• With Mike Huckabee out, Iowa governor sees ‘wide-open’ contest in leadoff nominating state
• Mitt Romney scores $10 million in Vegas telethon
• U.S. government hits debt ceiling, lighting 11-week fuse
• NHS Class of ‘86 planning reunion
• Lions Club donates for fairgrounds
• Club Notes
• Newton Kiwanis meet Wednesday
• Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild to meet
• Tractors, mowers that make the cut
• Dairy-aire Theatrics to present Stoppard’s ‘Heroes’ in Amana
• A walk in the park
• Newton Police find man 
wanted for domestic assault
• Clement enjoys excitement, camaraderie of Newton FD
• Back to the drawing board for sewer ordinance
• Officials announce 
traffic plan for race day
• Skylight work at the courthouse
• JCCA to host final concert of ’10-’11 season
• Walking tour 
of Maytag homes 
set for Saturday
• Houser headlines post race events Saturday
• Knights of Columbus planning Cubs event
• SSBS hosts Sumpin’ Doo
• DAR presents Good Citizen Awards
• Alzheimer’s group to meet
• Fishing derby set for June 4; registration due by May 31
• Club Notes
• Formal wedding pictures offer portrait
• It’s Your Government
• Hazard mitigation plan available for review beginning Thursday
• Pay for school or buy a house?
• More errors surface at military crime lab
• Burdt graduates from police academy
• Best ways to spend airline miles
• Richtsmeier graduates from combat training
• Australia records first death from Internet photo fad
• Local students graduate from Dordt College
• Baxter graduation planned for Sunday
• FUMC hosting potluck, hymn sing
• Punches Family to perform June 1
• FUMC to celebrate Heritage Sunday
• Great Western Bank breaks ground for Prairie City branch
• It’s Your Government
• Local PEO chapters to meet Tuesday
• DAR Grinnell chapter to meet
• Drugs radically reduce transmission of virus
• NHS Class of ‘61 to meet Monday
• Archery shoot
• YMCA Triathalon
• ‘4 Kruse Benefit’
• Emotional Evening for NHS Orchestra
• The Vertebrate Project
• Dog bite ordinance may get rewrite
• Urgent Care clinic to close
• SCORE offering business classes
• Parkinson’s Support Group to meet
• Butter cow tribute set
at state fair
• Church continues mission work in El Salvador
• Kruse benefit on Saturday
• Electrical fire damages restaurant
• Remnants of meth lab found in dumpster
• Newton man killed in head-on collision on I-80
• Skiff lands state-of-the-art imaging technology
• Supervisors ready to replace courthouse heating
• Applications being accepted from veterans for fall Freedom Flight
• Baseball history program set 
for Thursday at Newton library
• AARP presents Grassley 2010 Congressional Award
• NHS Class of ‘96 planning reunion
• Habitat for Humanity to break ground for new house in Mingo
• ‘40-70 Rule’ guidebook available to help get seniors, families talking about future
• Lions Club raises $1,000 for Food Pantry
• Memorial Golf Day for Blind and Disabled Veterans set 
for May 30
• Mass graves in Durango may set record
• Pella attorney pleads guilty to wire fraud
• New store has pops of color, sparkling accessories
• Live Nation and Groupon team up
• Some love the kick they get from energy drinks, but others worry about risks
• Archery shoot set for Saturday
• Mayor declares National Police Week
• Kiwanis to meet on Wednesday
• Garden classes set for summer
• Kellogg Museum open on Saturday
• Berg students part of All-Iowa Eighth Grade Honor Band
• NHS orchestra concert Thursday
• Sprint Cup drivers coming to Newton
• Homemade catapults put to the test at BMS
• School lunch prices to raise 5 cents in 2011-2012 school year
• Newton Rotary Students of the Month
• Traffic camera citations jump with spring
• NHS awards assembly on Tuesday
• O.P.E.N. board donates to cardinal sculpture
• NHS Class of ‘96 planning reunion
• NHS Class of ‘81 planning reunion
• Democratic committee to meet
• New Islamic Center wows visitors
• It’s Your Government
• Sen. Grassley stonewalled on inquiry into firearms
• Disgruntled Texas Republicans 
await President Obama’s visit
• President wants to know about bin Laden’s ‘support network’ in Pakistan
• Man can’t ‘weight’ to sell stolen goods
• Old water wells can pose threat
• County courthouse 
gets new skylights
• Cost to fill ‘er up still rising
• Project AWAKE plant sale 
huge success over weekend
• Mother’s Day lunch at Shay’s Tea Room
• Tiptoe through the Tulips 
at the annual Pella festival
• Aces to close for summer
• Sharing a tasty treat
• Project AWAKE
Plant sale set
for arboretum
• Unsworth on the job in City Parks Department
• Berg Middle School releases ‘A’ honor roll
• Two local FFA members receive FFA degrees
• High school students earning college credit hits record level
• Church Club Notes
• Students confirmed at First Lutheran
• Bible Talks set 
for Sundays
• It’s Your Government
• Lions Club breakfast on Saturday
• Newton Senior High School Senior Awards Assembly Tuesday
• Grinnell graduate to speak 
at Congregational UCC
• Students of the Month
• Holy Trinity hosting free meal
• 8.5 percent tuition increase keeps Kirkwood ‘status quo’
• Iowan guides first lady’s UNI speech
• Skiff to offer free hearing screens
• Art on display at Newton library
• Macy to speak at society meeting
• NHS athletics fundraiser today
• Wittemberg Cemetery 
clean-up Saturday
• New look for fair queen pageant
• Jasper County Fair books available
• Camping Kickoff Weekend begins Friday
• Diamond Trail FFA donates for fairgrounds
• Youth Police Academy to begin June 7
• Operation ReLeaf
 coming to Newton 
this Saturday
• Students work 
hard during CSD
• Another flight for veterans being planned
• Theisen’s grant applications available
• Baseball history exhibit, program scheduled at Newton Public Library
• Jasper County museum opens
• County conservation will host O.W.L.S. program for local seniors
• Young professionals group to host informational meeting on Thursday
• ‘Young Frankenstein’ a monster of a show
• Newton PD to host auction
• Child Care Providers recognized
• Relay for Life hosting fundraisers
• Treasure Hunter’s Roadshow group in Newton buying gold, antiques
• Supervisors approve bridge restrictions throughout Jasper County
• No charges or arrests yet in shooting
• Newton 66 sign comes crashing down
• Berg Elementary to host Family Math Night
• Hospice conference to focus on grief, bereavement
• Skiff, NPD, Lauterbach ensure safety for our smallest passengers
• Newton Daily Deals program 
sells 1,000th gift certificate
• Jasper Community Foundation grant application deadline is June 1
• ‘Green’ students will get to work Wednesday for annual Community Service Day event
• Sewer rates most likely headed up
• NHS students learn 
about distracted driving
• Newton man in critical condition following shooting
• Local PEO chapters will meet Tuesday
• NHS release progress reports
• Thomas Jefferson school to host carnival
• Jasper County residents compete leader development program
• John Paul II beatified in Vatican City ceremony
• Marshall Field sandwich sale scheduled for May 6
• Bison babies frolic at the refuge
• Des Moines sculpture artist John Brommel h
• None injured in brush fire
• U.S. operation kills terrorist Osama bin Laden in Pakistan
• Registration opens for DMACC 3-on-3 basketball classic
• ‘How Baseball Came
To Iowa’ set for May 12
• Check out smoking-hot sounds of Bella Soul
• Newton grad accepts principal position
• Berg Middle School releases ‘B’ honor roll
• Eight local youth confirmed at First Presbyterian Church
• It’s Your Government
• Young audiences invited to ‘Charlotte’s Web’
• ‘Becoming Catholic’ sessions planned at Sacred Heart
• PEO chapters 
to meet Tuesday
• Newton water board approves 2012 budget
• Newton to host Miss Iowa USA pageants
• Annual NCS hog roast, auction
• PCCI’s Walk for Life Saturday
• Wildflower walk set Saturday
• First I-Green class starting
• Prairie City family arrested in drug bust
• Kielly retires from auditor office today
• ‘Catholics Returning Home’ tonight at Sacred Heart Church
• Next week is Correctional Workers Week
• 135th walleye season opens May 7
• VanKooten reports soy impact at D.C. conference
• Partner Communications Cooperative visits Capitol
• Police: Modern-day Romeo and Juliet teens still missing
• Dr. DeCook sworn in to hospital board
• Midtown is not closing
• 72-year-old 
Snook Inn
 set to close
• United Way of Jasper County Spring Newsletter - Apr 26, 2011
• Justices hear arguments on access to prescription data
• Guantanamo secret files show U.S. often held innocent Afghans
• It’s Your Government
• Human service providers to meet
• Strong America Now at library
• Sundays @ Four concert at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday
• PCCI’s Walk for Life on Saturday
• Don’t raise debt ceiling without cuts, Grassley says
• DMACC, USA Chess to offer summer chess camps
• Three NCT volunteers receive awards
• State Capitol
• Ford’s 1st-quarter profit soars to 13-year high
• Mandatory student fees rise at state’s regent universities
• Chair-ries Jubilee
 set at Elks Saturday
• A surcharge for dust control applications? 
Resident tells supervisors that’s wrong
• A&W/Long John Silver’s closes
• Ordinary people focus of Civil War exhibit
• Firm quits defense of marriage act
• Judge orders Vatican to hand over documents about priest accused of abuse
• Kiwanis to meet Wednesday
• Museum docent training this week
• BMS orchestra concert Thursday
• Cub Scouts clean up hike, bike trail
• PCCI’s annual Walk for Life set for Saturday
• Class of ‘54 to meet this week
• New programs celebrate big fish
• Civic Center announces 2011-2012 season lineup
• State Representative Dan Kelley of Newton
• Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement breaks up ‘drug house’
• Obama paints Rep. Ryan as Republican face for 2012 election
• Council making progress on Maytag Bowl project
• NCSD orchestra program terminated after this year
• inMotion Dance Company
• Grace Church offering food bank
• It’s Your Government
• Newton Fire Department to begin flow-testing hydrants today
• Van Kooten joins ISA on trade mission to China, Taiwan
• Cattleman’s group visits Iowa House
• Hundreds escape from Afghan prison
• U.S. intelligence summaries detail Guantanamo’s secrets
• Hunting for eggs and hugs
• Stations of the Cross
• Lawsuit alleges TPI didn't properly compensate employees
• Civil War info now on display
• NHS announces ‘B’ honor roll
• ‘Everybody Wins!’
• Local churches celebrating Easter with special services
• It’s Your Government
• Hydrant testing to begin Monday
• Skiff fundraiser set for April 30
• Board approves tuition increase
• Last Supper was not Jesus’ last supper, researcher says
• Amid oil spills, melting ice, radiation, signs of hope still present on Earth Day
• Newton Hy-Vee Floral Department employee J
• Here comes 
Peter Cottontail
• Group pushes for Sprint Cup race in Newton
• True Inspiration: Local man overcomes disabilities, learns to read
• YMCA offering lifeguarding class
• First Assembly Church hosting Easter egg hunt, special services
• Community Heights Alliance Church planning Easter drama
• ‘Mamma Mia!’ in Ames on May 2, 3
• It’s Your Government
• Gov. Branstad orders flags 
at half-staff to honor soldiers
• Pettigrew joins Updegraff & Smith law firm
• Local businesses, volunteers recognized for contributions
• No foul play suspected in inmate death
• FLY IOWA 2011 reveals new logo
• New squirrel sculpture dedicated 
to memory of man who loved wildlife
• Courthouse geothermal plans heating up
• Iowa unemployment at 6.1 percent; Jasper County steady at 9.2 percent
• Hospice creating grief resource library at Skiff
• Woodland wildflower walk set for April 30 at Ashton Wildwood Park
• Volksweg Trail closed at Red Rock
• It’s Your Government
• City offices closed for Good Friday
• ‘Catholics Returning Home’ begins April 28 at Sacred Heart Church
• ‘Rock of Ages’ rocks Des Moines
• ‘The Way of the Cross’
• Club Notes
• Scope of damage done 
by oil spill still unknown
• Wedding may mark turning point for British royals
• Newton man takes alternative 
approach to life after Maytag
• Vilsack visits 
biodiesel plant
• Supervisors hear concerns about Capstone
• Rep. Kelley honors Cub Scout
• Obamas’ income drops, but they’re still millionaires
• Warning on federal debt comes as Washington inches away from gridlock
• Kiwanis meeting on Wednesday
• Kohrs going to Seoul
• Local church hosting Easter drama
• Empowerment board to meet
• Baxter Fun Days Committee to meet Monday to discuss RAGBRAI stop
• DAR installs new members
• World Changers place in Hippology competition at Iowa Horse Jamboree
• Rug hooking teachers learn new techniques
• 66 years later, WW II 
veteran receives medals
• Increase 
to sewer
 rate likely
• City sets up workshop for Maytag Bowl
• A chilly 8K at the Iowa Speedway
• Kiwanis Students of the Month
• ‘Barn’ dance set for Thursday at Jasper County Community Center
• Local 997 Retiree Council to meet
• It’s Your Government
• Iowa Rivers Chapter first aid, CPR course in Marshalltown
• Shaken residents patch up lives after deadly storms ravage states
• Local man facing several assault, criminal mischief charges
• Story Time
• Making memories at NHS Prom
• New business mixes ice cream with flavors from community
• Authorities looking for vandalism suspects
• Therapy dog Raven returns for kids’ reading program
• PEO chapters 
to meet Tuesday
• Central College presents ‘College the Musical’ from April 27 to 30
• NHS announces ‘A’ honor roll
• Stretching the Family Dollar
• NHS student featured 
in Sundays at Four concert
• Easter egg hunts in Newton
• ‘Catholics Returning Home’ begins April 28 at Sacred Heart Church
• Methodist church offering finance workshop Sunday
• Holy Week services at Sacred Heart
• Easter services planned at Christian Reformed Church
• Kellogg UMC hosting Easter supper
• Church Club Notes
• First United Methodist Church offering Holy Week services
• It’s Your Government
• Eagle Scout ceremony on Saturday
• LWV hosts legislative brief
• Speedway 8K ready to run
• Toddler served sangria at Olive Garden in Florida
• Cubs Scouts Pinewood Derby
• League of Women Voters hosting legislative briefing
• Rep. Kelley to read story at library
• Prom decoration viewing at NHS
• Parkinson’s group to meet Monday
• Spring visit day set for April 29
• Obama’s deficit plan begins tug-of-war with Republicans
• Rural-issues listening post set for Monday
• Opinions divided on Muslim Brotherhood’s threat to U.S.
• United Way allocation process completed by volunteers
• Property tax relief plan passes Senate
• Artist working on oak tree
• Last Ride for Fallen Friend
• Democratic Committee to meet
• Writing club to meet Friday
• Volunteers needed for financial fair
• Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild to meet Thursday at St. Luke UMC
• Easter egg hunt Saturday in Baxter
• Monroe Friends of the Library hosting roast beef dinner
• Partner Communications addresses National Broadband Plan, other issues during meeting
• FCSAmerica customer-owners receive $3.48 million in cash-back dividends
• ‘Central College: The Opera’ opens Friday
• Glee Oliver benefit set for Saturday
• Alcohol Awareness
• April designated as 911 Education Month
• Stretching the Family Dollar Fair offers money-saving tips
• Racing team raising money for fire victims
• Supervisors discuss nature center plan
• Troubled Newton Country Club will open to public
• News from Skiff Medical Center
• JCF grant applications now available for 2011
• County Fairboard hosts public input meeting tonight
• NCT advances to regional competition with ‘Godspell’
• Kiwanis to meet on Wednesday
• JCSCC hosting potluck, bluegrass
• Community Service Day on April 19
• It’s Your Government
• Rug hooking workshop begins Sunday at AmericInn
• Seven total arrested in MINE drug busts
• District may terminate orchestra program
• First Avenue Construction
• Mapleton slammed by tornado
• Obama, budget foes move to 
next phase of spending fight
• It’s Your Government
• Jasper County Elderly Nutrition garage, bake sale this week
• YMCA hosting Easter egg hunt
• O.W.L.S. program on Wednesday
• Newton Fire Department awarded technology grant
• Lecturer on intellectual property to speak April 21 at Grinnell College
• Colfax man wins $40,000 prize
• Thousands turn out for deputy’s funeral
• AIB student Jamie Ball on fast track to success
• Burn, baby, burn
• First Ave project gets under way today
• Kickstart my Art
• Two county residents to be honored by Red Cross
• Read with Raven back at library this spring
• Risseeuw among honor society inductees at SDSU
• Increased access to classes boosts DMACC’s GED graduation rate
• Guest conductor to lead Grinnell Singers
• Finance presentation at FUMC
• Holiday services at Congregational UCC
• Easter services planned at St. Stephen’s Church
• Concert at Central on Sunday
• JCSCC to host monthly potluck
• It’s Your Government
• State rests in teacher’s lascivious conduct case
• Lenten services planned in Colfax
• Conservation Reserve Program sign-up deadline approaching
• Mayor proclaims April as Fair Housing Month
• MAT students compete in Waverly
• Spring Art Festival set at DMACC
• Hy-Vee to host U.S. flag event
• Saturday blues 
to benefit SSBS
• Severe weather sirens meant to alert those outdoors only
• Ashton Observatory ready to launch annual summer lecture series
• Testimony begins in hatchet death murder trial
• Art Festival features local artists
• In my own words: Monroe woman shares experiences teaching in Qatar
• FOTA reports Spay Day USA activity update
• Prairie burn set for Friday
• Hy-Vee donates to Monroe Recreation Park
• Third term report cards released
• Free community meal on Sunday
• Road construction begins Monday on Highway 6 east of Newton
• American Legion taking flag orders
• SYNC accepting grant applications
• Grandstand tickets on sale April 30
• Former students testify to bizarre chocolate syrup encounters with accused former teacher
• Mislabeling of fish may be widespread, studies suggest
• Palo Alto Cemetery cleanup April 15
• Motorcycle testing class in May
• Breakfast benefiting veterans 
set for Saturday at Masonic Lodge
• It’s Your Government
• Class of ‘51 seeking classmate info
• Writers@Grinnell events set for April
• SCORE offering business workshop
• B’s Bronze and Boutique opens at Aleya Salon
• Caves closed for season
• Eco Fair set for Saturday in Pella
• Cancer survivors begin journey to Himalayas
• Authorities execute search warrant at Urgent Care
• Green light 
for I-Green
• Black Hills Energy advises Iowans call 811 before digging
• Saturday blues show to benefit South Skunk Blues Society
• DAR chapter meets Saturday
• Kiwanis to meet Wednesday
• Rotary Students of the Month
• Registration for Newton preschool begins April 11
• Arrowheads on display at library
• Storm spotter class Wednesday
• Radioactive water 
from Japanese nuclear plant dumped into sea
• New angioplasty route gains favor
• Vintage Cardinal posters available for a donation
• Flags get a workout in windy weather
• Council approves 3-year contract with Dodd’s
• Group helps
 local parents 
socialize
• Sponsorship
• MAT students compete in Stratford
• Volunteers needed for Iowa Speedway Ministries
• PEO to meet
• It’s Your Government
• Nuclear plant continues radioactive spill into ocean
• Republicans to propose major changes to Medicare, Medicaid
• 4 more genes identified in Alzheimer’s research
• Wallace looks ahead to possible Sprint Cup race date in Newton
• Spring Awakening 2011 at DMACC
• Car chase ends with drug charges
• Chair-ries Jubilee on April 30
• Sam Simon the Torch Bearer
• Pawlenty stumps in Newton
• Friends of the Library book sale set for mid-April
• Berg students’ Reflections art makes state competition
• Newton students raise funds for American Heart Association
• Iowa Speedway Ministries open for volunteers
• First Presbyterian Church hosting special services for Easter season
• PEO meetings set for Tuesday
• It’s Your Government
• Volunteers needed
• Advocacy Day on the Hill
• Scam artists exploit generosity in Japan
• NHS Café tonight, Saturday
• Local theater hosts festival
• Cable barrier 
construction set
• Boys allegedly 
set shed fire
• Proposed redistricting pulls Jasper County out of Boswell’s district
• MINE issues
 drug charges
• Two injured in single vehicle accident
• Newton man charged with having sex with a minor
• Where buffalo roam
• Sogard to retire from education at school year’s end
• Pawlenty 
to appear 
in Newton 
on Friday
• Senator calls for independent probe of troubled military lab
• Iowa soldier wounded 
in combat 
in Afghanistan
• NHS Class of ‘71 seeking classmate contact information
• MAT team competes 
in Melcher USTA meet
• It’s Your Government
• Arabic quartet to perform in concert
• Seed available from conservation office for wildlife food plots
• ‘Sita Sings the Blues’ screening at Grinnell College
• ICA presents membership awards
• Make traditional crosshatch cookies with a twist
• United Way heads to new location
• Newton Community Theatre hosts festival this weekend
• Whirlpool claims sales of refrigerators harmed
• Should brother get a home as payment?
• Spring Arts Festival set for April 9
• Deadline to submit Skiff Auxiliary scholarship applications Thursday
• Pet license renewals due Thursday at police department to avoid fee
• U.S. immigration policy symposium to begin April 11 at Grinnell College
• Bar Association donates to Dollars For Scholars
• Club Notes
• Lopez honored at Iowa House
• ‘Cakery’ teaching 
fun with fondant
• Most county drivers buckle up, survey says
• Giant statue will be fifth graders’ legacy
• Skiff creates $32 million impact on local economy
• Bowl for Kids’ Sake on April 10, 11
• Blood drive set for April 21
• IWD official to discuss work program
• NHS Class of ‘54 to meet for lunch
• Six decades of art, history presented in ‘Ar[t]chive’ exhibit at Faulconer Gallery
• No sign of ‘Obama doctrine’ in speech on Libya
• Japanese official details grueling conditions for Fukushima workers
• Prairie burn 
set for April 8
• Newton police release seatbelt survey results
• No one injured as fire damages outbuildings, trailers at Newton home
• Winter’s 
last hurrah
• Photo ID to vote? Unnecessary, says auditor
• School board votes on budget, property tax issues
• Recorder’s office open late April 5, 14 to accept passport applications
• Genealogical society to meet
• Newton Little League sign-up set for Tuesday, Saturday at YMCA
• Local youth participate in Urban Plunge
• Second half property taxes due 
to county treasurer by Thursday
• Melting ice reveals several winter fish kills in Iowa’s lakes, ponds
• Libyan rebels reclaim lost ground in sudden reversal
• Japan retracts previous reports of 
extremely high radiation at nuclear plant
• Local unemployment falls slightly
• DNA helps
find suspect in break-in
• Tractor Ride will roll through Newton
• Homemade cakes on the griddle
• Riggle wins creative writing contest
• Library now displaying
Indian arrowhead artifacts
• Gooden honored as outstanding student at AIB College of Business
• Church Club Notes
• Historical Society meets Monday
• It’s Your Government
• Little League sign-up planned
• Library to show ‘Despicable Me’
• Writing Club to meet today
• Retired school workers meet Tuesday
• Women farmland owners invited to April 1 program
• Veteran racetrack executive Armstrong to promote Lebanon I-44 Speedway
• Bands, DJ highlight 
weekend
• Lions, Hy-Vee host Pancake breakfast
• Health expo Saturday
• More shoplifters being caught at Newton Walmart
• Names of drivers in fatal accident released
• Middle school honor band performs Monday
• Low-cost trees now available
• Moped license class planned at Aces Teen Club beginning in April
• Class of ‘61 seeking classmate info
• Chicken noodle supper set for Friday
• ‘Flywheel’ showing at church Friday
• Lions, Hy-Vee partner to feed the hungry
• Student of the Month
• Aktion Club raises funds for Progress Industries
• Army soldier gets up to 24 years for murders of Afghan civilians
• Tokyo tap water not safe for infants
• State finishes audit 
of Jasper County
• Fate of Emerson Hough fort uncertain
• Mingo residents arrested for alleged theft at fairgrounds
• One dead in fatal Jasper County crash
• Army Pvt. Joseph L. Cupples graduates basic
• Blood drives set in Jasper County
• Country gospel music singer to join service at BarNone Cowboy Church
• Benefit set for 8-year-old with cancer
• American Legion to celebrate birthday with festivities Tuesday
• DMACC to celebrate literary arts
• Pella tulip queen, court visit Iowa Senate
• Court to decide when a juvenile is ‘in custody’
• Chicago-area teacher will not be fired for teaching creationist beliefs in science class
• Sheriff’s Department issues citations in sTEP program
• District 
announces 
budget cuts
• Supervisors OK 
tax abatements
• A house fire broke out in the back porch a
• Newton swears in new Fire Chief
• NHS Class of ‘61 seeking classmate info
• It’s Your Government
• NCS kindergarten roundup set for April 6
• Skiff hosting estate event
• Grange open for members
• Kiwanis meets on Wednesday
• Newton FFA competes in sub-district contests
• More human remains found dumped in Chicago cemetery
• PJ’s celebrates 25 years of deli sandwiches in Newton
• Newton residents reach out to homeless
• Bake sale benefit
• It’s Your Government
• NHS students honored for artwork
• Rescuers now face grim task of extricating bodies
• Current session is a contentious one, Senator Black says
• NHS students 
raising money
 for Stattelmans
• Painting the courthouse ceiling
• ‘Despicable Me’ to show during spring break
• DMACC students awarded scholarships for spring
• Local residents graduate from Drake University
• Students celebrate FFA Week
• Berg Middle School students make art to benefit the CAA
• GriefShare to begin Sunday
• Gospel Singers Chorus to perform March 27
• Newton church hosting chicken noodle supper
• Souper Supper at Prairie City church Thursday
• Bluegrass jam, potluck Saturday
• Benefit planned for March 26 for 8-year-old with rare bone cancer
• Students make All-Iowa Academic Team
• Newton Chamber joins Des Moines partnership
• Iowa Valley announces new utility technician program
• Winds, fluctuating radiation levels hamper efforts to 
control Japan nuclear plant
• U.S. begins evacuation of Americans in Japan
• LWV hosts legislative coffee on Saturday
• Sundays @ Four concert on Sunday
• Centre for Arts to host chili cook-off Saturday
• China follows other countries’ nuclear power freeze
• Officials: California has failed to identify
thousands of buildings vulnerable to quakes
• Compassion 4 Paws set for April 9
• Club Notes
• Monroe Visioning Committee seeking input from residents
• Lions Club to host breakfast
• Kellogg United Methodist Church hosting free St. Patty’s supper
• Cleanup at Memorial Cemetery
• League of Women Voters hosting legislative coffee on Saturday
• Second half property taxes due
to county treasurer by March 31
• Newton FFA competes at South Central Districts
• Prairie City photographer offering workshop March 26
• Kelley to participate in NCEL
• Japan tries desperate new measures at nuclear plant
• Eight Operation ReLeaf events planned for spring
• Happy St. Patrick's Day!
• The MINE (Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement) MINE arrests
meth supplier
• Spring Arts Festival will be a local affair
• Westwood opens with warm weather
• Two Newton high school students die in crash
• Club Notes
• Newton school district audit report released, available for review
• NHS Class of ‘61 to meet Monday
• It’s Your Government
• Berg students celebrate Pi Day
• As temps soar, can an early spring 
be in store?
• Japan struggles to contain nuclear crisis as earthquake, tsunami survivors suffer
• Iowa ‘Cold Weather Rule’ ends on April 1
• ‘Barn’ dance planned for Thursday
• It’s Your Government
• Newton YMCA hosting new parents groups on Wednesdays
• Newton police encourage sober driving for St. Patty’s
• Primetime luncheon on Monday
• DAR gives Community Service Award to Bishop
• Board examines 
addition to AEA lease agreement
• Crazy about beer at 
Madhouse Brewing Co.
• Copper brings high price
• Japan quake toll could number in tens of thousands
• PEO chapters to meet Tuesday
• Punches Family featured at Bar None Church
• It’s Your Government
• Kiwanis to meet Wednesday
• Citizens help pinpoint ‘stupid’ rules
• Share Preschool sign-up March 29
• Committee unveils 
RAGBRAI route; Colfax, Baxter are pass-through towns
• Dressed to the Nines, Prom dress drive a success
• Fish on Fridays a popular event
• Weekend fire destroys home
• Berg releases A and B honor roles
• Newman Singers plan show in Newton
• NHS chapter of Becca's Closet sponsors prom dress drive on Saturday
• Alliant Energy urges customers to apply for energy assistance
• Grain bin accidents get a fresh look by feds
• Iowa jobless rate steady at 6.1 percent
• Pottery basics this weekend
• KOC Fish Fry Friday 
set tonight at McCann
• Everyone’s Irish at Pre-Patty’s pub crawl
• St. Paddy Gras Party set
• Potato bars abound this weekend
• Skinny dogs 
will recover,
 JCARL says
• One dead in fatal crash near Mingo
• RV Park break-in leaves wake of vandalism
• NCT’s ‘Godspell’ opens this weekend
• Newton Waste Water
plant receives Alliant Energy rebate check
• Shave ’n’ a Haircut
• Jobseekers using program to network, find employment
• Newton links with regional 
economic development group
• Pet license deadline is March 31
• Pizza Ranch donates to elderly nutrition
• Man wins money for Kellogg fire department in Farmers Grow Communities program
• County supervisors visit capitol
• A job with a good view
• Supervisors talk 
about bed bugs
• Copper wire thief strikes Laurel cell phone tower again
• Former Libyan prime minister calls for dialogue with rebels
• Rival Texas bills would mandate sonograms before abortions
• First United Methodist Church hosting Ash Wednesday service
• Relay for Life kick-off meeting set for Monday
• Newton Kiwanis to meet Wednesday
• NARFE to meet
• Supreme Court rules for Texas inmate seeking DNA testing
• JCF has legacy of helping community
• City endorses state aid for WGA project
• NCT unveils musical of Biblical proportions
• NHS After Prom committee to meet
• Beloved physician returns to Newton Clinic, Skiff
• JCSCC to host monthly potluck
• It’s Your Government
• Genealogical Society to meet
• Jasper County Democratic Central Committee to meet Thursday
• Church hosting annual potato bar
• DAR chapter to meet Saturday
• ABATE visits Capitol
• Four juvenile suspects face arson, vandalism charges
• Cain to make stop in Newton on Tuesday
• Housing sales slow in first quarter of 2011
• Speed skating catching on with boys, too
• Police seeking reserve officers for spot duty
• Hoeksema participates in Northwestern’s Big Sky Tour
• NO Saturday Storytime on March 5 or Ma
• Elementary area band students participate in SCIBA Contest
• Morgans to perform at St. Luke
• UPC Ash Wednesday service set for next week
• Sacred Heart to host Parish Mission starting Wednesday
• Newton Band Extravaganza set for Monday in NHS gym
• Paintings on display at library
• Pizza Ranch tip night to benefit Jasper County Fairgrounds
• Kellogg Lions plan pancake breakfast
• It’s Your Government
• Young inducted into honor society
• Budget extension requires NASA to waste $20 million
• U.S., Mexico agree on trucks, easing tensions
• Newton VFW will host Xtreme Fighting event
• ‘Brigadoon’ set for this weekend at high school
• Vernon Co., UAW ratify 
new contract
• Mingo will keep its post office, for now
• February was Canned Foods Month
• Crowd eyes tax relief and jobs during Branstad visit
• FTC moves against 
scammers offering profits to would-be entrepreneurs
• Supreme Court ruling protects anti-gay protests 
at military funerals
• Lawmakers reworking No Child Left Behind
• Where’s the Beef?
• Final tally shows smaller 2010 Iowa corn crop
• Iowa funeral protest law to stand despite court opinion
• Deep cleaning at the 
Jasper County Courthouse
• Prom Dress Drive set for March 12
• Grinnell Home & Community Expo scheduled for March 12
• Rotary Students of the Month
• Head Start taking applications
• Gearhart graduates from basic combat training
• Cupples graduates from artillery cannon training course
• Balk graduates from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base
• Habitat for Humanity announces two home builds in Jasper County
• Firefighter sculpture planned at fire department; donations accepted
• Prosecutors 
may seek death 
for abortionist
• Supreme Court hears arguments over police interviewing of children
• U.S. House votes to fund 
government for two weeks
• Federal workers gird for worst
• Net2Work event to aid unemployed
• Donkeys invade Berg gym
• TPI 
meets 
IDED 
hiring quota
• Sweet Treats: Newton Fudge Business offers 70 different flavors
• FLY IOWA to land at Newton Airport in 2011
• Numbers don't add up in Elks' country club purchase plan
• Board enjoys preschool activities, tours facility
• Bailout not so costly after all
• Frank Buckles, last American veteran of World War I, dies at 110
• Baxter After Prom Committee planning event, seeking donations
• DMACC offering forensic trends, techniques conference this week
• It’s Your Government
• Skiff Auxiliary’s annual fundraiser for hospital equipment set for April
• Camping kickoff weekend set for May in Iowa parks
• A Day for Volunteers
• Facebook reconsidering privacy policy for minors
• Children’s fevers usually don’t need treatment, doctors say
• Obama, governors to meet as states face cutoff of federal funds
• Club Notes
• Pony Express hosting dance, auction Saturday
• It’s Your Government
• PEO LC to meet Tuesday
• Net2Work program planned for March on DMACC Newton Campus
• Stampin’ Up hosting card-making program March 13 in Marshalltown
• Wisconsin Capitol Police allow protesters to stay overnight
• Organizers seek volunteers for Relay for Life
• Black receives 2011 Lincoln Legion Award
• Monroe man wins $100,000
• Princesses, Papas Ball big hit with dads, daughters
• Gas prices keep going up with Middle East turmoil
• Weather a hot topic for this week’s book review
• In Egypt, women face widespread sexual harassment, violence
• Saudi college student in Texas is arrested in terror case
• Cancellation
• Gibson named to Ashford 
University dean’s list
• Loras College announces 
fall 2010 dean’s list
• Truman State announces 
fall provost, vice president’s list
• St. Ambrose University students named to fall dean’s list
• Author Alexandra Fuller to read from her work during 2011 Writers Reading series at Central
• Midwest Wheel donates to DMACC
• Expert on religious violence to speak at Grinnell College
• Church Club Notes
• Jasper County Republican Central Committee to meet at Park Centre
• It’s Your Government
• PEO Chapter AO to meet Tuesday
• Camping reservations at state parks accepted beginning on Sunday
• Negotiators’ strategies 
with pirates 
under scrutiny
• Space shuttle Discovery goes late but launches for final flight
• All that Jazz — shows planned for tonight
• CIWA water wins national taste test ’10
• Izaak Walton League offering conservation scholarship
• Recipes needed for Hospice 
of Jasper County cookbook
• It’s Your Government
• P.C. Lions Club to host breakfast
• Annual celebration in honor of Bald Eagle Day in March
• Huckabee ‘seriously contemplating’ run for GOP presidential nomination
• Behind Florida house of abused twin boys, 
police search for clues
• Chicken and noodle supper Saturday
• Driver charged for leaving scene of accident following car-jumping incident on Monday
• On Feb. 17, Newton Daily News Staff Writer
• Cable guy saves cat stuck in tree
• E15 offers benefits but isn’t approved yet
• Recipes needed for Hospice of Jasper County cookbook
• Bunkers crowned Miss Greenbelt
• 300 missing, 75 bodies recovered after quake
• NHS Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Lab, BMS Jazz Band to perform Friday
• Pella store focusing attention on rebuilding food-ravaged Pakistan
• Moped license classes offered
• Newton YMCA, Aces Teen Club offering Junior Babysitting Class
• NHCC King and Queen
• Fire destroyed rural 
Prairie City home
• County nears final FY 2012 budget
• Supervisors: Aging infrastructure needs repairs
• Newton Noon Kiwanis meet Wednesday
• Truant Wis. lawmakers 
‘roughing it’ 
in Illinois
• Skiff employees donate more than 1,000 pounds of food
• Iowa fisheries program set for March 9 at community center
• Skiff Auxiliary offering health field scholarships
• Police department launching seatbelt enforcement project
• NHS progress reports released
• NHS Class of ‘54 to meet for lunch Wednesday
• Men bounce back faster from recession’s unequal blows
• Ex-prosecutor defends Tiller 
investigation
• Gastric bypass remains ‘gold standard’ of bariatric surgery
• Special Olympics Iowa time trials
• Study: Speedway added $34M to area economy in ’09
• Woman injured after allegedly jumping from moving vehicle
• Levy down, residential, taxes rising
• County Fairboard committee 
seeks input, financial help
• Pace completes advanced training
• Hunter education course planned for March at Izaak Walton League
• Retired school workers meet Tuesday
• Central College’s A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers launch spring tour
• Bible Talks on Wednesdays through March
• Outdoor group 
banquet set 
for Saturday
• Jury faces tough issues in grisly stabbing
• Showing heart: 
New cardiovascular ultrasound technology goes digital at Skiff
• Gas prices still rising
• Timing to be examined in Facebook driver case
• ‘Joy of Bach’ at St. Stephen’s Monday night
• Super Day fundraiser 
at Hy-Vee raises $2,600
• Pets of the Week
• Inflation creeps upward
• Bluegrass music, potluck Saturday at senior center
• Damage to care facility after 
break-in not a deal-breaker
• Iowa Speedway 
hosts Daytona
party on Sunday
• Newton’s Kindergarten Roundup 
in April; parent meetings March 31
• Working at the car wash
• ‘Rock of Ages’ first national tour coming to Des Moines
• Two Newton men arrested, accused 
of stealing hogs in Marion County
• It’s Your Government
• Adventurous animals on film today at YMCA
• Newton’s Iowa Workforce Development office moves
to ISU Extension, library
• NHS ‘A’ honor roll released
• Skiff seeks applicants 
for open board seat
• Donahue makes dean’s list at Georgia Institute of Technology
• Rachel Clark named to Knox College dean’s list
• Temperatures expected to soar
• Mayor testifies in film tax credit trial
• TSA offers employee training at DMACC; new homeland security emphasis available
• Mack murder trial bumped 
back to July
• Report: Teens ambivalent about sex before marriage
• Penny Power donations to benefit Berg teachers
• Skiff seeks to fill board seat
• Family Movie Day at Newton Community Theatre on Friday
• It’s Your Government
• Support group to meet Monday
• Junior Babysitting Class planned 
for March 23 at Aces Teen Club
• Mingo Beach Bash set for Feb. 26
• L-S schools making up snow days
• LWV visit State Capitol
• Kellogg resident receives award
• Unemployed face hurdle: Some firms won’t hire them
• Bahrain authorities 
unleash a surprise attack on protesters
• Pared-down road plan is heavy on bridges
• Formerly captive deer, elk pose health risk
• Supervisors
discuss gun ban at courthouse
• Rotary Club celebrates 90 years of missions, giving
• ‘Barn’ dance set for Thursday at Jasper Community Center
• It’s Your Government
• Museum seeking help in naming students in graduation pictures
• League of Women Voters hosting legislative coffee event Saturday
• Pennsylvania governor fires 
six over abortion clinic horrors
• Local tumblers place at MAT competition
• School board updating weapons policy
• Iowa hospitals
lobby changes for teen drivers
• Lending a helping hand
• Program focuses on managing pain
• Community Service Day
• Newton Kiwanis to meet Wednesday
• Paintings on display at library
• It’s Your Government
• Friends of the Library book sale this week
• Kellogg United Methodist Church offering Valentine dinner Saturday
• Club Notes
• Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild to meet Thursday
• Forum-goers talk EPC, rules, regulations
• Newton airport damaged in fire
• Speed skating 
club works out 
at Skate Castle
• CVB unveils new logo, plans website update
• Cardiac Rehab coffee set for Tuesday
• Writing Club to meet Friday
• Pacesetters make All Iowa Honor Dance Team
• Barrett to discuss Chinese holiday
• Former UNI football star to compete on ‘Survivor’
• Berg Middle School to host dance
• Newton Man.’s Livengood 
wins Gold Pyramid Award
• Citrus disease could devastate Florida industry
• Woman, 61, gives birth to her own grandchild
• Skiff presentation on home care set for Feb. 22
• Egyptian protesters enraged, bewildered after President Mubarak refuses to resign
• Students named to Drake dean’s, president’s lists
• NHS ‘B’ honor roll released
• 2011 Robert D. Blue Scholarship application available online
• Students named to honor rolls
• Free Gospel comedy act, concert set for Saturday
• PEO Chapter AO to meet Tuesday
• Free community meal at Holy Trinity
• PEO Chapter HS to meet Tuesday
• NHS orientation set for Tuesday
• Head Start now taking applications
• Friends of the Library collectible book sale planned for next week
• Kiwanis Students of the Month
• Lawmakers see timely target in Planned Parenthood
• County sees 
1 percent dip 
in population
• Branstad to visit Newton Saturday
• Nominations being accepted for 2011 Governor’s Award for Quality Care
• DMACC records largest spring enrollment 
in its history, closing in on 23,700 students
• Central College campus ministries Valentine’s Day dinner set for Friday
• Leader development program begins in March
• Cross country ski, snowshoe at Jacob Krumm Nature Preserve
• It’s Your Government
• Locks of Love
• Iowa taxpayers can make a difference for wildlife
• ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ coming to Ames
• New group aims to ‘nurture interest in math, science’
• Sheriff addresses gun permit concerns
• Governor will visit Newton Saturday
• PTA booksale continues at DMACC
• Club Notes
• Christians fear uprising could increase 
persecution
• Poll shows trouble with recalls
• Red Rock Retro Radio Theatre planning show
• Middle schoolers hold ‘Penny Power’ this week
• New therapist brings massage services to Skiff
• Obama sidesteps criticism,
discusses anti-obesity campaign
• Daffodil Days orders to benefit cancer society due on Friday
• Blank Park Zoo releases summer lineup for 2011
• Bible Talks set for February
• Domino’s sales to benefit Open Your Heart assistance program
• Google executive Ghonim emerges as reluctant face of Egypt protest
• Real estate market flush with homes
• Elks Lodge one step closer to buying NCC
• Courthouse turning 100, showing age
• Newton man loves fixing clocks
• Newton PTA book sale begins today
• Masonic Lodge breakfast canceled
• Bluegrass band at cowboy church
• IDA celebrating American Heart Month in February
• Green River killer will likely plead guilty 
to new murder charge
• Marsh 
tables 
plan for
 Newton growth
• Council 
sets date 
for budget hearing
• A 'real' Newton Cardinal
• Hy-Vee using Nu-Val System to help shoppers choose
• Local woman supports
employment program
• Daily News garners five INA awards
• Conservation board hosting ice fishing event Friday at Mariposa
• NHS Class of ‘61 meets Wednesday
• It’s Your Government
• Tratchel receives Kernel Award
• Courthouse 
office move 
might be permanent
• Newton school district’s inaugural Princesses and Papas Ball scheduled for late February
• Supervisors nearer to a final county budget
• Baxter Carnival rocks
• Friends of the Library hosting rare book sale
• Iowa students top national average on NAEP science tests
• Area students named to MCC fall dean’s list
• Area students named to dean’s list at Buena Vista University
• Local students named to BVU graduate dean’s list
• Butler, Keuning graduate from William Penn University
• Kirkwood announces fall dean’s list honors
• ISU students make fall dean’s list
• White House honors Grinnell science project
• Church Club Notes
• Church hosting fundraiser to benefit Tanzania clinic
• Three Christian bands to perform at Aces Teen Club this evening
• Excellent year for ice fishing continues across Iowa
• Rotary Students of the Month
• Park Centre program set for Tuesday
• Y breakfast on Saturday
• Iowan serving on active duty killed in Afghanistan
• Anti-government protesters keep 
grip on Egypt’s Tahrir Square
• Berg middle schoolers performing play
• Senate rejects GOP bid to repeal health care law
• Teens charged in bullying incident pending evaluations
• Charles Manson found with cell phone again in California prison
• Berg kindergarteners find ‘hundreds’ of ways to help
• It’s Your Government
• NHS Class of ‘61 meets Wednesday
• Benefit breakfast set for Saturday
• Blood drive in Colfax; donations needed to prevent shortage
• Mingo Beach Bash set for Feb. 26
• Spay Day USA is Feb. 22
• Winter taking toll on Iowa farm ponds, lakes
• Chair-ries Jubilee set for April
• Postal clerks, save puppy from mail
• Crime ring targeted Apple stores
• MAT team participates in benefit for St. Jude Children’s Hospital
• It’s Your Government
• New physical therapist joins Skiff Medical Center
• Acclaimed musical ‘Next to Normal’ 
to take stage at Civic Center in March
• Pizza Ranch tip night to benefit Jasper County Elderly Nutrition
• Free tasting class at Newton YMCA
• Local authorities reminding residents ‘Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk’
• Mubarak says he’ll leave at the end of his term
• Blizzard dumps 
8 inches in Newton
• County supervisors continue budget talks
• Group 
helping 
flood 
victims
• Federal judge says Obama health care law is unconstitutional, cites Boston Tea Party
• Kiwanis to meet Wednesday
• United Way, Hy-Vee hosting fundraiser on Saturday
• NHS orientation set for Feb. 15
• O.W.L.S. program set for Feb. 9
• Newton FFA visits Capitol
• Schools: Sikh students can wear religious item, 
but with modifications
• ‘Wolf pack’ of bullies arrested at Pennsylvania high school
• N.Y. mayor shows how easy it is to buy guns at Arizona show
• Teacher who barred accused bully from class is back at work
• County budget talks heating up
• RAGBRAI to pass through Jasper County?
• Newton prepares for wintry assault
• SRO could be cut as city budget takes shape
• Author visits TJ
• Kiwanis to meet Wednesday
• RSVP offering assistance with tax returns beginning this week
• It’s Your Government
• NHS orientation set for Feb. 15
• Egypt’s Mubarak on the brink; ElBaradei demands ‘new era’
• All That Jazz!
• Making Memories
• Former Newton resident nominated for major award
• County starts budget talks
• United Way Super Day Pizza Fundraiser
• Bed bug-sniffing beagle lends a nose
• Mattingly to read essay tonight at Prairie Lights
• Care facility break-in results in
$100,000 damage, stolen goods
• Jasper County students graduate from DMACC
• Local students named 
to DMACC dean’s list
• DMACC releases fall 2010 president’s list
• Local students named to Northwestern College dean’s list
• Miller inducted into Phi Theta Kappa at AIB
• Goos named to Augustana dean’s list
• Mount Mercy dean’s list released
• Local students receive degrees at ISU graduation
• Church Club Notes
• WOW students collecting items for school, hygiene kits
• Professional artist offering art classes at kreativ ent.
• TOPS offered at Newton YMCA
• Human service providers to meet Wednesday at Salvation Army
• PEO AO to meet Tuesday
• Toyota announces new global recall
• As debt soars, Obama, Congress fail to confront it
• Teacher gets environmental award
• ‘Marriage Can Be Murder’ to open Feb. 11 in Amana
• It’s Your Government
• Public invited to carve pumpkins
• Daffodil Days orders due Feb. 11
• Cross-country ski, snowshoe at Jacob Krumm on Saturday
• Report cards issued to NHS students
• U.S. urges Egypt to heed calls for reform amid crackdown on protests
• Skiff prohibits guns on its properties
• Fair board 
considering 
post-flood 
possibilities
• Newton attorney reviews Supreme Court candidates
• Dr. Richardson resigns from Skiff board
• Cardiovascular disease costs will triple by 2030
• Iowa Christian Alliance to host screening of ‘The Genesis Code’
• ICAN offering free assistance for college financial aid paperwork
• It’s Your Government
• Tickets on sale for razzle-dazzle national tour of musical ‘Chicago’
• Auditor’s office hours change
• Jackson’s doctor pleads not guilty in singer’s 2009 death
• Judicial emergency declared in Arizona
• Water fluoride levels adjusted
• Jasper County
 unemployment holds steady
• Obama asks GOP to work with him to build the future
• Quakerdale’s fate still in limbo
• City begins budget process for next fiscal year
• Quality education, choices emphasized 
at Basics & Beyond
• Newton man accused of injuring infant girl
• WaterWorks board approves rate hike beginning in March
• Moscow airport bombing kills 35, injures about 130
• Court: state prisoners have no constitutional right to be paroled
• Can drive to benefit After Prom
• Research day at JCSG library
• South African mark-making artist 
in residence at Faulconer Gallery
• Chair-ries 
Jubilee set 
for April
• Super Day Pizza Fundraiser on Feb. 5
• With bedbugs on the rise, entomologist urges vigilance
• State of the Union gives Obama a chance to shape debate
• It’s Your Government
• Research day set at JCSG library
• Pilobolus set 
for Wednesday at Civic Center
• Daryl Davis 
to discuss racism, KKK
• Woman charged with kidnapping infant in ’87
• Two killed 
in shootings 
at Walmart
• Alpacas profitable for farmers
• Berg Middle School 
goes out of this world
• Potential 2012 presidential candidate 
visits Newton
• Governor recognizes C-M students for flood help
• Federal tax forms available at library
• Authorities arrest more than 100 in mob bust
• FAFSA help expanded for financial aid season
• Kerns graduates from Northwestern College in St. Paul
• Local students graduate from Central College
• Local students named to Grand View president’s list
• Local students named to Grand View dean’s list
• Soybean association 
to award scholarships
• Pottery, fused glass classes set Saturday
• Live music at the Speakeasy
• First United Methodist hosting program on texting
• Sacred Heart hosting prayer vigil
• Kids Against Hunger packaging event on Feb. 12 at Holy Trinity
• Weight training program at YMCA
• Doyle & DeVoe Realty finds new location
• Republican Central Committee to meet Monday at Park Centre
• It’s Your Government
• Tiny metallic green beetle threatening Iowa ash trees
• Open house planned to launch new cookbook
• GOP’s next step: Replacing health care law
• MLK essay contest winner
• Junior Pacesetter Clinic, Winter Show set for Saturday at NHS
• Local caregivers invited to unite
• Coaches and Cancer fundraisers next week at Domino’s, NHS game
• Corn growers harvest third largest corn crop
• Lamont opens new Edward Jones offices
• Abortionist charged with murder in deaths of woman, seven infants
• It’s Your Government
• Fuel prices still headed upward in Iowa
• Newton school board still supports troubled state group
• Elected officials more leery of threats
• Kicking back at the Y
• Health care law repeal not likely for now, Grassley says on tour
• Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild set 
to meet Thursday at St. Luke UMC
• Sully native honored during ‘All-American’ Bowl
• Tudor graduates from Air Force basic training
• Swift graduates from Marine Corps boot camp
• Gov. Branstad to speak Friday in Mingo
• It’s Your Government
• CAA annual meeting set 
for Thursday
• Bob Vander Plaats to make stop in Newton on Thursday
• Former dictator ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier faces charges for old crimes
• ‘Riverdance’ returns to Civic Center
• VFW announces Patriotic Essay contest winners
• Supervisors set date for road plan discussion
• Early morning fire damages home
• United Way Super Day Pizza Fundraiser
• Church of the Way hosting blood drive Saturday for Donor Month
• ‘Barn’ dance set for Thursday
• Club Notes
• Fused glass class set for Saturday
• Diabetes program set for Thursday at Park Centre
• Skiff Auxiliary offering scholarships for those going into health field
• Legislative session begins
• Jasper County wellness challenge kicks off tonight
• Sacred Heart mystery solved
• Winter hiking at Krumm Nature Preserve
• City to seek bids for speedway lighting project
• New fitness classes to be offered at Y
• Teen strength training program to begin Wednesday at YMCA
• It’s Your Government
• Angel Food Ministries taking orders today at First United Methodist Church
• Democrats hosting Day 
of Service
• Deadline for 2011 pet licenses is March 31
• Schumer: Flag rejected Army volunteers who buy guns
• Grassley plans Lynnville visit
• ‘American Pickers’ comb through thousands of fans
• Sacred Heart vandals sought by Sheriff’s Office
• Education issue dominates legislative coffee
• Central announces 2010 fall dean’s list
• William Penn announces president’s list
• Groenenboom, VanSoelen named to Trinity Christian College dean’s list
• Church of the Way hosting blood drive Jan. 22 in conjunction with Donor Month
• First Southern Baptist offering free meal
• Kellogg UMC hosting ‘Open Hand Sharing Supper’
• Catholic information sessions this month
• Our Savior Lutheran Church celebrating 50 years
• Hunter, other religious leaders urge end to rancorous rhetoric
• PEO Chapter HS to meet Tuesday
• New fitness program at YMCA
• PEO Chapter AO to meet Tuesday
• Writers@Grinnell opens with readings by local authors
• It’s Your Government
• ACU donates to Habitat for Humanity
• NHS After Prom committee 
to meet Tuesday
• Tiny fossils offer clues to ‘dawn of the dinosaur era’
• New technique helps improve teen test scores
• Food prices may jump
• It’s Your Government
• Alliant Energy expects lower electric bills
• Kindergarten registration Wednesday
• 4-H Officer Training
• A year later, Haiti celebrates life, mourns its dead
• Physician leaving; 
recruitment plans for clinic on-going
• Newton’s magnetic pull keeps bringing Ukrainian man back
• Courthouse basement gets a good 
cleaning
• Hy-Vee donates technology to Christian School
• FastTrac® GrowthVenture™ program set to begin Jan. 25
• ‘Permit to carry’ class on Jan. 28
• League of Women Voters hosting Legislative Coffee on Saturday
• Area judges apply for Iowa Supreme Court vacancies
• ‘Catholics 
Returning Home’ to begin Thursday at Sacred Heart
• Know Your Constitution Finalist
• Drones becoming speedier, deadlier
• Surgeon: Giffords has ‘101 percent’ chance of survival
• Hybrid technology courses to begin next week at IVCE
• A year after devastating quake, many Haitians still just ‘watching and waiting’
• Weather leads to fatal crash 
on interstate
• Supervisors considering 
new wireless 
security system
• Fitness craze a hit in Newton
• ‘Catholics Returning Home’ to begin Thursday at Sacred Heart
• O.W.L.S. program on Wednesday
• Cross country ski, snowshoe at Jacob Krumm Nature Preserve
• Bluegrass music Saturday at JCSCC
• Kiwanis to meet Wednesday
• Choices open house Saturday
• It’s Your Government
• Earlville soldier injured by landmine
• Career Advantage program earns national accreditation
• Natural gas customers reminded to keep snow cleared from meters
• Arizona shooting suspect likely faces death penalty
• Pharmacist claims he sent large amounts of anesthetic to Jackson’s doctor
• Blood drives set for this month
• Official: district’s information use 
policy is ‘outdated’
• Newton digs out from another five-inch snowfall
• Kelley sworn in as legislative session begins
• TUCSON, Ariz. _ Piece by piece, details of
• Doctors remain hopeful for Gabrielle Giffords
• Establishing safe pressures for Calif. gas lines could be costly, take years
• NHS After Prom planning group 
meeting tonight
• It’s Your Government
• ER patients at UI never solely treated by residents
• O.P.E.N.
• ‘Growing Up Ojibway’ at Park Centre Thursday
• NHS Class 
of ‘61 to meet
• U.S. journalists back away from WikiLeaks founder
• Monthly potluck set for Tuesday
• IUB rules against Black Hills Energy
• Fewer residential properties sold
in Newton in 2010
• Iowa Highway Patrol issues more 
information on Friday’s crash on I-80
• Branstad visits Newton, talks job creation, economy
• Tax forms available
at information desk
• Vending machines go beyond candy, chips
• House breaks into bipartisanship
• New video series hosted by Immanuel Baptist
• First Christian Church December circle meeting
• First United Church offering marriage course
• The Jasper County Empowerment Board will b
• Girl Scouts invade Iowa with 2011 cookie sale
• Senior Kelilah Brown to perform senior recital at Central College
• MAT members compete in USA gymnastics
• Cost to repeal health care bill: $230 billion in 10 years
• YMCA offers free classes this weekend
• First Avenue Speakeasy entertainment
• Bankruptcy filings in Iowa may not reflect recovery
• New housing up, but still room for improvement
• Unexpected snowfall brings out shovels and blowers
• Head-on semi crash injures one near Colfax
• Iowa Sculpture Festival seeking entries
• Clive company fined $8,750 after fatality at U of Iowa
• Prudential donates to courthouse lighting
• ‘I just killed my wife,’ suspect told dispatch
• Sudden media frenzy overwhelms homeless man with a golden voice
• Private companies went on hiring spree in December
• Upcoming area blood drives set
• GOP celebrates return to power
• Newton prison celebrates 71 GEDs in 2010
• New gun 
permit law 
keeps sheriff office busy
• Afghan soldier forms bond with first grade class
• Advantage donates to Courthouse Lighting Fund
• Quitline Iowa helps support Iowans trying to quit smoking in new year
• Newton’s Strat Exe, Inc. joins the constant contact partner program
• Des Moines theater shows ‘Snow White’
• Dems brace for tea party’s influence
• Jackson’s doctor frantically tried to cover up singer’s treatment, prosecutors say
• Manatt’s hit with penalty for roadwork miscue in ’09
• Police vow to work closely with JCARL 
to bolster public safety related to animals
• Expect costs of flights, cruises, hotels to go up
• Human Service meeting canceled
• B-Calm device helping autistic children
• Seeking well wishes
• Ryan’s Quick Shoppe gives to Courthouse Lighting Fund
• Food drive held by Dr. Steve Rabedeaux’s dental practice
• Lyndee Hashman of Newton won a television
• State cuts placed square on the block
• Supervisors ring
in New Year with
housekeeping
• Newton City Council approves First Avenue repairs
• First Baby of the New Year
• Cross country ski, snowshoe event Jan. 15
• Hog farmers see profit potential in specialty breeds
• Newton City Council Agenda items include
• Flashing yellow traffic lights could be dangerous
• Free checking endangered at small banks, credit unions
• Fighting the flu
• Governor Branstad plans to visit Newton on Friday
• Supervisors swear in elected officials
• Library website down for maintenance this weekend
• Old worries resurface as gas tops $3
• Oldham named to Indian Hills 2011 edition of ‘Who’s Who’
• ‘Catholics Returning Home’ to begin Jan. 13 at Sacred Heart
• It’s Your Government
• Iowa FFA Foundation selects Ridge as new executive director
• Youth basketball programs begin in January at Newton YMCA
• Newton Children’s Choir auditions set for next week
• National security under higher scrutiny during holiday season
• Two injured after emergency landing in Colorado
• More 2010 News in Review
• During the middle of the 2009-2010 school
• Will NASA try to compete with SpaceX?
• Christmas Bird Count planned at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
• It’s Your Government
• Lions Club hosting pancake breakfast
• Deadline for conservation financial assistance is Jan. 21
• Des Moines Community Playhouse offering youth entertainment Jan. 8
• Iowa deer harvest approaches 110,000
• Iraq scrubs Saddam from 
its history, but relics remain
• Nintendo 3DS could be hazardous for children under 6, company says
• MidAmerican Energy to add 258 wind towers in coming year
• Local boy wins bike in drawing
• Winter warm-up leads to pre-New Year thaw
• Lynnville man dies following head-on crash
• Ten tips for reducing your debt in 2011
• O.W.L.S. program set for Jan. 12
• Christmas walk turns into rescue
• McCann residents donate to lighting fund
• Disney halts ticket sales at its California parks because of large crowds
• East Coast cities hit by storm shovel their way back to life
• Branstad presses for tax relief, job creation
• Walking in a Winter Wonderland at Red Rock
• Health care reform should aid Skiff Medical Center
• MAT members compete in Knoxville
• It’s Your Government
• Woodard Hearing Centers moving Newton location to First Avenue
• Children’s choir auditions set 
for next month
• Coen nominated for West Point
• Health insurance bonus may cover shortfall
• Foundation 
seeks donors 
to upgrade TVs
• Gas prices surge over holiday in Iowa, nation
• Snowman's Paradise
• Gay rights a new tune for Nashville
• Think Christmas is commercial? Wait ‘til you see ‘Jesus trail’
• Registration renewal deadline for year is Dec. 30 at treasurer’s office
• It’s Your Government
• TPI names Lockhart HR director
• Rotary Students of the Month
• Newton police celebrate fifth anniversary of Shop With Cops
• Shoppers return gifts, eye deals
• Holiday depression a common affliction
• Holiday travel hampered
by snowfall in Midwest
• Library closed for Christmas and New Year’s holidays
• HIT program 
at DMACC
• DMACC offering intro to wine 
class, seminar starting in January
• Schwartz accepted for admission to Luther
• Indian Hills releases honor roll
• Gooch graduates from DMACC
• First Presbyterian Church
• Newton Church of the Way
• President’s lame-duck lesson: ‘We are not doomed to endless gridlock’
• U.S. Senate passes 9-11 first-responder measure
• St. Luke United Methodist Church hosting Christmas Eve services
• CMA hosting Christmas Eve service
• St. Stephen’s offering holiday service
• Foursquare holiday service Friday
• Newton FFA attends national convention
• ‘Tis the season 
for poaching cases
• Library closed for Christmas
• Local 4-H members receive awards
• Old-time fiddle music fills courthouse
• Branstad retains center chief of Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown
• First Ave. traffic sensor not a ‘red light camera’
• Capstone still providing mental health services
• Parks and Recreation Director Slings set to retire
• HoM
provides mental health services
• Teen chooses compassion over presents
• Teen to be tried as adult in crash
• Volunteers in Progress celebrate holidays with PI
• Deadline set for programs aiding businesses affected by disasters
• Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge learning center closed for holiday
• Burdess graduates from Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
• Businesses assist Christmas Club efforts
• Remembering homeless pets this Christmas
• Lohan is suspect in attack on Betty Ford clinic staffer
• Teen birthrate at lowest point in seven decades
• Spirit of benevolence flourished in Newton at Christmastime 75 years ago despite depression
• Newton family presented with car
• Kiwanis to meet on Wednesday
• FCC hosting two Christmas 
candlelight services
• Rathman to replace Didier as executive director of Iowa Innovation Gateway
• Congregational UCC hosting 
Christmas Eve service
• First Baptist hosting special 
service Sunday
• First Southern Baptist hosting Christmas candlelight services
• First Lutheran Church hosting two Christmas Eve services on Friday
• Immanuel Baptist Church hosting Christmas morning service Sunday
• First United Methodist hosting candlelight Christmas Eve services
• First Avenue overlay slated for summer
• Xi Delta gives to Salvation Army
• Newton police cracking down on drunk drivers over holiday season
• ‘Pedophile’s Guide’ author arrested
• Unemployment up in Jasper County, falls in Iowa
• Sun Dog
• Dan Kelley appointed 
to ethics committee
• GOP presidential hopefuls take slow approach in Iowa
• First Newton National gives to St. Nick’s
• Senior yearbook ads due Jan. 30
• City of Newton services to close for Christmas, New Year’s holidays
• County offices to close for holidays
• Grinnell Regional Medical Center recognized for quality, patient safety
• It’s Your Government
• Christmas Church Walk draws dozens
• Florida town owes FEMA $750,000 for 2005 hurricane
• Xi Delta gives to lighting fund
• Local family appears on CBS show ‘THE TALK’
• School board looks to future
• Fire destroys home, 
injures Newton man
• Holy smoke! What’s with the vaping?
• Holiday information for Newton Public Library
• Local residents graduate from DMACC
• County residents graduate from Indian Hills
• Boswell appoints student to U.S. Naval Academy
• Johnny’s Piano Bar
• U.S. proposes online privacy bill of rights
• Sacred Heart Catholic Church presenting Christmas Pageant
• First Baptist holiday services planned for Sunday, Dec. 24
• FCC hosting two Christmas candlelight services
• First Lutheran Church hosting Christmas programs, services
• Congregational UCC hosting Christmas Eve service
• Retirement open house set for Slings
• Booster Club chili supper planned
• Kim Didier selected to lead DMACC business resources
• It’s Your Government
• Rotary donates $1,500 to YMCA
• House OKs tax-cut deal
• ‘Underwear bomber’ arraigned on revised charges
• Club Notes
• Mustang girls rebound with road win
• U.N. Security Council ends sanctions on Iraq
• Lame duck Congress looks beyond tax cuts
• Youth activities scheduled at Newton YMCA over winter break
• Babysitting training course 
set for Dec. 29 at Aces Teen Club
• First Christian Church Christmas candlelight services planned
• Sacred Heart Church Christmas pageant planned for Saturday
• DMACC wind turbine soon will be generating graduates and electricity
• Kiwanis gives to Salvation Army
• Agency approves new safety rules for cribs
• Interbreeding brought on by melting ice may fuel extinction
• Iowa’s ag land prices show strong gains
• I-Green Center plan nears final hurdle
• Giving Trees on display at the courthouse
• Creative Writing Club to meet Friday
• Christmas dance, overnighter 
set for Friday at Aces Teen Club
• Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild to meet Thursday
• Harkin encourages Iowa students to apply for summer internships
• It’s Your Government
• Kiwanis give $1,500
• Intelligence agencies offer caution in war assessment
• Christmas ‘Barn’ Dance
• Iowa enrollment decline shows signs of slowing
• Local retail sales appear to trend up
• Supervisors approve contract for website design
• Meals from the heartland event a huge success
• Cuts likely in upcoming city budget
• Compensation board to review county pay
• Speedway cuts VP position
• Legislators
meet with
school board
• Kettle Campaign halfway to goal
• Lauterbach gives to lighting fund
• U.S. judge rejects key part of Obama’s health care law
• Christmas ‘barn’ dance set for Thursday at community center
• Great Western gives to food pantry
• Autoharpist to present Christmas program Thursday at Park Centre
• Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild to meet
• Mobile givers can text $25 
to Red Cross until Dec. 31
• Chamber, CVB to close for holidays
• Annual church Christmas Walk postponed
• Spreading Christmas Cheer
• Newton, central Iowa dodge worst of winter storm
• Pizza Ranch sales to benefit Wood
• Liberals in fantasyland
• Wagaman Mill gets National Park status
• It’s Your Government
• Blood drives scheduled for 
this week in Newton, Kellogg
• Teams compete in regional First Lego® League tourney
• Lifeguarding classes begin Dec. 27 at Y
• Two men plead guilty to poaching
• Sleepy Hollow open for season
• YouTube lets users decide on terrorism-related videos
• Dozens of tax breaks tacked on to Obama-GOP deal
• Sacred Heart Catholic Church will host a C
• Santa Claus, holiday fun on Saturday at Aces Teen Club
• The Monroe United Methodist Church Educati
• The St. Luke United Methodist Church Youth
• Christian bands 
to rock out tonight
• Maytag retirees trial in recess
• Courthouse 
lights still 
struggling
with funding
• Annual Church Walk starts Sunday
• Habitat for Humanity hosts First Lady Labor Day
• A healthy colon makes a healthy immune system
• ‘A James Gang Country Christmas’ set for Dec. 19
• Free community meal Sunday at Holy Trinity
• Christmas Cantata set for Sunday at Our Savior Lutheran Church
• Live nativity at First Friends Church in Grinnell
• Meal packaging at P.C. First Reformed Church
• Newton Scout completes Eagle project
• It’s Your Government
• Portion of Culver’s evening proceeds Tuesday to benefit Salvation Army
• Rug hooking exhibit at Centre for Arts & Artists through Tuesday
• November sees downward trend in housing market
• Newly opened Cinder House is owner’s dream come true
• Israelis, Palestinians agree: Obama mediation effort a failure
• ‘Triple Espresso’ showing at Temple Theater
• Club Notes
• Vernon recognized as industry leader on Counselor Power 50
• It’s Your Government
• Kiwanis Students of the Month
• United Way seeking volunteers 
to assist with money allocation
• Newton library closed Friday
• Under Obama’s deal, taxes will rise for some low-income workers
• Branstad: Trim business taxes
• Gingerbread treats at T.J.
• Over 1,200 dental workers participate 
in Mission of Mercy
• DMACC receives 2nd largest endowment ever from employee
• ‘Messiah’ Sing set for Sunday in Herrick Chapel at Grinnell College
• Free community meal set for Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran
• Santa Claus, treats, holiday movies set for Saturday at Aces Teen Club
• United Way Of Jasper County News - Volunteers Needed For Assistance With Allocations
• Lawmakers upbeat on tax cut extension
• Seven Iowans caught in deer poaching case
• Want to be a cop? Clean up your Web profile
• It’s Your Government
• PEO Chapter LC to meet Tuesday
• Mid-term progress reports released
• Christmas Cantata set for Sunday at Our Savior Lutheran Church
• UAW donates to Christmas Club
• Great uncle of former Iowa Governor was at Pearl Harbor
• Maytag Park placed on National Register of HIstoric Places
• Local groups support those coping with loss
• Fiddling around at Hy-Vee
• Holiday concerts planned at Newton Public Library
• Area students graduate from Drake University
• Brown to perform during recital, concert on Saturday, Sunday
• NHS releases first term honor roll
• Live nativity at First Friends Church in Grinnell
• Church Club Notes
• NHS Class of 1961 to meet Tuesday
• PEO Chapter AO to meet Tuesday
• Diamond Trail FFA Chapter competes in national convention
• Cookie & Candy Walk on Saturday
• Forest fire in Israel kills prison guards trapped in fleeing bus
• Breakfast with Santa
• Annual Candlelight Remembrance Service
• Tour of Homes benefits students
• Sugar Grove benefit for courthouse lighting
• Newton 
parents’ neglect 
trial set
 for March
• Whirlpool, Maytag retirees case to be heard Monday
• NCT’s cheeky twist on holiday classic plays
• Scores 
of visitors make a day of Newton activities
• Survey: Iowa employers report conditions improving
• Injuries won’t slow Pacesetters on way to state competition
• Winter bird feeding program set for next week at community center
• Chapter HS of PEO meets Tuesday
• Newton 
doctor awarded for lifetime achievement
• Grinnell Daughters of the American Revolution to meet next Saturday
• United Way community impact team meetings set for this month
• Tickets now on sale for razzle-dazzle national tour of ‘Chicago’
• NCT prepares for ‘Wild Christmas’
• St. Nick’s Christmas Club
• Iowa soldier returns home following discovery of remains in North Korea
• Landgrebe to oversee Iowa library for blind, handicapped
• Four inmates stabbed at Fort Madison State Penitentiary
• A sign of the season
• NHS presents Merry Musical Mondays
• New singles club stresses mingling, meeting over dating
• Multiple murder suspect in custody benefited from three-strikes leniency
• 15-year-old holding hostages shoots himself
• ‘Santaland Diaries’ opens Dec. 9 at Old Creamery
• Crop Assistance Program deadline for soybean producers is Dec. 9
• Newton Senior High School hosting financial aid presentation
• First Christian Church youth group hosting holiday bazaar, bake sale
• FSA urging farmers 
to vote in county 
committee elections
• Rare Mauritius Pink Pigeon hatches at Blank Park Zoo
• Obama proposes two-year pay freeze for federal workers
• Colfax blood drive set for Saturday
• NHS to present Merry Musical Mondays on Dec. 6, 13 and 20
• SCORE offering free small business workshops next week at DMACC
• New Officers for Newton Noon Kiwanis
• CVFA Friday Night Fight planned for this week at Newton VFW
• Newton Lions celebrate first year of service
• Iowa Red Cross launches holiday giving campaign
• Funds for Christmas Club
• Deer population falls across Iowa
• Committee members 
meet, discuss board policy
• Some counties turning paved roads to gravel
• Pelicans at Red Rock
• Art on display at Newton library
• Deadline to sign up for YMCA basketball league is Dec. 5
• JCGS potluck set for Thursday
• ‘Mary Poppins’ brings more than 
‘a spoonful’ of delight to Civic Center
• Locally-made dresses help needy
• Kellogg Down Home Christmas celebration set for this weekend
• Everybody loves a parade
• Sheriff’s office partners with Iowa ABD to curb tobacco
• Big thrills ahead in Disneyland
• Holiday concerts set for December at library
• Go for comfort with leftovers
• Royal wedding set for spring
• NHS releases first term honor roll
• Berg releases first quarter ‘B’ honor roll
• 15th annual Jolly Holiday Lights
• Thanksgiving shoppers give up sleep for a bargain
• Sounds of Inspiration to perform Sunday morning
• First Assembly of God hosting ‘Conference on the Holy Spirit’
• Candy, cookie sale planned for Dec. 11 at St. Luke UMC
• ‘The Snow Queen’ opens Dec. 4 in Amana
• Kohrs graduates from basic training
• Human service providers to meet
• NHS to present Merry Musical Mondays on Dec. 6, 13 and 20
• Newton Hams celebrate one of their own and Field Day Victory
• ‘Mary Poppins’ opens in DM tonight
• Holiday Treepalooza open
• Some pre-made gravy mixes serve holiday crowds better than others
• Building a high-speed future:
220 mph, and no pat-downs
• Skiff Medical Center welcomes familiar funny face
• Thanksgiving:
There’s an app for that
• Theisen’s makes donations
• County offices closed for holiday
• Newton services closed for holiday
• Winter snow ordinance reminder
• First Newton National Bank and the Newton Elks club make donations
• Old Creamery Theatre presents ‘Plaid Tidings’
• Santa Claus to visit
• Obama looking weak for re-election in 2012
• Showalter to be marshal
• Annual Dollars for Scholars 
Tour of Homes set for Dec. 4
• Treasurer website is struggling
• Parents charged with child neglect
• DMACC students build shelter
• Dog Park-goers deal with first bite incident
• Reminder: Winter snow parking ordinance in effect through April
• It’s Your Government
• Newton services closed for holiday
• Local law enforcement releases results of traffic project
• Jacobsen named to Iowa Prosecuting Attorneys Training Council
• KOA Campground hosts state meeting
• Jury finds Guandique guilty of killing Chandra Levy in 2001
• Newton gets state grant money for comprehensive plan update
• Newton mayor takes banking job
• Drug charges filed against 
local owner of 
Ron’s Towing
• High School Book Club promotes reading for pleasure
• Shoppers stock up 
ahead of Turkey Day
• Program on country schools planned for Tuesday at Park Centre
• It’s Your Government
• Students of the Month
• Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser
• 2011 pet licenses available at police department
• Turkey suppliers hope to fly high over holiday
• Drug drop yields 60 lbs
• Organizers hope downtown caroling breaks records
• Decorations leave courthouse aglow
• White House sees chance for immigration reform in lame-duck Congress
• Toyota: Driver error is likeliest cause of crashes
• Resistance to airport screening goes viral
• Holiday events at the library
• Speedway offers layaway plan
• Black Friday ad ‘leaks’ often a misnomer
• Prairie City First Reformed Church packaging Meals From the Heartland
• First Christian Church to celebrate chancel remodel with Sunday service
• Christmas Cantata set for Dec. 19 at St. Luke UMC
• Church Club Notes
• YMCA racquetball league registration open
• NHS parent meeting on Monday
• Newton police to participate in traffic project over Thanksgiving
• Berg releases first quarter ‘A’ honor roll
• Construction begins on DMACC wind turbine
• Tootsie Roll Drive
• Jurors in Levy case finish second day 
of deliberations without reaching verdict
• Detectives review 911 calls at time of Hollywood publicist’s killing
• Pizza Ranch sales to benefit Hephzibah House Monday
• Girls’ Night Out comes to Sugar Grove
• U.S. manufacturer may have solution to airport screening
• Manager expects theater to reopen
• First Newton National Bank gives to Salvation Army
• Butler graduates from basic military training
• Club Notes
• Dance, clogging workshop tonight
• Blood drive set for Friday outside Jasper County Courthouse
• Jasper County League of Women Voters to meet tonight in Newton
• Free ‘Getting Hired’ workshop set for Dec. 6 at Newton DMACC
• Piano jazz at First Avenue Speakeasy
• Creative writing group to meet
• River Bend Industries to close N.L. plant, expand Victor site
• Jasper County Republican Central Committee to meet on Monday
• Jurors weigh evidence in Chandra Levy murder case
• An uproar over Palin , Bristol, that is
• Navy’s Commodores swing at Newton show
• Veterans Day Celebration
• Report: Iowa education sees minimal growth
• Bake sale 
and gold 
buy-back highlight fundraiser
• Warner graduates from infantryman unit training
• It’s Your Government
• Jasper County 4-H Festival of Trees on display at courthouse Nov. 26
• Murder of Hollywood publicist stuns entertainment community
• AFSCME gives to Lighting Committee
• Iowa’s cell phone companies more numerous than any state
• County hopes to improve its online image
• Let there be lights
• Lights go up at courthouse
• Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild monthly meeting Thursday at St. Luke UMC
• Boys swimming parent meeting set for this evening at high school
• Community Heights hosting Thanksgiving dinner for seniors
• Blood drive set for Friday morning outside Jasper County Courthouse
• NHS Class of ‘54 will gather
• Charity has big hopes for small change
• On tax cuts, a potential deal begins to take shape
• Poweshiek Partners 4-H Club Donates Emergency Buckets
• ‘Adoption’ book 
available Thursday 
at Daily News office
• Manufacturer to add Newton plant
• Conservation 
Connection
 picks winners
 in third annual
 photo contest
• Seven steps to avoid Tom Turkey’s revenge
• Congressional Republicans see fighting health-care plan as a key to 2012 victory
• Club Notes
• Observatory open house Wednesday
• It’s Your Government
• Barn dance, clogging workshop set for Thursday at community center
• MAT hosts ‘A Day With the Judges
• Train kept a-rollin’
• Navy jazz ensemble sails into Newton
• Lame-duck congressional session 
to consider tax cuts, defense budget
• Shoppers, start your engines
• FDA to require graphic warnings on cigarette packages, advertisements
• Veterans breakfast draws hundreds
• Blood pressure clinic on Nov. 18
• ‘Mary Poppins’ opens Nov. 26; Knoxville native member of cast
• Local bank hosting food, toy drive
• Paws & Effect: program trains dogs for veterans
• Bullying largely 
kept at bay in Newton schools
• Israel defends its new Jerusalem settlements
• Vets Day program 
Thursday at VFW
• Learning Japanese
• Newton church seeking
400 gift-filled shoe boxes
• Branstad not saying no to rail — yet
• Christian rock bands to play at Aces Friday
• Hy-Vee offering free breakfast 
for veterans on Veterans Day
• Benefit on Saturday for 14-year-old rural Colfax resident with cancer
• Free community meal planned 
at Holy Trinity Church on Sunday
• Father daughter duo claim deer
• Christian rock bands to play at Aces Friday
• First United Methodist Church hosting Veterans Day program
• NARFE chapter meets Wednesday
• Benefit set for 14-year-old Colfax resident with cancer
• Chair-ries Jubilee set for 2011
• Alliant Energy Foundation gives to P.I.
• Back in the public eye, Bush as assured as ever
• Reynolds Family will play at cowboy church
• New math program applies to real world
• One more swing
• 2-1-1 program
has information for those in need
• Gas prices up in Iowa, nation
• St. Nick’s Christmas Club assistance applications available at Newton Y
• JCSCC to host monthly potluck
• Courthouse lighting in a hole
• Drug drop set for Saturday
• Process of replacing ousted justices begins
• Boswell nominates students to U.S. Armed Service Academies
• Japanese history, customs program set for Tuesday at Park Centre
• City offices to close for Veterans Day
• County offices closed for holiday
• Prism Projections will expand, add jobs
• ‘Pot Shots’ session 
offers pottery quick-hit
• Average 
sale price 
of homes
 remains down
• Speakeasy opens
• Hy-Vee collecting SunnyD labels
• Gobble up some turkey at dinners this weekend
• Celebration of Community Heights Alliance addition set for weekend
• Berg PTA hosts playground benefit
• GOP agenda: Make the Democrats yield
• NHS report cards issued today
• DMACC students presented scholarships
• Newton Christian School to host annual benefit dinner on Nov. 12
• ‘Grief and the Holidays’ seminar planned for Nov. 7
• Library closed Nov. 11
to observe Veteran’s Day
• Replacing ousted justices in spotlight
• Hy-Vee hosts SunnyD drive for Berg this weekend
• Hospice 
patient 
soars sky
• Jackson wins fifth NPD drawing
• ‘Messiah’ rehearsals to begin Sunday in Marshalltown
• Auditions for NCT’s production 
of ‘Godspell’ on Sunday, Monday
• Jasper County Pheasants Forever annual banquet planned for Nov. 12
• Murphy to lead new group sales initiative at speedway
• Katyal surprises justices 
in religious schools case
• Legislators: We’re ready to negotiate
• Garner’s art on display at library
• It’s Your Government
• Iowa Hospice seeking volunteers; training on Nov. 16
• Carpenter, 
Brock win 
for county
 supervisors
• Kelley, Black
 win seats in
 statehouse
• Free Pizzas
• Supervisors ponder Quakerdale fate
• California voters reject marijuana initiative
• St. Nick’s Christmas Club assistance applications available at Newton Y
• O.W.L.S. program on service-learning set for Nov. 10
• Voting under way
• Prison puppy program proves popular
• Trump calls Newton Mayor
• Culver makes whistle stop 
in Newton
• Council to wait on street lights near speedway
• Jasper County Recovery Coordination Committee offering assistance
• Marshall Field sandwich sale Friday
• Kellogg Lions Club monthly pancake breakfast on Saturday
• Newton high school parent meeting moved to Nov. 22
• New ATV, snowmobile registrations due
• The war the election forgot
• Court to decide school children’s rights
• JEL students celebrate Red Ribbon Week
• Halloween
• National publicity
 leads to deluge of phone calls today
• Local boy makes, sells custom jewelry
• Early voters
 turn out in record droves
• PEO chapters 
to meet Tuesday
• Will women finally be elected to top Iowa offices?
• DMACC Foundation providing scholarship assistance for 2011
• Bombs from Yemen were made to blow up in flight, U.S. officials say
• McTeacher’s Night for Berg Middle School
• Hunter education course to be offered
• ‘Haunting’ music Saturday in Grinnell
• Chapter AO of PEO to meet Tuesday
• NHS parent meeting Monday
• It’s Your Government
• Prairie City Lions Club pancake breakfast Saturday
• Celebration of Community Heights Alliance addition set for Nov. 6, 7
• Church Club Notes
• ‘60 Minutes’ likely to air Newton piece Sunday
• Kirkwood Community College releases dean’s list
• The season of the witch
• Martin sentenced to six months in prison
• Area students named to BVU Professional & Online Studies dean’s list
• Beggar’s Night set for Saturday
• Not-so-scary treats for Halloween
• McTeacher’s Night for Thomas Jefferson
• Explore e-book readers at the library Monday
• Ames Haunted Forest scares up some excitement
• Trick-or-treating at Skiff, too
• Berg PTA hosting fair to benefit playground fund
• United Way Of JasperCounty Fall 2010 Newsletter
• United Way of Jasper County Newsletter - Oct 25, 2010
• Mack set to be arraigned on Monday
• Work continues on bike trail
• 1st and 3rd Iowa districts deemed toss-ups by poll
• Candidate forum set for Thursday
• ‘A Walk In The Woods’ opens in Amana on Friday
• DNR warns Allamakee County residents against feeding bear seen in woods
• Jasper County Genealogical Society to meet Oct. 28
• Club Notes
• Annual Halloween Night Hike set for Friday at Mariposa park
• Mission Coalition pie sale on Saturday
• Cardinal 5K run set for Nov. 13
• Local 997 Retiree Council to meet
• Soloist to perform at Park Centre
• Volunteers needed for meal delivery
• Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild to meet
• 2011 pet licenses now available at police department
• 150 new jobs 
Proposed $5 million Marsh expansion awaits state aid
• Fire Chief 
steps down, will assume previous job
• Boswell: Rein in ag program spending
• United Way tailgate event raises money
• Conlin visits Newton
• Club Notes
• Restoring the Power on Tuesday at NCS
• Dog park grand opening Wednesday
• Congregational UCC soup supper set for Wednesday
• PEO chapters to meet Tuesday
• NHS Class of ‘61 to meet Tuesday
• Sen. Grassley: 
Election will drive future of tax cuts
• Do you think you’re too old?
• Gaptoothed women are in vogue
• IHOP sues church, alleges over name use
• Husband’s dinner time is bedtime for his sleepy wife
• Owner of dogs involved 
in attack contests charges
• Ladies’ Night Out offers chance for a little fun
• United Way Tailgate Party set for Saturday
• ‘9 to 5: The Musical’
coming to Civic Center
• A ‘barn’ good time
• Winpower Coffee at new location
• Senior Center hosts bluegrass potluck Saturday
• Roxanne Conlin plans to visit 
Newton on Sunday afternoon
• Kids Against Hunger event on Oct. 23
• ‘AMAZING GRACE’ film at St. Stephen’s
• Congregational United Church 
of Christ hosting soup supper
• Clover Kids enjoy Halloween outing
• S.A.F.E. teaches students fire safety
• Use Internet to keep
up with library news
• Newton Airport lands new runways
• No immediate changes at pump following EPA’s E15 decision
• FEMA extends disaster relief deadline to Nov. 12
• Club Notes
• Newton’s Joe Pugel sworn in as DMACC board president
• ‘Artstock’ event brings artists together in Newton on Wednesdays
• Farmers for Progress program now under way
• EPA approves higher ethanol blend for gas
• Chapter AO PEO plans monthly meeting for next Tuesday
• One reason for housing glut: fewer new households
• Newton Community Theatre production of ‘Dial M For Murder’ continues this weekend
• Breast cancer taught Illingsworth 
not to ‘sweat the small stuff ’ anymore
• Is an electric car right for you?
• Newton Trap Club winning medals, having fun
• Pitz n’ Fritz
• Registration open for Cardinal 5K
• Satellite polling location set at Lynnville library this Saturday
• October Chamber breakfast mixer set Thursday at Skiff Medical Center
• Creative writing group meets Friday
• Fall colors ablaze throughout Central Iowa
• Sections of Iowa roads to receive cable barriers, including stretch of I-80 in Jasper County with rash of recent accidents
• In vitro fertilization made creating new life possible for local couple
• Capstone 
meets with supervisors 
for possible additional 
funding
• Meet former anthropology professor George Lauber
• Gilson honored during Simpson Homecoming
• Details surrounding alleged murder still murky
• Mingo man gets up to 25 years for knife attack
• BMS showcases special students, projects at meeting
• A Welcome Addition
• City offers yard waste disposal alternatives
• Fiery crash on Interstate 80 kills one
• City of Newton announces new sanitary landfill hours for the fall
• Newton Lions Club helps Colfax families affected by recent floods
• Iowa Speedway planting trees
• Biofuels subsidies fuel debate on industry’s viability
• Conservation specialists say runoff is ‘te
• Newton woman shot to death in alleged homicide
• Disaster unemployment assistance filing deadline extended
• Teens to share about R.Y.E. at Congregational UCC
• Kellogg UMC hosting supper fellowship
• Chaplain to speak at First Southern Baptist
• Free meal at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
• District’s grant-funded preschool ‘going well’
• Prairie City UMC fall bazaar Saturday
• NDC awards local business
• Community impact meetings set for October
• Volunteers needed for meal packaging
• Story times at the Newton Public Library
• Prairie Rescue Day on Saturday at Neal Smith
• Baby giraffe born at Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines
• Watercolor workshop scheduled 
at Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
• Millennium Institute president to speak 
at Grinnell College
• Local students to perform Sunday with Central’s A Cappella Choir
• Free mentored hunt to be offered by Pheasants Forever
• Sen. Grassley internship applications due Oct. 15
• Annual Halloween Night Hike 
set for Oct. 22 at Mariposa park
• Third annual blood drive to highlight Horsepower Hour at Iowa Speedway
• St. Stephen’s members among CROP Walk participants
• Genealogical group to meet Oct. 28
• It’s Your Government
• Cardinal Regiment slated for Valleyfest performance
• Newton woman kept positive attitude through breast cancer treatment
• New mental health first aid course set for Oct. 28, Nov. 2
• Windstream cuts Newton jobs, will seek buyer for former Maytag property
• Sheriff: Man dies after jumping from burning truck
• Murder afoot at local theater
• Heating costs may not rise this winter, utilities say
• FEMA aid
 deadline fast
 approaching
• John Stoddard Cancer Center among first to offer new approach to cancer treatment
• Kiwanis Students of the Month
• Republican party leaders to meet Tuesday at Newton Manufacturing
• Paintings on display at library
• It’s Your Government
• Red Rock boat ramps closed
• DAR chapter to meet Saturday
• Capstone to celebrate 20 years of service with open house Oct. 14
• Supervisors change 
bridge restrictions
• Iowa Speedway CEO taking leave of absence
• Meet Newton newcomer Mary Freeman
• Student pulls knife on classmate
• Hit-and-run suspect still at large
• NASA chief reprimanded in ethics probe
• Physicists share Nobel for the discovery of graphene
• Times Square bomb plotter warns of war with Muslims
• Rotary Students of the Month
• No ID yet on skeletal remains near Fremont
• DMACC Foundation providing scholarship assistance for 2011
• Many restaurant employees say they must work when they are ailing, according to recent survey
• Gibson to share about Appalachian Trail travels Thursday at Park Centre
• Trees Forever honors Black Hills Energy employee for years of service
• Berg playground work day Oct. 16
• Digital printing event on Oct. 14
• 2011 pet licenses now available at police department
• Ag secretary candidate to visit
• Northey recognizes Jasper County Century Farms
• Council waits on funding more sewer system surveys
• Early returns show drop in harvest yields
• It’s Your Government
• Jasper County Human Service Providers to meet Wednesday
• FEMA warning residents to beware of text message fraud
• O.W.L.S. coin program Oct. 13 at Jasper County Community Center
• Police to partner with Iowa ABD 
for tobacco education, enforcement
• PEO chapters to meet Tuesday
• Iowans seek help sending mats
• Culver talks budget, Branstad, campaign ads
• Wolf visits library
• Culver feisty in Newton campaign stop
• U.S. issues travel alert for Europe amid threat of al-Qaida attack
• Man accused of fatally shooting girlfriend
• Absentee ballots available for Nov. 2 general election
• It’s Your Government
• Aces Teen Club dance on Friday
• Postal Service denied rate increase
• NASA’s near future bleak despite help from Congress
• Online forum shows Rutgers victim’s thoughts in last day
• Night viewing on Saturday
• PEO Chapter AO to meet
• Central campus ministries, SUSTAIN host Cool Congregations on Oct. 16
• Culver making campaign stop in Newton at 2 p.m. Saturday
• New Saturday story time
added to library line-up
• Top 6 Weekend Actitivies
• Report encourages six corridors for wind power transmission
• Art Tour
• Mums the Word
• Central Homecoming/Family Weekend set for next weekend
• Aces Teen Club hosting TTFN on Saturday
• Woman says 12-year-old harassed her into shooting; 2 boys charged
• Some jihadist sites should be shut down, experts say
• Baxter Oil Company celebrates 100th geothermal installation
• Mushroom hunt set for Saturday at Ashton park
• Iowa gets $3.5 million to improve statewide high-speed internet
• NDC to honor local business, industry during annual luncheon
• Ornamental gourds like rain
• Obama faces tough questions at Iowa forum
• Council to decide on $25,000 proposal for city sewer inspections
• County receives 10 percent of aid
• Fight over Bush-era cuts moves to campaign trail
• Texas shooting rekindles debate about allowing guns on campus
• Fourth Travelin’ Traffic Ace drawing winner announced
• Local singers to be featured at hospice concert
• Oktoberfest at YMCA Saturday
• Farmer's Market ends next week
• Concert on Saturday at Grinnell College
• Local organization receives grant to prevent child abuse
• Meet lifelong Newton resident Sherry Moser
• 5K for Khloe set for mid-October in Des Moines
• Supervisors 
OK grant for fairgrounds clean-up
• Proposed training facility receives $1.4 million
• NCSD 
Professional Development 
Day set for 
this Friday
• Vernon Company honors employees’ anniversaries
• Newton Manufacturing’s Peska named a Best Boss
• ‘9 to 5: The Musical’ set to launch 
Willis Broadway Series in October
• Newton native to speak on arms control Wednesday in Grinnell
• Class of ‘54 to meet Wednesday
• After Prom meeting on Wednesday
• Docents to meet at county museum
• Progress reports issued to Newton Senior High School students today
• County retired school personnel to meet Tuesday at First Presbyterian
• County CROP Walk on Sunday
• Central to host exhibition by visual artist Ellen Wiener through Oct. 24
• Grant funds purchase of iPads
for Newton district students
• Culver: Polls not whole story
• Meth busts 
highlight 
enforcement
challenges
• Baxter standoff
ends peacefully
• Safety City teaches traffic rules
• O.P.E.N. co-sponsors course on The Netherlands
• Baxter Homecoming Court
• ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ set for October
• Notes @ Noon concert series to begin
• ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ to open Thursday
• NPD releases August seatbelt survey results
• Yenger receives Hy-Vee’s Legendary Customer Service Award
• Welcher wins third NPD drawing
• Dietician to speak at church’s weekly Wednesday event
• It’s Your Government
• ‘Banned Books Week’ starts Saturday at library
• DMACC summer honors announced
• Students prepare for auditions
• Church Club Notes
• Homecoming Hijinks
• Man arrested after apartment manager discovers meth lab
• Absentee voting now available
• Road closure
• Church concert
• Pancake breakfast set for Saturday
• Diplomats walk out during Ahmadinejad’s U.N. address
• St. Nick’s Christmas Club benefit dinner at Masonic Lodge on Oct. 2
• All for the 
sake of love
• Some homeowners see strategic default as sole solution
• Rickers appointed to Fifth Judicial District
• Quilts on display at Uncle Nancy’s
• Skiff loses $600K through operations, investments
• Bicycle shop coming to downtown Newton
• United Way Tailgate Party With Ball Drop And Chili-Cook-Off
• Ice cube tray tips and more
• Gay marriage judge denounces ouster effort
• Taco feed will move if raining
• Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive
• Republicans to host event to meet candidates Monday in Newton
• Grassley rep to be on hand at NPL
• It’s Your Government
• Arts & Crafts Show set for this weekend at state fairgrounds
• Close call turns farmer into advocate for farm safety
• Van Veen to present candy making program Thursday at Park Centre
• Xtreme Kickboxing launches 
Friday night at VFW in Newton
• SHARE distribution planned for Saturday morning at First Baptist
• County will replace 
courthouse windows
• Claytons receive service plaque from Special Olympics Iowa
• Great Western Bank announces addition of Roger Holck to management team
• Storm damages Lynnville-Sully school
• Employment
 stable in state, Jasper County
• Drawdown of Lake Red Rock already under way
• Meet 90-plus-year-old Newton resident George Young
• Second traffic drawing winner announced
• Student is arrested following shooting at S.C. high school
• Central fall visit day set for Friday
• Romney leads Palin among GOP contenders, poll finds
• IBEW chose Newton because of workforce
• Jasper Community Foundation announces grant awards
• P.I. celebrates National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week
• Tornado hits Lynnville-Sully school during Tuesday’s storm
• Former Care Facility to become training center
• ‘Karnival 4 Khloe’ a huge success
• Newton 2010
 Homecoming 
Finalists
• United Way kicks off campaign
• Berenstain Bears musical set for Oct. 4 in Ames
• Zedashe Ensemble to perform
• Dun-Lap reunion set for Saturday
• Vendors needed for flea market, bake sale at community center
• Warner-Miller reunion on Saturday
• PEO chapters to meet Tuesday
• It's your Government
• BP oil well in Gulf of Mexico declared dead
• SYNC announces mini-grant winners
• Off the Beaten Path
• Just when nearly everyone had written off
• Jasper County Care Facility going Green
• Off the Beaten Path
• New doctor welcoming babies at Skiff
• State gives TPI 2nd extension
 for hiring
• Kellogg receives Alliant Energy Foundation check for $1,500
• 33 killed in 3 Iraq car bombings
• Elizabeth Pfieffer, of Newton, turned 105
• Newton woman turns 105
• St. Nick’s Christmas Club benefit dinner at Masonic Lodge on Oct. 2
• Vendors needed for flea market, bake sale Oct. 2
• Author to speak at Park Centre
• Injunction sought to ban defense agencies from enforcing ‘don’t ask, don’t tell&rs
• Create Fall decorations at the library
• Diamond Trail FFA members take honors at ISU event
• Two dead after standoff at Johns Hopkins; physician also shot
• Top 6 Weekend Activities
• Press conference on establishment of ‘I-Green’ center set for Monday morning
• Artist’s gallery shows effects of Maytag closure
• U.S. poverty rate climbs
• Outdoors Without Boundaries
• Author Mary Helen Stefaniak speaks at Central College fall Writers Reading series on Sept. 23
• Parkinson’s group to meet Monday
• Grassley rep to host office hours at library
• Evangelical Lutheran Church Cluster 2 to meet
• Grace Fellowship hosting Poker Run
• Anne Graham Lotz bringing ‘Pursuing More of Jesus’ to Iowa
• Ira United Church supper, auction Oct. 4
• Reading with Raven
• Vernon Company named in Top 75 Best Places to Work
• Y hosting unique par-3 tournament
• Off the Beaten Path race set for Saturday
• Local youth complete police academy
• Newton Manufacturing Company workers hosting coat, clothing drive
• Bluegrass music, potluck Saturday
• McCann Flea Market set for Oct. 23
• Vendors needed for flea market, bake sale Oct. 23
• It’s Your Government
• Reunion News
• Club Notes
• Diet drugs now facing tough test before FDA
• County receives care facility purchase offer
• 5.0 earthquake hits California border region
• Homecoming court hopefuls
• Colfax office closing SaturdayFEMA’s Colfax center closing Saturday
• Meet Newton dress shop owner Julie Brillhart
• YMCA sculpture dedicated Friday
• County receives care facility purchase offer
• Homecoming court hopefuls
• Colfax office closing Saturday
• Meet Newton dress shop owner Julie Brillhart
• YMCA sculpture dedicated Friday
• ‘Barn’ dance set for Thursday
• DMACC Conference Center reopens for business on campus
• Monarch Watch set for Thursday
• Property taxes due by Sept. 30
• Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild to meet Thursday
• ‘Culturing Community: Projects About Place’ opening at art gallery
• Stepping on the GASS
• Little Caesars hoping pizza and movies a hit
• Student progress discussed, goals 
set for school year
• ‘Show-N-Shine’ on tap at Iowa Speedway
• Bench at Skiff dedicated to Nelsons
• Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild to meet Thursday
• Booster Club Homecoming Feed set for Sept. 23 following parade
• Free youth-mentored hunt offered by Jasper County Pheasants Forever
• Palo Alto Cemetery cleanup Oct. 1
• Jasper County Democratic Central Committee to meet on Thursday
• Credit card reform ignores small business
• San Bruno explosion victims return to homes over weekend
• Remembering 9/11 Victims
• Newton YMCA hosting fall flag football league
• Pumpkin Carving
• Blood drive Tuesday in Kellogg
• JCSCC to host monthly potluck
• NPD informing citizens about availability of dog pepper spray
• Booster Club Homecoming Feed Sept. 23
• Meet Skiff’s new general surgeon
• Koran-burning protest deadly 
in Afghanistan
• Boehner to back only middle class tax cuts if only option
• Shaw Newspapers becomes Shaw Media
• Zaun makes campaign stop in Newton
• Make hay while the sun shines
• A good day to ride a tractor
• ‘Dial M for Murder’ cast announced
• AFM order deadline Monday
• Skiff Auxiliary fall luncheon 
registration deadline Monday
• Jasper County Clover Kids 4-H Club kick-off meeting Monday
• SCORE offering free small business workshops next week
• DAR chapter to meet Saturday
• It’s Your Government
• Immanuel Baptist offering special meetings
• First Assembly of God hosting garage, bake sale
• U.S. Marines free crew after storming ship held by pirates
• Parent meeting set for Monday
• NHS students receive Dunitz Scholarships
• Woodrow Wilson school receives $1,500 from Dollar General Literacy Foundation
• NoveList Plus helps avid book lovers with variety of tasks
• T.J., Woodrow PTAs meet Monday
• Vilsack campaigns on behalf of Kelley
• Lil’ Pro Football Program begins Monday at YMCA
• JCC hosting annual photo contest
• Community meal set for Sunday
• Democratic Committee 
meets Sept. 16
• Warner-Miller reunion Sept. 25
• FastTrac program to begin Sept. 21
• Kiwanis Sale
• Grassley, Harkin invite youth to participate in senate program
• Newton infant struggles for life
• Flood repair keeps Secondary Roads crews busy
• Former NBA player guilty of fraud at Ankeny bank
• YMCA service project Monday
• GriefShare seminar begins Sunday
• Heartland Singers Community Chorus fall season begins Sept. 21
• Brad Zaun in Newton for potluck meet-and-greet event on Thursday
• Prairie walk to view Hartley Heritage Fen Restoration Project on Sunday
• It’s Your Government
• More local state fair winners announced
• Meet Newton mother and daughter Rosello and Victoria Lillo
• No changes to dog ordinances forthcoming
• Arrowood 
appointed 
deputy 
auditor
• Newton man charged with sexual abuse
• Deadline is Sept. 30 for SURE applications
• Noble All-American Ford to donate as much as $6,000 for PCM High School
• Maytag picnic set for Sunday
• Three Newton boys charged in August house fire
• Beiers wrap up cross-country bicycle adventure
• JC United Way crafts community impact plan
• New clues to ship’s
history found at ground zero dig site
• Local NARFE chapter to meet Wednesday at Country Kitchen
• Goat cheese gains popularity as alternative to cow’s milk cheese
• Kelley names DeVries campaign treasurer
• Sen. Black receives Iowa Corn Growers Association endorsement
• United Way of Jasper County News - September 3, 2010
• Library closed for Labor Day
• Events try to raise awareness, dispel myths of suicide
• Employers push rising cost of health care onto workers
• Red Rock activities set for weekend
• PEO to meet
• Author David Rhodes to speak at Park Centre on Wednesday
• It’s Your Government
• County residents take home awards 
in 2010 Iowa State Fair competitions
• Ice cream social set for Thursday in Kellogg
• Methodist church, Salvation Army offering free meal, classes Wednesday
• Metz church seeking submissions for 100th anniversary history book
• Chancellors Quartet in concert Sept. 11
• Church Club Notes
• Top 4 weekend activities
• Dog owners bigger issue than breed, experts say
• Chemo patients benefit from Skiff support group help
• Jasper County residents capture awards at 2010 Iowa State Fair
• JCCA kicks off new season
• Newton city offices closed Monday
• Park Centre program on Civilian Conservation Corps on Tuesday
• Iowa Supreme Court reviews
Oberhart case
• County offices closed Labor Day
• Museum, CVB, Chamber closed
• Alternative travel accommodations for seniors on the go
• Egg tests may raise farmers’ costs without ensuring safety
• Discovery Channel hostage 
crisis ends with gunman’s death
• ‘Growing Up Ojibway’ program set for Sept. 8 at community center
• New Yorkers 
oppose mosque 
near ground zero
• Earmarks should be shared fairly, Senator Grassley says
• Teeing off for Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Judge dismisses Dr. Angel Martin’s call for new trial
• Four charged in dispute with bat, pit bull, fake gun
• Constitutional amendment to fund natural resources
• Meet 52-year-old Newton resident Allan Lane
• ‘Read with Raven’ today at library
• NHS yearbooks now available
• Chamber, CVB closed for holiday
• County ballot 
now set
• Disaster Recovery 
Center helping
flood victims
• Teen says he initiated kiss with Four Oaks counselor
• Seatbelt survey results released
• Art on display at Newton library
• Kids Against Hunger organizational meeting Thursday at St. Stephen’s
• Ballroom dancing classes at YMCA
• Volunteers needed to assist with butterfly tagging Sept. 16
• It’s Your Government
• Farmers’ Market open on Tuesday
• Katrina survivor plans reunion, but no one shows
• Club Notes
• United Way Volunteers Needed!
• Fairgrounds hit hard by flood waters
• Newton getting a new steakhouse
• Dogs, owners raise 
money for dog park
• Walk, forum in September 
to highlight suicide awareness
• Human service providers to meet
• Chamber, CVB closed on Labor Day
• Boswell in town on Saturday
• Motivational speaker at Sacred Heart on Sunday
• Public invited to laugh along with Christian Clown Service
• Marker honors Holy Ghost preacher
• Bridenstine honored by DMACC during Women’s History Month
• North Carolina farm yields record 64-carat emerald
• Top management thinker to speak at conference
• Disaster Recovery Center opens Saturday in Colfax
• Hunter Clinic gives to Animal Rescue League
• Deadline for Federal flood assistance looms Monday
• Mineral Springs Days ready, despite fooding in Colfax
• Sacred Heart hosts annual Cemetery Walk this Sunday
• The fast and the furriest
• P.C. Lions Club to host breakfast
• Toyota recalls 1 million cars because of engine defect
• Muslim woman clad only in nightdress during DEA raid settles lawsuit
• FEMA cleaning supplies at NPD
• Doin’ the dog paddle at the Maytag Pool
• Deaths on I-80 have yet to alter DOT plans
• McDermott: Transportation issues likely 
will improve
• Fevered debate on mosque extends to victims’ families
• Matthias honored in New York
• Branstad promises more jobs for Iowans
• It’s Your Government
• Gluten-free baking with Anna Sobaski on Saturday at library
• Synthetic corneas prove successful
• End of summer, start of school
• Supervisors ponder 
new heating/cooling 
system for courthouse
• Additional charges filed in connection to burglary spree
• High school ACT scores released
• Final performance of ‘The Bee’s Knees and Then Some!’ Sunday
• Review: ‘Bee Knees’ has many great moments
• Crop Walk info meeting Monday
• Citywide PTA ready for book sale
• Meet 62-year-old Newton resident Bill Kaldenberg
• Ninth Annual Taste of History at Wagaman Mill, Museum Saturday
• Saak art show set for Wednesday
• Seventh annual cemetery walk at Sacred Heart Cemetery on Sunday
• Jasper FSA announces general CRP sign-up
• Colfax flood toll beginning to be realized
• ‘Learning 
communities’ added this year
• District 
sanctions boy’s 
bowling
• First Travelin’ Traffic Ace drawing winner announced
• Maytag Pool dog swim Wednesday
• Class of 1954 to meet Wednesday
• Unemployment up to 6.8 percent
• Murphy seeks accountability, transparency as state auditor
• Uncle Nancy’s ownership changing, customers shouldn’t see big differences
• Iowa State Fair lives up to reputation
• Newton Corps works with Teen Challenge to serve flood victims
• Farmers’ Market open on Tuesday
• Mini-grants available for youth programs through SYNC group
• Aces back-to-school dance Friday
• It’s Your Government
• Lifeguard 
class offered 
at YMCA
• Pittman, Schuler graduate from law enforcement academy
• Newton Police Department launches crackdown on impaired driving
• Woman attacked by dogs expected to recover
• Colfax residents have tough road ahead
• A Fair Finale
• Grassley tours Prism Projections
• Iowa second in nation for highest average ACT composite scores
• Maytag Pool dog swim Wednesday
• JCSCC hosting bluegrass event
• Fire department raises funds for hospital
• It’s Your Government
• Ice cream social at Bethany Church
• Relax with night of music, wine
• NCSD new teachers for 2010-2011 school year
• VBS kids raise funds for 'bed nets'
• Relay Iowa presentation
set for Tuesday afternoon
• Emerson Hough appeal denied
• Pit bull mauls Newton runner
• Rusty excited about second Nationwide Series Date
• South Skunk River cleanup effort planned for August reset to Sept. 26
• Skiff Medical Center offering info on flood safety, recovery
• ‘Barn’ dance scheduled for tonight
• It’s Your Government
• Lopping off locks? Donate to make wigs for children
• Higgins found guilty of attempted murder
• Spate of highway deaths brings safety reminders
• Yahoo, Bing build plan to challenge Google
• Monroe woman wins $50,000 lottery prize in scratch game
• Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild taking trip to Iowa State Fair on Thursday
• Newton YMCA unveils new logo
• Meet 20-year-old Newton residents 
Tiffany Lee Bailey and Loryn Snyder
• County 
revisits camping 
fee issue
• Windstream buys Kansas company
• No Bull: Bison baby boom
• Iowa Speedway adds second Nationwide race
• Scientists dispute Obama claim that most oil is gone
• China overtakes Japan to become world’s second-largest economy
• MAT open registration set for Wednesday, Friday in Newton
• Sheriff’s office, P.C. police join in traffic project
• It’s Your Government
• Blood drive on Thursday at DMACC
• Certified sommeliers leading DMACC wine courses this fall
• Trinity
workers
vote to 
unionize
• Water recedes, cleaning begins
• City: No quick fix for sewer back-ups
• Seventh
dead in
I-80 crash
• Courthouse 
has a wet 
basement, too
• Second weekend accident reroutes I-80 traffic through Jasper County
• Dry weather helping flood recovery efforts
• Fall flag football registration open
• Friendship memorial dedicated Sunday
• It’s Your Government
• Local 997 Retiree Council to meet
• Newton man among those to receive governor’s Lifesaving Awards
• Six killed in interstate accident west of Newton
• Saturn program at Ashton Park
• Local children enjoy ‘High Seas’ VBS
• It’s Your Government
• Skiff sports rehab and physical therapy clinic in new location
• Skiff Foundation provides $150,000 in equipment, technology
• Colfax still under water
• Disney’s old-school movie
‘Robin Hood’ showing today
• A Joyful Reunion
• Man swept into culvert by floods
• Swersie embraces lack of political polish
• Iowa State Fair encourages fair attendees to stay cool, hydrated
• St. Luke UMC collects 212 pairs of shoes for charity during ‘Barefootin’ Sunday event
• St. Luke UMC to host outdoor worship Sunday
• Red Rock programs set for this weekend
• Police department launches seatbelt enforcement program
• Developers of proposed mosque say they have not rejected relocation offer
• Videotapes led to arrest of suspected serial killer
• Cedar Rapids couple volunteers ‘Neighbor to Neighbor’ to assist with flood recovery
• Trinity employees expected to vote on union organization Friday
• Missing corgi found alive, doing well
• Newton author, historian to have booth at state fair
• ‘Birds Down Under’ enters final week
• Attorney in gang drug case says speedy trial right violated
• WWII sculpture by Ukrainian artist to be dedicated Sunday at museum
• Sunsets at Sugar Grove event to feature Crooked Eye on Saturday
• Friday Flick at Newton library this week to be Disney’s ‘Robin Hood’
• Aces Teen Club hosting dance for seventh through ninth graders
• Planets, moon, meteors to grace tonight’s sky
• 100-year storm
• Speedway 
may add 2nd Nationwide
race in 2011
• Meet respiratory therapist Jim McNeill
• Library’s New Play Center
• Former senator confirmed dead in Alaska plane crash
• College students betting on their own academic success
• Obama approves state aid bill to help states save jobs
• Artwork on display at library
• Citywide PTA to host book sale
• Musical trio to perform Thursday
• Newton Dog Park Committee’s 
fun dog run/walk set for Aug. 28
• Flooding
 hits Ames
• New procedure shows promise for treating brain tumors
• Sheriff refuses 
to release records on journalist slain by deputy
• Iowa State Fair to end on entertaining note with Sheryl Crow, Colbie Caillat
• Eligibility rules announced for free, reduced cost meals at Kidville Inc.
• O.W.L.S. program to feature Planet Earth ‘ice worlds’ segment
• 3-D Archery Shoot hosted by JCCB, Izaak Walton League on Aug. 21
• Nature Tot program set for Saturday at Neal Smith NWR
• House expects to clear $26 billion in new aid to states
• National parks can’t require permit for free speech, judge rules
• Water Woes
• School Board sets ‘2010 IASB legislative action priorities and resolutions’ at Monday me
• School district 
looks to acquire 
larger-capacity bus
• Skiff Medical Center to host blood drive
• Tama County industries seeking workers
• More homes on market, but less homes sold
• It’s not the Heat ...
• U.S. volunteers slain in Afghanistan identified
• Mutilated Afghan girl comes to L.A. for treatment
• Farmers’ Market set for Tuesday
• First Assembly VBS this week
• Academy donates to Courthouse Lighting Fund
• Burglary numbers on the rise in recent years
• Buena Vista summer reading program
• Marching to the beat in the heat
• Two recent cases highlight rising pattern of Internet harassment
• Senate passes $26 billion aid bill for states
• RSVP literacy program volunteers needed in Newton, Baxter schools
• Gluten-free program held
at library in late August
• ‘Technical difficulties’ scuttle three Iowa Speedway drag racing events
• Church Club Notes
• First United Methodist, Salvation Army hosting free Wednesday meals
• South Skunk River cleanup effort reset for Aug. 29
• JC Farm Bureau meeting Monday
• JCGS in running for Pepsi Grant
• PCCI hosting annual golf-a-thon
• Summit meeting sponsored by United Way set for Tuesday
• Organizers to launch National Humidity Festival on Saturday
• Scientists skeptical of Obama’s claim spill doesn’t threaten Gulf
• Judge strikes down Proposition 8, allows gay marriage in California
• Newton Christian Reformed Church celebrates 75 years
• Music trio at Park Centre Aug. 12
• Spinal Cord Injury Association offering free activities clinic
• It’s Your Government
• Holy Trinity Lutheran Church hosting free meal Sunday
• Jasper Democratic Central Committee to meet Aug. 12
• Science Center of Iowa to host renowned Da Vinci exhibition
• Where to shop for appliances
• Summary of burglaries
• Mom’s kitchen floor remedy is embarrassing to daughter
• Corgi missing after accident still at large
• Lazy summer day at the pool
• Grace Church plans free clothing event this weekend
• Burglaries result in more than $25,000 in damages, stolen goods
• Sheriff: Burglar confesses to three-month crime spree
• United Way continues ‘community impact’ process
• Retirement reception planned 
at county museum for Bev Cross
• 9 dead in Connecticut workplace shooting
• New York panel clears way for Islamic center near ground zero
• Reader proud to be with American
• Iowa’s per capita debt second lowest in nation
• Hephzibah House fundraiser garage sale set for Thursday, Friday
• Dinner theater featuring ‘Educating Rita’ on Aug. 26 at Fireside Winery
• O.W.L.S. program to feature 
Planet Earth ‘ice worlds’ segment
• JCSCC to host monthly potluck
• It’s Your Government
• Colonel Robert C. King to lead Iowa State Fair parade
• Meet corrections officer Jimmy Edwards
• Farmer’s Market still going strong
• Low AEA
 rental rate
 given for 
educational partnership, 
officials say
• Joint investigation breaks up Jasper County burglary spree
• Austo aims for Newton’s gaming crowd
• City sells east First Avenue
 property
• County supervisors to 
terminate GIS contract
• Butterfly at Rest
• Local students participate in PCPD Youth Academy
• Elton John impersonator to headline 114th annual Old Settlers celebration
• Multiple health concerns surround Iowa’s flooding
• Newton Public Library’s Friday Flick ‘Finding Nemo’ this week
• Thanks With Franks registration due for participating businesses
• Murder rate going up? Time will tell, officials say
• Attorney to discuss legal issues at Alzheimer’s support group meeting
• Justice lawyers plan crackdown on sex offenders
• Jack Hanna makes first trip to Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines this fall
• Farmer’s market open on Tuesday
• It’s Your Government
• Red Cross babysitter’s class Friday
• DMACC offering Rent-A-Text program for upcoming school year
• Iowa adopts Common Core State Standards
• Camper overturns on I-80
• District announces
staggered school times
• Israel to deport hundreds of migrant workers’ children
• Users spending more time 
on Facebook, less on e-mail
• Adult reading program ends tonight at 6 p.m.
• Community gears up for Nascar
• Former Newton man appearing on ‘America’s Got Talent’
• Maytag Pool has safety standards in place, supervisor says
• Kellogg American Legion
2010 scholarship recipients
• Pletcher receives Beckwith Foundation scholarship
• Newton set for National Night Out on Tuesday
• Obama issues disaster declaration for 32 counties
• McMillan & Life concert set for July 31
• Hospital stay gives 
CEO Long patient’s 
perspective of Skiff
• Casey’s Stores to fight hostile takeover
• Iowa not
 picked as 
finalist for funds
• IUB recommends customers work with utilities
• Des Moines Partnership members tour available Newton facilities
• Golden Agers 
Club meets
• Director: Mariposa 
restrooms in need 
of repairs
• Iowa Workforce officials clarify unemployment benefits in Iowa
• Meet mother and daughter Rachel Cook and Carol Blaha
• County-Wide Summit Meeting
• Local MAT students place during USTA National Championships
• Prairie City Corn Feed set for Aug. 7
• Grace Church giving free clothing
• Pleasant View United Methodist Church reunion set for Sunday
• Snook reunion set for Sunday
• Free concerts planned at fair
• Evening light in spring interferes with teens’ sleep
• Researchers: Colonoscopy has no advantage over less invasive procedure
• Windstream performs ‘random acts of kindness’
• Work continues on West Ninth Street South
• Skiff lost more than $4M in 2009-10 fiscal year
• United Way Of Jasper County News - June 28, 2010
• United Way of Jasper County News - June 8, 2010
• United Way of Jasper County Spring 2010 Newsletter
• United Way Volunteers Needed for Iowa Speedway 50/50 Raffle
• United Way Of Jasper County Annual Meeting And Awards Celebration
• United Way Quarter Back Sack Fundraiser
• United Way Of Jasper County News - Haiti Disaster Support
• United Way of Jasper County Community Investor Winter Newsletter - December 8, 2009
• United Way Of Jasper County 2009 Fall Newsletter - September 15, 2009
• Austin Dillon Qualifies 16th in No. 2 Car Sponsored By High Point University
• Austin Dillon Drives HPU Chevrolet in Nationwide Race
• Annual Meeting and Awards Celebration
• United Way of Jasper County March '09 Community Investor
• United Way of Jasper County Newsletter - December 4, 2008
• Sixth Annual Iowa Sculpture Festival

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