Final plans for a bridge replacement project along Highway F-17 West over Rock Creek were approved by the Jasper County Board ...

Baxter Quilt Club presented seven Quilts of Valor to Baxter area veterans at the recent Veterans Day program at the school.

While the Newton City Council scrambles to find a solution to continue providing animal control services after its sheltering ...

GRIMES — Class 2A No. 4 Dallas Center-Grimes scored four times in each half during an 8-0 win over the Newton girls soccer team on Tuesday in Little Hawkeye Conference action. Gabby Bunker ...

The PCM girls cross country team qualified for the state meet in Class 2A after placing second in Red Oak on Thursday. The Mustangs are the second team in school history to qualify and the first ...

Newton residents living near a piece of farmland on the northeast side of town oppose its rezoning from agriculture to light industrial. (Christopher Braunschweig) Oftentimes the contentious ...

It was unclear at the time of the July 22 school board meeting if the courts would reach a decision in time, prompting officials to adopt policies with the stipulation that they might be ...

The former Jasper County employee who was accused of embezzling more than $17,000 pleaded guilty on Oct. 7 of first-degree theft and forgery, both charges of which are felonies. Shelby Hobbs, 31 ...

Newton seniors Jacob Sweeney, left, Caleb Mattes and Conner McPartlin, right, celebrate one of Sweeney's three goals from the Cardinal Classic on Saturday. Newton won both of its matches at H.A ...

MAXWELL — Collins-Maxwell started off its match against the Baxter volleyball team well. The Spartans were in line to end a long losing streak against the rival Bolts, but Baxter had other ideas.

Newton police officers on Wednesday, April 19, found and arrested a 16-year-old suspected of first-degree murder in his home state of Illinois. Officers received information that suspect Napoleon ...

At the end of a band's set, a patron of Wild Cat Country Fest gives a peace sign near the front of the main stage in 2022. Wild Cat Outlaw Music Festival is hosting Country Foodie Festival 2 p.m ...