Newton News

The Jasper County Fair is approaching, with fairbooks now available and open class entry tags on hand in the Jasper County Extension Office in Newton.

A 14-year-old Newton boy received minor injuries Wednesday after attempting to jump over a moving vehicle driven by another teenager.

Children of all ages attended the annual Family Fun Festival sponsored by the Newton YMCA including this boy who was decorating a visor at a crafts table.

Ronald McDonald visited the Newton Public Library on June 26. The popular clown encouraged children to discover the world of imagination in books at their library.

Newton Women's Connection is a great place to connect with other women and enjoy an uplifting program.

Newton residents Austin Dunn and Nathaniel Hill will perform with their band Hanwell, during the 80/35 music festival in Des Moines.

Several City of Newton services will be closed Friday in observance of Independence Day, including Newton City Hall, the Newton Fire Department business office, the Newton Public Library, Newton Parks & Recreation Office, Newton Police Department business office and Newton Public Works.

Newton City Council met for a bonding study session Monday afternoon. Newton has several upcoming obligations that will require bonding, including the city's role in securing Trinity Structural Towers and grant money offered to the Prairie Inn and Suites hotel being constructed south of Interstate 80 exit 168.

Tammy Chance was celebrating her daughter Abigail's second birthday with a breakfast at the Betty Allen Gazebo at the Newton Arboretum this morning.

With summer in full swing, the Newton Police Department is reminding motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians to be mindful of each other and to pay special attention to the appropriate traffic laws by presenting its “Soft Cone for a Hard Head” campaign.

Wind energy is not just a fringe idea anymore, as shown by the large attendance on May 14 at the Central Iowa Wind Energy Conference.

Celebration Iowa Singers and Jazz Band , an elite ensemble of Iowa high school musicians, is pleased to announce their upcoming performance in Newton on June 29.

Law enforcement and Iowa Speedway officials are preparing for the 2009 Iowa Corn Indy 250 on Sunday afternoon beginning at 12:30 p.m. With tens of thousands of people coming to the community for the race, the Iowa State Patrol, Iowa Department of Transportation, Newton Police Department, Jasper County Sheriff's Office and Iowa Speedway officials ...

David Stewart has overseen a lot of big projects in Newton during his 6 1⁄2 years as public works director.

Newton residents should be familiar with Carl Homstad's art. After all, they have lived among it for several years now.

Paige Kruse has returned to the Colt Cadets for a second year of tour and competition.

The father of a Michigan man who believes he was snatched from his real parents in New York half a century ago called the speculation "a bunch of foolishness." John Barnes has long suspected the couple who raised him were not his biological parents, and now he's awaiting DNA tests to find out if he was the 2-year-old boy who disappeared outside a ...

Vocal soloist Tony Hooper, a Newton Senior High School science instructor, and a trumpet quintet will be featured this week when the Newton Municipal Band presents its Thursday night concert at 8 p.m. at the Maytag Bowl.

More than 50 years after a toddler disappeared from outside a bakery in New York, a man has come forward to claim that he is the missing boy, authorities said yesterday.

Authorities are on the lookout for the suspect in an armed robbery that was reported Saturday evening at Quality Inn in Newton.