Ryker Wedeking, age 5, completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Newton Public Library. Ryker said his ...

Less than two weeks after Newton Police Department announced its discovery of skimming devices at a local gas station, ...

The community blood supply has been strained this summer and into the Labor Day holiday and is now critically low after the ...

The fourth annual Paddle Skedaddle is set at Quarry Springs Park in Colfax. Whether paddling around in a kayak or taking a ...

Shirley Reid passed away August 15, 2024, two weeks shy of her 94th birthday and less than three months shy of the election of the first female president, an event that she has been waiting to happen ...

Glenna Gaye “Gigi” Anthony, 62, was born July 17, 1962 in Newton, Iowa and passed away on September 1, 2024 in Altoona, Iowa. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, September, 20, 2024 from ...

Russell Dean Jones, born June 26, 1941, grew up in Hampton, graduated from Hampton High School in 1959, and began working at Maytag. He married Shirley Hansen of Coulter, and they moved to Newton ...