Officers then learned Dwayne Garner, of Robins, had pointed a PepperBall launcher at the other man during a verbal altercation before fleeing in a vehicle. Police located the vehicle and took Garner ...

Sheriff Brad Shutts said some of the contracts are 25 years old and had no increases to costs of service. Shutts sent letters ...

School board member Travis Padget walked to the center of the room to make sure State Sen. Ken Rozenboom could see him ...

United Way of Jasper County was awarded a $2,500 Hotel-Motel Tourism Grant from the Newton City Council for its upcoming card ...

Ervin believes the agreement with the county will help grow Newton. He noted the city is working closely with the county, ...

DES MOINES — Kent Montgomery defeated the same opponent twice, survived a rematch from the district tournament and climbed ...

In its current form, Daughton said the governor’s bill would effectively take away $200 million in SAVE (Secure an Advanced Vision for Education) funds from schools all across the state. Daughton ...

Sawyer Veldhuizen dropped seven 3-pointers, three Hawks scored in double figures and the Lynnville-Sully boys basketball team ...

DES MOINES — Things didn’t go as planned for the Lynnville-Sully wrestling duo who competed at the Iowa High School State ...

To make way for a new $2 million ladder truck for the Newton Fire Department, the city council last week accepted the ...

But the Hawks recovered once again in their latest meeting on Friday and held the Warhawks to single digits in the final ...

Kevin Ray “Gus” Garvin, the son of Robert Samuel and Avonel Margaret (Peterson) Garvin, was born April 2, 1951, in Newton, ...