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A Newton organization that normally works to benefit the community financially is taking a more snuggly turn to help children with “fidgety”…

After a tabled attempted in September to approve an advertising contract with Clemon-Maki Insurance for H.A. Lynn Stadium, the Newton Commun…

The woman convicted in August of killing a Monroe truck driver will learn her fate early next week.M…

A firm agreement may be well on its way to completion between Newton Parks & Recreation and the area baseball and softball leagues, which co…

The First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 309 E. Third St. N., in Newton, is finalizing plans for the sesquicentennial celebration of the congr…

In June, rain poured into the Jasper County Fairgrounds by the South Skunk River in Colfax. The ground squished with each step, and the foot…

DES MOINES (AP) — Officials at Des Moines’ Blank Park Zoo say the attraction’s youngest giraffe, Lizzy, has died, just weeks before what wou…

DECORAH (AP) — A December trial has been scheduled for an 18-year-old man accused of helping to fatally beat a Decorah resident.

SIOUX CITY (AP) — Authorities say a passing truck driver rescued four children from a house fire in Sioux City.

DES MOINES (AP) — Despite the terrible odds — one in 302.5 million for those keeping score at home — someone will eventually match all six n…

DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa’s family planning program is providing far fewer services like contraception a year after state lawmakers excluded Pl…