THE WEEKEND FORECAST LISTS A 60 TO 80-PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THAT MEANS SUNDAY AFTERNOON’S NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT MAY HAVE TO BE MOVED FROM MAYTAG BOWL TO THE HIGH SCHOOL GYM.
A NURSE AT PARK CENTER IN NEWTON IS ACCUSED OF STEALING OVER 48 HYDROCODONE PILLS. THE NEWTON POLICE CLAIM TAMMY KAPPEL OF ACKLEY TOOK THE PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE.
THE GREATER NEWTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS GOING TO LEAD AN EFFORT TO GET NEWTON INTO THE IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY’S MAIN STREET PROGRAM.
THE NEWTON CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN A NEW STEP TOWARDS IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY’S CURB APPEAL. COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE APPROVED SOME NUISANCE ORDINANCE CHANGES .
OVER 100 JASPER COUNTY VETERANS ARE VISITING WASHINGTON D.C. TODAY AS PART OF THE LAST FREEDOM FLIGHT. THEY’LL SEE THE VARIOUS WAR MEMORIALS BEFORE RETURNING.
NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL’S 2013 COMMENCEMENT IS THIS COMING SUNDAY AFTERNOON, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF THE MAYTAG BOWL WILL BE READY FOR THE CEREMONY.
A REASNOR MAN ARRESTED LAST NIGHT FOR MAKING A FALSE REPORT TO POLICE AND PUBLIC INTOXICATION, WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE THIS MORNING.
THIS WEEK THE JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WILL GET TO START USING A K-9. THE DOG NAMED “POPEYE” IS A NARCOTICS DETECTION DOG WHO SITS WHEN HE DETECTS DRUGS.
THE 100-PLUS JASPER COUNTY VETERANS WHO WILL TAKE THE LATEST FREEDOM FLIGHT TO WASHINGTON D.C. WERE HONORED DURING A SEND-OFF CEREMONY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
A JULY SENTENCING HAS BEEN SET FOR A LYNNVILLE MAN WHO STOOD TRIAL FOR SNEAKING INTO A LYNNVILLE HOME AND INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHING A SLEEPING TEENAGE GIRL.
