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Central Iowa Regional Transportation Alliance to host Roadway Safety Public Information Meetings in July
The Central Iowa Regional Transportation Alliance will hold a series of public information meetings regarding the regional Comprehensive Safety Action Plan in local communities next week. The plan is being developed as part of the Safe Streets for All program, which aims to prevent deaths and serious injuries for all...
Jasper County pays more rent at Colfax congregate meals site
Jul. 3—Jasper County last week renewed its contracts with elderly nutrition's congregate meals sites in Colfax and Monroe, which will now both be paid the same amount of rent after The Gathering Place requested an increase a number of months ago. The rent for both facilities is now $400 per month. Kelli Van Manen, program director of Jasper County Elderly Nutrition, said the contract for the ...
Supervisors contemplate lightning strike protection for courthouse
Jul. 3—They say lightning never strikes the same place twice. Well, tell that to the folks at the Jasper County Courthouse. Severe storms rolling through the area in May 2024 and October 2019 resulted in the courthouse being struck by lightning, and both times left lasting effects on the structure and its inner systems. The lightning strike almost five years ago forced offices to close due to ...
Missing Colfax woman found safe, friends say
COLFAX, Iowa — Update 6/30/24 10 p.m. Crow has been found safe, her friends tell KCCI. Friends and family of a missing Colfax woman are asking for help in finding her. Leslie Jean Crow left her home last Monday to appear in court. Her family says they haven't heard from her since.
Letter to the Editor: Storm sewer passage
I was so pleased this didn’t pass. YET. I am so sick of all of our utilities going up (our pension doesn’t though). Bad enough getting groceries can floor you. I can remember our “water bill” being $50. Now it is more than $100! I had new plumbing in not long ago and new hot water heater. I don’t do laundry unless it really counts. I have crossed off things to “save” on bills till I am ready to scream through the streets. When is this town and county going to realize we the people of Newton and Jasper County can’t take anymore.
FEMA Disaster Recovery Center to open in Newton
Jun. 28—For almost one week starting on July 1, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Jasper County Emergency Management Agency will open a disaster recovery center at WEST Academy, which is located on the north side of the E.J.H. Beard Administration Center, 1302 First Ave. W., in Newton. The center will allow residents to report damages to their homes that occurred from May 20 to May ...
Letter to the Editor: A kinder tone would have helped
I am writing this in defense of Alyssa Wilson, the administrator for Jasper County Veterans Affairs. She was very wrongly accused in her job in Friday, June 21 article in the Newton News. Ed Spangenburg (a commission on the board) very rudely and harshly accuses her of not answering or...
Jasper County has been added to president's disaster declaration
Jun. 27—Jasper County has now been added to the president's major disaster declaration following the severe flooding and wind storms that occurred one month ago. The decision comes after emergency management officials met with state leaders and even U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley to convince the feds for help. "Advocating for Iowans' needs at the federal level is my core responsibility as an elected ...
Funnel clouds over Jasper County only lead to field damage
Jun. 27—Several sporadic funnel clouds appeared over Jasper County on the afternoon of June 25, along with golf ball-sized hail and heavy rain in some areas. Although they caused quite a ruckus in the affected communities, it was the corn and bean fields that took the brunt of the damages from a few weak tornadoes. According to preliminary information from the National Weather Service, funnel ...
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