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MINE arrests two in convenience store drug busts

Drug enforcement agents have arrested employees at two Jasper County convenience stores for selling synthetic cannabis at their business. Jaswant Singh of Petro Stop in Newton and Jarnail Manhani of the Kellogg Country Store in Kellogg have been arrested and transported to Jasper County Jail accordi ... Read More »

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MINE arrests two in convenience store drug busts

Drug enforcement agents have arrested employees at two Jasper County convenience stores for selling synthetic cannabis at their business. Jaswant Singh of Petro Stop in Newton ... Read More »

Chamber hosts annual banquet

Roughly 200 people turned out for the 114th Annual Greater Newton Area Chamber of Commerce Dinner and Business Meeting. Incoming Chamber board chair Mike Winblade received the ... Read More »

Regional News

News from around Iowa

Iowan expected to change theft plea to guiltyFOREST CITY (AP) — The former business manager accused of stealing more than $260,000 from the Lake Mills Community Schools is exp ... Read More »

Lawyer withdraws mysterious claim on Iowa lottery jackpot

DES MOINES (AP) — A New York attorney withdrew his claim Thursday on a multi-million dollar Iowa Lottery prize just as mysteriously as he had made it, saying through a Des Moi ... Read More »

World News

U.S. cybersecurity efforts trigger privacy concerns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government’s plan to expand computer security protections into critical parts of private industry is raising concerns that the move will threaten ... Read More »

In Romney’s tax returns, details on Mormon tithe

Mitt Romney’s newly released tax returns provide more than an accounting of the Republican presidential candidate’s remarkable personal wealth. The documents also give a rare ... Read More »

Sports

Cards routed by Warriors in dual finale

The Newton wrestling team hoped to end its dual season with a little more momentum, but sometimes it just doesn’t play out that way.Facing a high-powered and veteran Norwalk s ... Read More »

Lifestyle

Lego line for girls offensive, critics say

(MCT) — Lego toys have always seemed pleasantly gender-neutral. Perhaps that’s why the new Lego Friends line for girls has triggered a fair bit of protest from some health and ... Read More »

What makes people
 ticklish still a mystery

DEAR DOCTOR K: I am a very ticklish person. My husband thinks it’s hilarious how easy it is to make me giggle and squirm. What causes ticklishness? DEAR READER: Ticklishness i ... Read More »

Dining

10 beers that make great holiday gifts

(MCT) — Giving beer as a present offers the recipient two options: Drink it or cellar it.Either way, you can’t lose. If they choose to open it right away, you — the giver — ca ... Read More »

Betty’s cook book still trendy

(MCT) — At 90, Betty Crocker is a hip gal, with a bacon martini in one hand, a caramelized pot roast in the slow cooker, tofu on the menu, Sriracha pickles in the refrigerator ... Read More »

Opinion

There’s good Newt and bad Newt

We’ve covered Newt Gingrich for 30 years, and there has always been two sides to the man. The Good Newt and the Bad Newt. Towering talent and awesome arrogance. Boundless ener ... Read More »

Growing up and moving on

Courage is something that changed my life. Coming back to California after three wonderful weeks of Christmas break was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Not only leav ... Read More »

Community

Church Club Notes

Community Heights Alliance Church Primetime FellowshipChuck Harris welcomed 30 Primetimers to the Jan. 16 meeting at the Community Heights Alliance Church with the admonition, ... Read More »

It’s Your Government

Jasper County Board of SupervisorsWhen: 9:30 a.m. TuesdayWhere: Room 203 of the Jasper County CourthouseAgenda: Resolution adopting a proclamation to commemorate the bicentenn ... Read More »

Obituaries

Terri L. Rogers

Terri Lynn Rogers, 26, of Newton died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at her home in Newton.A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home ... Read More »

Candy M. Deitrick

Candy M. Deitrick, 43, of Colfax died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton.A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Howard Street ... Read More »

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