Baxter, Iowa

The Jasper County Farm Bureau recently elected new officers, who assumed their new positions Oct.

A house fire in Baxter caused an estimated $7,000 damage Wednesday afternoon. Baxter Fire Chief Steve Smith said the fire department arrived at the home of Rick Kucera at 216 SW Ave.

One northwest Iowa town is also doing its part to "go green." Tuesday, Spencer Municipal Utilities celebrated Green Day in Spencer, Iowa.

15. Sale of firewood cutting permits begins Monday. Obtain a $10 permit at the administration office, at the west end of Saylorville Dam.

Here are more Jasper County residents' results from this year's edition of the Iowa State Fair, as reported to the Daily News by readMedia Newswire: - Gordon Anderson received a first place in the novelty, most ...

Despite growing awareness that students need a globally competitive education, only a little more than half of Iowa youngsters in high school, 51.67 percent, took a foreign language during the 2007-08 school ...

The Blood Center of Iowa will host two drives in Jasper County next week. A Kellogg and Killduff community blood drive will take place on Tuesday from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Cabin in Holmdahl Park.

Darrin Hamilton and Joe Klingensmith are the newest members of the Newton Community School District Board of Education.

Jasper County residents have been busy this summer entering a variety of contests at the Iowa State Fair.

Toby KID, aka Toby Klauenberg, Ogden, has been awarded the title Master Clown. In a ceremony in Chicago, attended by 300 clowns from around the world, Toby was awarded the prestigious "Bronze Clown Shoe" to ...

Members of the Newton Community School District Board of Education took the next step in making the Jasper County Vocational Career Academy a reality.

A fire at a vacant house near Baxter kept firefighters busy Sunday morning. Firefighters said the home at 8232 Highway F17 was in flames when they arrived at 3 a.m. It took them about two hours to bring the ...

Special to the Daily News Work is scheduled to begin Saturday on the next Habitat for Humanity house in Jasper County, a new home for Jodon Woody and her family.

' Former girlfriends of two of the three suspects charged with first-degree murder in the October death of Newton resident Jerry Alden Pittman II testified during Tyler Ray Oberhart's trial Thursday, recalling ...

Klauenberg is named Master Clown Toby KID, aka Toby Klauenberg, has been awarded the title Master Clown.

The number of women in the workplace has been declining for several years and experts had theorized that more women were deciding to forego careers and be stay-at-home moms.

Women are dropping out of the work force in the United States due to economic realities, labor analysts said.

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Women are dropping out of the work force in the United States due to economic realities, labor analysts said.