Baxter News

A fire Friday morning at the Justin and Erin Good residence south of Baxter is being called a total loss.

A new supply of H1N1 influenza vaccine has arrived in Jasper County, and limited quantities of the vaccine are available at eight locations around the county.

Topic: Courthouse News Circuit Court : Daily Record 10-26-09 Published Online Oct 26, 2009 - 11:49 AM CIRCUIT COURT Division II Judge Steven D. Hudson Maurice L. Watkins, 64, Gilman City, pleaded guilty to speeding and was fined $28.50 and $58.50 costs.

Newton senior Nick Ellis and the Cardinal cross country teams could not run in the district/regional meets Thursday due to excessive rain across Central Iowa.

Jasper County Pheasants Forever, along with volunteers from the Jasper County Conservation Board and the Iowa DNR, hosted their Second Annual Youth Mentored Hunt on Saturday.

Cross country teams from around the state learned where they will compete for state berths at the end of the month.

The 2009 regional volleyball pairings have been announced, and Newton has been assigned to travel to Des Moines Roosevelt for its first-round match.

The Des Moines Astronomical Society will host a program titled “C.S.I. Uraniborg: Tycho and Kepler” presented by Dr.

Additional contest results from the 2009 Iowa State Fair have been released, and results for Jasper County winners are as follows: • Tim Dee of Baxter placed 12th in the Yorkshire gilts category of the Iowa State Fair Yorkshire swine show.

Margot VanHouweling's llamas Here are more results of Jasper County residents in competition at the 2009 Iowa State Fair: • Margot VanHouweling's llamas, Sleepy Hollow's Jellie and her first offspring, Jellie's Jem, both stood first in their respective halter classes at the Iowa State Fair Llama Show.

Baxter, Ia. - The Iowa State Patrol arrested a Cambridge man in a fatal hit-and-run crash near Baxter on Saturday.

A reckless driver was located and taken into custody by the Iowa State Patrol Saturday night, hours after the driver fled the scene of a fatal crash five miles west of Baxter in Jasper County.

The Iowa State Patrol and Jasper County Sheriff's Office are investigating a fatal accident near Baxter.

WILLIAM a oeBILLa SECOR SR. Article Photos William "Bill" Secor, Sr., 88 of Fort Dodge, died Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at the Fort Dodge Trinity Regional Medical Center.

No one was injured in a fire that gutted a Colfax home Thursday afternoon, Firefighters from Colfax, Baxter, Mingo and Prairie City responded to a call of a house fire around 1 p.m. on Thursday at 108 N. Lincoln St.

Due to a problem with the postal service, many invitations to Baxter High School alumni for the annual banquet and reunion were not delivered.

Absentee ballots for the upcoming May 19 Baxter special city election are now available, according to Dennis K. Parrott, Jasper County auditor and commissioner of elections.

For several years, the city of Baxter has had problems with flooding, particularly at the Baxter School and the city park nearby.