Colfax News

Several Jasper County students have been accepted as members of Central College's Psi Sigma Tau coed fraternity.

Nine people in Jasper County are among the more than 555 Iowa taxpayers who have unclaimed tax refund checks.

The Iowa Elks and Newton Elks Lodge #1270 are collecting donated deer hides to benefit disabled veterans by providing leather to craft wheelchair gloves and other leather goods.

Two Altoona men died Wednesday in a single-vehicle car crash just outside of Colfax.

Several 4-H members from around the county recently were installed as Jasper County 4-H Council members.

With a census year coming up in 2010, the Jasper County Board of Supervisors has been asked to support efforts of the federal government in assuring that everyone in Jasper County will be accounted for.

The Reynolds Family will be featured Thursday night at the Bar None Cowboy Church.

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.

The Jasper County Agricultural Society will conduct its annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct.

Prairie City, Ia. - The torch of the Iowa tenderloin has been passed to a new generation.

On Oct. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Colfax Christian Church Community Room , Margie Johnson of Shop Talk will lead a free Regional Business Workshop about “Strategies to Revitalize your Business.” This workshop is hosted by Colfax Main Street and is sponsored by the Iowa Downtown Resource Center, within the Iowa Department ...

Last call for vegetables! The Newton Farmer's Market will wrap up its season with the final market of 2009 next Tuesday beginning at 4 p.m. at the usual location north of Center for Arts and Artists between West Fourth Street and West Third Street.

The weather was perfect for the Mineral Springs Days celebration over the weekend.

When residents lost their beloved Buddy a couple of weeks ago, the golden retriever they adopted from the Jasper County Animal Rescue League, many of them weren't sure they could ever replace him.

FFA members from across Iowa earned championship honors in the FFA Breeding Sheep Show at the 2009 Iowa State Fair.

The 2009 Colfax Mineral Springs weekend is quickly approaching. On Aug. 28 and Aug.

Colfax Mineral Springs Weekend is set for Friday, Aug. 28, and Saturday, Aug. 29. Activities on Aug.

The Pony Express Horse Show and Royalty contest recently were conducted at the Jasper County Fair in Colfax, with 54 participants competing in a total of 255 class entries.

It's time to gear up for an exciting Colfax Mineral Springs weekend on Friday, Aug.

Polk County sheriff's deputies helped nab 85 fugitives in June as part of a partnership between local law enforcement and federal authorities.