Colfax News

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.

Craig Hamilton, executive director of the Jasper County Economic Development Corp., presented JEDCO's annual report for the fiscal year 2008-09 to the Jasper County Board of Supervisors at the weekly meeting Tuesday.

The following area students have been named to the Central College dean's list for the 2009 spring semester: Colfax Stuart Patterson, son of Steve and Willow Patterson, senior.

A 65-year-old rural Colfax man will be imprisoned for up to 10 years after being found guilty of two counts of vehicular homicide in connection with an accident that killed a Newton woman and a Des Moines man last April.

Community members are invited to “Music in the Park” on Sunday with Jake McVey beginning at 7 p.m. at the Anspach Stage in the Women's Club Park in Colfax.