Jasper County's annual round of budget talks has begun. The Board of Supervisors heard presentations of fiscal year 2010-11 budgets from a number of county departments Thursday afternoon.

State officials have announced the motor vehicle fatality total for 2009 has fallen to a 60-year low, saying much of the success is due to efforts of local, county and state law enforcement.

The Prairie City First Reformed Church will host a winter musical program beginning at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

No one was injured in a fire this morning that destroyed a rural Jasper County home northeast of Prairie City.

Last week, the Jasper County Board of Supervisors awarded the designation of official newspaper for the county, and with it the right to publish the county's legal notices, to the Newton Daily News, Jasper County Tribune and Diamond Trail News.

Agenda items include a 2010-2011 budget alignment update, naming of the stadium locker room facility, approval of a Sunday facility rental request for the Jasper County 4-H Dodgeball Tournament on Jan.

Jasper County Emergency Management's new CodeRED warning system is a huge leap in functionality over the county's previous phone warning system.

Shows run now through Jan. 24. Based on the Disney film, the stage version of “The Lion King” brings the animals to life with elaborate costumes.

The Jasper County Board of Supervisors is acknowledging that finding a replacement for County Engineer Jim Christensen may take awhile.

A Prairie City & Monroe Community Blood Drive is scheduled for 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan.

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.

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

Business description: Sisters of the Heart Tearoom serves loose leaf teas, lunch and homemade desserts Wednesday through Saturday, with private parties for 12 to 50 people outside our regular business hours.

Breaded pork tenderloins are no laughing matter in the largest pork producing state in the nation.

Iowa farm fields dried out Friday and farmers hope that the corn and soybeans that are still in the fields will follow.

In addition to celebrating two years of successful business in Prairie City this month, sisters Jorene and Rae Ann King recently opened Nellie's Nook, a gift shop featuring items from Iowa businesses and artists.

The Prairie City Church of the Brethren will host a soup supper Saturday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. as a fundraiser for the youth attending the National Youth Conference in July 2010.

Prairie City, Ia. - A classic autumn sunset fell over Dean Taylor's left shoulder as he steered his semi-trailer truck filled with corn north along a Jasper County road to the Heartland Co-op elevator.

The Forgiven Quartet will perform at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at the Christian Reformed Church at 608 E. Sixth St.

Longtime volunteer Samantha 'Sam' Dewey plans to rise around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, then work at the 18th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Des Moines until about 2 p.m. 'Afterward, I help pick it all up and when we're all done, I go home and take a nap,' she said.