Jasper County News

An H1N1 vaccination clinic will be offered at Newton Senior High School on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon or until the supply of vaccine is gone.

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

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.

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 Office of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa will receive a portion of all sales on each Monday in November from Domino's Pizza in Newton.

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 flu virus making is making its rounds in Jasper County, but apparently it's hitting some parts of the county harder than others.

Approximately 75 citizens braved a wet and chilly Thursday evening to attend the Candidates' Forum at Newton City Hall, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Jasper County.

Iowa has maintained its runner-up position behind Texas for electricity generation by wind, according to the latest survey by the American Wind Energy Association.

Ten Jasper County students have received a scholarship from the Des Moines Area Community College Foundation for both the fall semester and spring semesters.

Jasper County's unemployment rate fell from 9.2 percent in August to 8.1 percent in September.

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.

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

Sen. Chuck Grassley's regional director, Aaron McKay, will be holding open office hours in a number of counties in Iowa, including Jasper County.

Skiff Medical Center's Wellness Team has been conditionally awarded $34,000 from the Iowa Department of Public Health “Healthy Communities Initiative” grant program to enhance the counties corporate wellness programs and services.

The Arts Connection of Jasper County will host a Fall Arts Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the main hallway of the DMACC Newton Campus.

Newton Clinic is expanding to 16 health-care providers, with the addition of nurse practitioner Jodi Holloway, ARNP, FNP-C. A Newton native, Holloway has served the citizens of Jasper County for more than 20 years and was a staff nurse at Skiff Medical Center since 1992.

With the success of the Honor Flight program to take World War II veterans to Washington D.C. to view the new memorial last summer, interest is still high in Jasper County for additional veterans to make the trip.

Dennis K. Parrott, Jasper County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections announced today that absentee ballots for the upcoming Nov.

Nelson Pioneer Farm in Oskaloosa recently hosted its third annual Old-Fashioned Fiddle Contest as part of its Pioneer Fall Festival on Saturday, Sept.