Category: Community

Ann Crooker St. Clair Chapter NSDAR recently received a proclamation from Mayor Mike Schutzbach stating December 15th as Ann Crooker St. Clair Day. The chapter will be celebrating their 120th anniversary with a chapter party. The chapter was founded by Mary Lloyd Crooker on December 11, 1902. It was named after

The Embarras River Basin Agency Inc will be distributing federal surplus commodities on December 8, at 904 W. Jourdan St. in Newton. After hours distribution is from 4 pm to 6 pm while supplies last. Please bring bags to pick up commodities. For those unable to come to the “after

See below for the City of Newton Agenda for December 6th.  

County Engineer Andrew Deters would like the community to be aware of the upcoming road closures for the guardrail construction project. The contractor intends to resume work next week and the work will require road closures with plans to close the roads at approximately 6 am with the roads closed

See below for the December 2022 through March 2023 Solid Waste Schedule for Jasper County.

Scott Avenue Christian Church will hold their December food pantry distribution on Thursday, December 8th at 5:30 pm. See below for more details.

Jasper County Board Minutes COUNTY OF JASPER NEWTON, ILLINOIS County Office Building 204 W Washington St, Newton, IL 62448 November 17th , 2022 The County Board met in regular session on Thursday, November 17th , 2022. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by proclamation according to law

The Jasper County Jr High 7th graders defeated Teutopolis Junior High to advance to sectional play at Paris Mayo Middle School on November 30th at 6:30 pm where they will face Paris Mayo.