Category: Community

Gingers’ Gardens and Gifts in conjunction with the Jasper County Chamber of Commerce held their ribbon cutting on Wednesday, September 28th. Gingers’ Gardens and Gifts is located on the west side of the square in Newton. Owners Tina and Natalie purchased the business from Diana (the owner of Buds and

There are two chances this weekend to get porkburgers in Newton! Friday lunch you can support the St. Thomas Booster Club and Saturday lunch you can support Newton’s 13U baseball team.  

UNOFFICIAL MINUTES OF THE NEWTON CITY COUNCIL 108 N. Van Buren St Newton, IL 62448 September 20, 2022 1. CALL TO ORDER: Joshua J. Kuhl, Mayor Mayor Kuhl called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE led by Alderman Eric Blake. Pledge of allegiance to the

The St. Thomas Garage Sale will be held September 29th through October 1st. See below for full information.

This week is was said to me that the marching band’s only concern is with winning and that sports were different. As a person who has watched an insane amount of both at the high school level, these two extracurricular activity groups are more similar than most might realize. The

Following is a summary of minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Education of Jasper County Community Unit School District No. 1 held in the office of the Board of Education on Monday, September 19, 2022.  Board members present were Mrs. Mandy Rieman, Mr. Bill Meinhart, Mrs. Mandi

This will be the final Ste. Marie Farmer’s Market of the 2022 season. Be sure to stop in and check out all the wonderful goodies they have!

The Newton Marching Eagles received 2nd place overall in Class 2A. The Eagles will perform at Eastern Illinois University at 5:30 on September 24th. This year’s show is titled. Twisted Love Instructors Brian Ridlen Assistant Director Jeffrey Finley Color Guard Kristie Finley and Elise Wright Battery Cheyenne Brickner Front Ensemble