Two central Iowa school districts say an education spending package passed by the Iowa House Thursday is not enough.

The following personnel items are from the Jan. 20 agenda of the Central-DeWitt School Board. The School Board met at the Middle School Media Center, 425 E. 11th St., DeWitt, Iowa.

A Newton juvenile has been accused of making threats on a school bus. Newton police say he was making statements about targeted violence against a specific group and threatened to bring a gun to ...

A student at Newton High School was taken into custody after making threats of violence toward a specific group and saying he would bring a gun to school the next day. The Newton Police Department ...

A Newton student has been taken into custody for allegedly making threats to bring a gun to school. The Newton Police Department said it was contacted around 4:12 p.m. on ...

Disagreements over the approval of Newton's 2025-2026 school year calendar — which narrowly passed in a 4-3 vote — largely focused on combining spring break and Easter break, professional development ...

A road rage incident on I-80 led to a shooting Sunday night and the arrest of a semi driver. Patrick Miller, 56 of Malvern, ...

TAMA — It was a tough end to the season for the Newton girls wrestling team. The Cardinals went up against a tough regional ...

Newton-Conover City Schools held its 2024-25 spelling bee on Jan. 24 at Newton-Conover Middle School. Newton-Conover Middle School student Larry Velasco Mendoza won by spelling successfully the wo ...

A new legislative bill has been filed in the Iowa House to establish a School ... The bill emphasizes that the school will "create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry ...