Newton Daily News

The Newton Daily News is a newspaper that comes out twice a day on weekdays, and it is located in Newton, Iowa. Its primary print edition is released in the afternoons from Monday to Friday. This publication is owned by Shaw Media.

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Music is life

5 days ago | newtondailynews.com | Jamee A. Pierson

Making beautiful noise sound like music is the challenge set out for Colfax-Mingo teacher Tyler Harper. In his first year at C-M, Harper teaches 306 general music and 7-12 choir at the junior-senior high school. “Kids are amazing,” Harper said. “I get to see them learn and grow over the years and be a little part of who they become. It is enormously rewarding in that aspect.”Harper isn’t new to teaching, he is in his 23rd year in the profession.
Making learning fun

5 days ago | newtondailynews.com | Jamee A. Pierson

This isn’t the first time PCM Middle School science teacher Ashley Van Wyngarden has taught in the district. Van Wyngarden dipped her toes in teaching at PCM as an associate while it college before taking a full time position five years into her career. “I worked here as an associate and also subbed in most of the buildings, so PCM has felt familiar for quite some time,” Van Wyngarden said.
Taylor McDonnell keeps students’ social-emotional development in the forefront

5 days ago | newtondailynews.com | Christopher Braunschweig

Taylor McDonnell wishes she could have a wand to magically fix all the troubles her students face inside and outside Woodrow Wilson Elementary, but even so that doesn’t stop her from being their biggest champion that will work tirelessly to set them up for success academically, socially and, most important, emotionally.
Jensen Pauley is instructing her students in the same building she attended elementary

5 days ago | newtondailynews.com | Christopher Braunschweig

Jensen Pauley is building her teaching career in the same place she learned to love school. After working two years at Thomas Jefferson Elementary, this year is her first teaching kindergarten at Woodrow Wilson Elementary, her alma mater. Her perspective as a student has been invaluable when connecting with her kids.
Kara Avis starts students off right with early academics and learning school functions

5 days ago | newtondailynews.com | Christopher Braunschweig

Kara Avis is getting closer to her most dreaded time of the school year: the end. The kindergarten teacher at Woodrow Wilson Elementary will soon say goodbye to her students. It’s never easy, but it’s never hard either. Yes, parting ways is tough, but it would be tougher knowing they were leaving unprepared. Well, that would not happen in Avis’ classroom. There are just as many times students get to be silly as there are times for serious instruction.
Jasper County considers reclassifying portion of N. 75th Ave. W. to Level B road

6 days ago | newtondailynews.com | Christopher Braunschweig

Another small portion of a granular road in Jasper County may get reclassified from a Level A road to a Level B road, which will ultimately limit how often the street is maintained by engineer’s office crews and prohibit new rock from being added to the surface. But first the county has to get through its public hearings.
Residential developer eyes D&D lots to build homes for seniors and veterans

6 days ago | newtondailynews.com | Christopher Braunschweig

Six single-family homes could be constructed on city-owned D&D lots so long as the developer is awarded funds from the Federal Home Loan Bank Homebuyer program. If Paramount Development grant is successful in obtaining its grant, the homes will target people with lower incomes, senior citizens and veterans. Jerry Floyd of Paramount Development told members of the Newton City Council that he won’t know until December whether he received the awarded funds.
PCM girls finish second at Knoxville, fourth at conference tournament

1 week ago | newtondailynews.com | Troy Hyde

KNOXVILLE — Gretchen Uitermarkt, Emilyn Davis and Seriah Nolin were separated by two shots during a quadrangular hosted by Knoxville on Monday. The PCM girls golf team placed second overall because Pella took the first five spots in the standings. The Mustangs shot 207 at Pine Knolls Golf Club, but the Lady Dutch won the meet with a 180. Knoxville shot 258 and Saydel did not have enough golfers for a team score. Uitermarkt led the Mustangs with a 50.
PCM boys win third straight HOIAC championship

1 week ago | newtondailynews.com | Troy Hyde

STATE CENTER — None of the six golfers in PCM’s boys lineup shot career-best rounds during the Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference tournament on Tuesday. But the Mustangs still found a way to win their third straight conference title at Lincoln Valley Golf Course. Jeffery McDanel was the runner-up medalist, Tate Tangeman placed sixth and Easton Van Veen was eighth as PCM shot 316 and edged Class 3A Nevada (318) by two strokes.
Newton girls finish fifth at LHC tournament

1 week ago | newtondailynews.com | Troy Hyde

PELLA — The Newton girls tennis team played to its seeds in three of its four brackets during the Little Hawkeye Conference tournament on Wednesday. The Cardinals moved up one spot to fifth in the final standings after Morgan Frehse and Emersyn Gross played one slot above their seed. Newton scored 28 points in fifth but trailed Norwalk (32) and Indianola (32) by just four points in the final standings.