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Court was first held in Jasper County in 1846 in a one-room addition to the log cabin of Matthew D. Springer. [3] The first courthouse was built of lumber in 1847; it was 30 by 18 feet (9.1 by 5.5 m) and cost a total of $87.50. That courthouse was later moved to a farm near Newton.
Iowa District Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Iowa.. They have original jurisdiction in civil cases with any amount in controversy; felony criminal cases, domestic relations, family law, and cases involving minors cases (including adoption, dependency, juvenile delinquency, and probate cases).
Jasper County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,813. [1] The county seat is Newton. [2] The county was organized in 1846 and is named after Sergeant William Jasper, a Revolutionary War hero. [3] Jasper County is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area. [4]
Newton is the county seat of, and most populous city in, Jasper County, Iowa, United States. [2] Located 30 miles (48 km) east of Des Moines, Newton is in Central Iowa. [3] As of the 2020 Census, the city population was 15,760. [4] It is the home of Iowa Speedway and Maytag Dairy Farms.
Electric bicycles and scooters - and complaints about careless riders - are growing more common, officials said. Here's what they plan to do.
Jul. 28—To avoid any misinterpretations or infringements of constitutional rights, Newton is in the process of deleting code language that considers "male or female impersonators" as adult ...
The council also moved ahead with a $51,000 plan to equip its own auto garage, in a bid to save money on repairs.
This is a list of Iowa county courthouses. Each county in Iowa has a city that is the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse, except for Lee County , which has two county seats and two county courthouses.