Union leaders say the board of supervisors have made an "aggressive and targeted attack" by stripping Jasper County union employees of all their previous contract provisions except wages, but ...

There’s a new face in the Jasper County Circuit Clerk’s Office. Previous officeholder Melissa Holcomb stepped down from the ...

The two neighboring Johnson County cities have been embroiled in an extended legal ... Tiffin argued the jagged land near the intersection with Jasper Ave. NW, which sits a few thousand feet from ...

Jasper County board members heard that their Courthouse Committee reviewed a second design for the new Courthouse building. Committee members indicated the ADG and Stone and Waggoner could possibly ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Jasper County Commissioners Court Tuesday approved Sheriff Chuck Havard’s plan to renegotiate contracts with area jails to house prisoners. Havard told commissioners the county reaped a total of ...

4-H ENROLLMENT: 4-H families in Jasper County are reminded they can enroll their 4-H members into the program at v2.4honline.com. For more information, contact the Jasper County 4-H Extension Office ...

Jasper County — The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office teamed up with the U.S. Marshals Service to capture a fugitive wanted on a 2019 felony warrant for Indecency With a Child. Sheriff Chuck Havard says ...

Donald Davis, 58, of Lafayette, was arrested by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department on a court order. Thomas A. DeCola, 40, of San Pierre, was arrested by the Rensselaer Police Department for ...

Jan. 1—CARTHAGE, Mo. — The last 2024 meeting of the Jasper County Commission included a farewell for Darieus Adams, who has served as Western District commissioner since 2004. A number of ...

JASPER COUNTY, Iowa — Jasper County Emergency Management Agency secured $8,000 from the board of supervisors on Oct. 8 to go towards EMT training for individuals selected by the region’s ...