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Candidates set for county elections By Ty Rushing Daily News Senior Staff Writer After initially having four candidates, unofficial results indicate the race for the two open seats on the Jasper County Board of Supervisors has come down to three names — Joe Brock, Dennis Carpenter and Jeremy Heaberlin. Carpenter, Heaberlin and Jason Webster all ran in the Republican Primary and Carpenter received more than 50 percent of the votes cast. He wound up 1,257 of the 2,506 votes cast. Heaberlin secured his position in the general election with 805 votes and Webster had 435 votes, which
was just four short of the amount needed to make the general election ballot. Both Carpenter and Heaberlin were ecstatic in interviews after results came in. “I give God the praise and glory for it, and it was him that did it,” Carpenter said. “I feel blessed that Jasper County has the confidence in me to represent them as their County Supervisor. I would also like to congratulate Denny Carpenter,” Heaberlin said. “There is a lot of work ahead, and I want people to know that this is my passion. I want to be a voice for all of Jasper County. There is so much more that can be done.” Brock is currently serving as the chair for the Jasper County of Board of Super-
visors and ran opposed in the Democratic Primary. He received 95.6 percent of the vote and had 545 out of 570 votes. “I look forward to the fall election and certainly intend to work hard to be reelected,” Brock said. In the race to replace retiring incumbent Jasper County Recorder Nancy Parrott, Democrat Denise Allan secured her party’s nomination as did Republican Marshall Critchfield. Allan had 99.64 of the Democratic vote and received 559 of the 564 votes cast. COUNTY See Page 5A
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the city had acquired these properties very recently, and he didn’t find out about the back taxes until two weeks ago. Jasper County Assessor John Deegan agreed with Vos about Reasnor’s FEMA property but disagreed with Vos’ assessment of the other two properties. “These are 2012 taxes that we are talking about,” Deegan said. “These (properties) were owned by the bank in 2012. They are liable
When Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) announced he wouldn’t seek re-election for his seat in the U.S. Senate, a number of candidates took advantage of the opportunity and threw their hats in the ring. After Tuesday’s primary election, only two remained. Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) secured the Democratic nomination for Senate, receiving 530 out of 536 votes in Jasper County. “As someone who grew up in a working family in Brooklyn, Iowa, worked my way through college and law school here in Iowa, and spent my life representing people from all across our state, I’m deeply honored to win the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate tonight,” Braley said in a release. “I look forward to bringing my campaign to all corners of Iowa in the next five months to discuss my vision to improve the lives of working families and expand opportunities for all Iowans. No matter who my opponent is, I look forward to a rigorous debate about who can rise above the partisanship of Washington politics and fight for Iowa’s working families who need a strong voice in Washington.” Joni Ernst was the winner of the crowded Republican field for Senate and received 1,084 out 1,890 votes in Jasper County. She beat out Sam Clovis, 428 votes; Mark Jacobs, 206 votes; Scott Schaber, 15; and Matt Whitaker, 157 votes. “Thank you Iowa! I am humbled and honored to accept the Republican nomination for United States Senate,” Ernst wrote on her Facebook page. “Now it’s time to beat President Obama’s choice, Bruce Braley, and get this seat back into our hands. The hard work begins now — let’s send Braley home!” Incumbent U.S. Representative for Congressional District 2 Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) ran opposed in the Democratic Primary and received 537 out of 540 votes in Jasper County. “This election is about the hardworking men and women of Iowa. This election will be about protecting and expanding the middle class — the folks who work hard but are still struggling to get by,” Loebsack said in a release. “Having grown up in poverty, I know what it is like to sit around the kitchen table and make hard choices,” “That is what this election will be about. Do we want to move forward by increasing the minimum wage, securing social security and Medicare and keeping jobs here at home?” Loebsack continued. “Or do we want the extreme wing of the Republican Party to move us backward. There is a clear choice and I look forward to laying out these differences as we head into November.” Loebsack will face Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who beat out Mark Lofgren and Matthew Waldren for the Republican nomination. She received 590 votes in Jasper County, while Lofgren carried the county with 644 votes and Waldren had 357 of 1,594 Republican ballots cast in Jasper County.
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Zach Johnson/Daily News The Greater Newton Area Chamber of Commerce ambassadors watch Newton Village Executive Director and Administrator Brenda Colvin and Elim Care Chief Executive Officer Bob Dahl cut the ribbon together celebrating the grand opening of the new health care facility at Newton Village.
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By Zach Johnson Daily News Staff Writer The staff of Newton Village and their corporate office Elim Care celebrated the grand opening of the Newton Village Health Care Center with the official ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday done by the Greater Newton Area Chamber of Commerce ambassador team. “The journey goes back to about three years ago, when we started working with the state of Iowa to license the approval to build the center,” Elim Care Chief Executive Officer Bob Dahl said. “It was a significant process that took us a year to go through, which was followed by a year of planning and ended with a year of construction.” Executive Director and Administrator Brenda Colvin joined the Newton Village team in November. “I was here for the second half of the construction and now for the grand opening. It has actually been
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fantastic,” Colvin said. “The construction crew, architects and everyone has been great. I was really blessed and fortunate to walk into a project that was going really well. For me, I was really lucky.” The new addition will offer the current and future residents of Newton Village the opportunity to have all their care under one roof. “We’re so excited to be able to offer four levels of care,” Colvin said. “I look at what I would want as a senior, which I am a couple years away from, and this is where I would want to live. (We are) able to offer this and love on our residents from the day that they move in to the day they potentially pass away.” Dahl complemented Colvin’s response representing Elim Care. “I think this meets all of our expectations this represents the standard that we were trying to achieve in all of our locations,” Dahl said. “We are very pleased with the building that we have.”
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Because of the previous administration’s missteps, current Reasnor mayor Cliff Vos doesn’t believe his city should have to pay its back taxes to Jasper County on two of the three parcels of land the city is behind on. “There’s a new mayor and new council now, and we don’t feel that we should have to pay for these,” Vos told the Jasper County Board of Supervisors at Tuesday’s meeting.
Reasnor is currently behind on its county taxes for three parcels of land, which amounts to $1,498. Vos said one of the parcels should be exempt from the back taxes due to the property being under restrictions from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after flooding in the past. Vos also felt the city should be exempt from paying the taxes on the other two and he said the taxes should’ve been abated when Reasnor took possession of those parcels. He added that