Participants also will have the opportunity on July 30 to attend an afternoon pre-conference tour featuring local food production and entrepreneurship, hosted in cooperation with the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Women in Agriculture Program.


Local winners of the 2025 Spirit of Chandy scholarship winners include Alyssa Clements of Colfax-Mingo School District and Lola Rivera of Newton Senior High School.


1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is an ongoing program at the Newton Public Library,