THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025 • VOLUME N0. 124 • ISSUE NO. 35 • 1 SECTION • 12 PAGES
Serving Colfax • Mingo • Baxter • Western Jasper County
‘LET’S GET OUTTA HERE!’
Baxter’s Class of 2025 celebrates graduation May 18
Jamee A. Pierson/Jasper County Tribune On a picture perfect day, 38 Baxter seniors crossed the stage to become the newest graduating class. Friends and family filled the gym to watch as the Class of 2025 became the latest Bolt alumni.
Colfax opts for advanced life support agreement with sheriff’s office
Sheriff’s office and Baxter school district team up to fund SRO position
Jasper County paramedics will respond to EMS calls when available or required
Deputy likely to be assigned to the newly established role sometime this summer By Christopher Braunschweig Jasper County Tribune Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office and the Baxter school district have formed a partnership to provide a dedicated school resource officer to students and staff. Supervisors approved the 28E agreement between the sheriff ’s office and school district at their April 25 meeting. Sheriff Brad Shutts said this SRO project has been in the works for more than a year, and it has finally come to fruition in part due to a $125,000 grant from the fed-
eral government over three years. “Some of the stipulations were we had to be primary agency, which now we are in Baxter,” Shutts said, referring to an agreement approved in February that authorized a deputy to provide 40-hoursa-week law enforcement services to Baxter, which has been without a police department for some time. Federal grant money will only provide a little more than $41,000 each year. The school district will allocate SRO | 3
By Christopher Braunschweig Jasper County Tribune Colfax followed in Baxter’s footsteps last month and formed an agreement with Jasper County Sheriff ’s Office to receive advanced life support (ALS) services and allow for more consistent paramedic-level care during emergency calls, particularly in the more rural areas of town. Sheriff Brad Shutts said the 28E agreement works similarly with the contract drafted for Baxter. In the event the sheriff ’s office provides the only medic on a transport, then Colfax authorizes the county to bill for services. If the county receives
Christopher Braunschweig/Jasper County Tribune Deputy paramedics for the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office will be obligated to provide ALS services when available and when required or requested by Colfax.
payment, then the county will reimburse Colfax $150. According to the resolution included in the supervisors agenda documents, Colfax and Jasper County acknowledge it is in the best interest of all service providers to provide assistance and support for the operation of ALS services when the
sheriff ’s office’s ALS deputies take over primary care for the patient. Jasper County is now obligated to provide ALS services when available and when required or requested by Colfax. The sheriff ’s office shall also ALS | 3
Jasper County veterans arrive in droves for recognition day at State Capitol
REMEMBERING THEIR ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
Ceremony stresses importance of honoring service 50 years after Vietnam War ended
National Police Week Ceremony pays tribute to officers who died while serving their communities By Christopher Braunschweig Jasper County Tribune
By Christopher Braunschweig Jasper County Tribune Everywhere you looked you saw a Jasper County veteran. They arrived to the Iowa State Capitol on a pair of buses. Several others drove their own vehicles with families or were chauffeured with a son or daughter. Many wore red or yellow T-shirts with the words “Jasper County Veteran” stitched over their hearts. It is estimated about a hundred veterans from Jasper County attended the Iowa Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day on May 14. The annual ceremony takes place on the south side of the capitol grounds near the
Jasper County law enforcement officers participated in the Na-
tional Police Week Ceremony on May 15 in the town square of Newton. Every year, law CEREMONY | 3
Christopher Braunschweig/Jasper County Tribune Veterans from Jasper County board a bus to attend the Iowa Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day ceremony on May 14 at the Iowa State Capitol grounds in Des Moines.
Iowa Vietnam War Memorial Wall. Local veterans say it is quite the ordeal and it draws big crowds. “I’ve been there once before,” said Vietnam veteran David Elliott. “We go out there and they have someone come in to give a CONTACT US
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Local law enforcement participate in the National Police Week Ceremony on May 15 at the Jasper County Courthouse in Newton.
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