THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2025 • VOLUME N0. 124 • ISSUE NO. 43 • 1 SECTION • 6 PAGES
Serving Colfax • Mingo • Baxter • Western Jasper County
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Baxter celebrates the 90s at Baxter Fun Days 2025
Jamee A. Pierson/Jasper County Tribune The 90s were alive and well at Baxter Fun Days 2025 July 10-13. From hip hop kids to a stroll through Blockbusters, the community had a rad time at all of the events.
Start with ART Inaugural Hillbilly HeART Festival in Mingo sees hundreds visit the rural community
Art enthusiasts and cyclist all enjoyed the work on display during the inaugural Hillbilly HeART Festival July 12 in Mingo.
Colfax man’s standyour-ground defense doesn’t stick with jury Jury trial results in guilty verdict for intimidation, armed with intent charges By Christopher Braunschweig Jasper County Tribune A Colfax man who claimed he was standing his ground when he repeatedly fired a 45 caliber pistol at another man who entered his driveway last year was found guilty of intimidation with a dangerous weapon and going armed with intent during a nearly four-day jury trial last month in Jasper County. According to court documents obtained by Newton News, the jury found Norman Hopkins displayed a dangerous weapon in a threatening manner during an altercation with Ryan Doty, of Altoona, back on June 5, 2024. Hopkins was also charged with two counts of assault but was found not guilty of those offenses. Newton News previously reported that at about 4:50 p.m. June 5, 2024, the sheriff ’s office received a call about gunshots fired at an individual during a domestic altercation. Hopkins fired several rounds
from his Glock pistol at Doty, who arrived to the residence in a blue Ford truck. Hopkins claimed he was acting in self-defense. In Iowa, individuals are justified in using reasonable force when a a person reasonably believes that such force is necessary to defend oneself or another from any actual or imminent use of unlawful force. However, the state argued he was not acting in self-defense. Doty had made threats to the mother of his children, who happened to be living with her mother and step-father, Hopkins, at the time. Doty eventually entered the property driving his truck, but he was not justified in doing so since there was a no-contact order placed against him. Local authorities charged Doty with two counts of violation of a no-contact order at the time of the incident, which are simple misdemeanors. He was also charged with an arrest DEFENSE | 3 CONTACT US
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Mutton but love for ewes
Meet Jasper County Sheep Queen Hailey Dodge By Jamee A. Pierson Jasper County Tribune Tell us a little about yourself: My name is Hailey Dodge and I spend my summers in Newton since my dad is stationed in the military in Fort Hood, Texas. I am 14 years old and will be a sophomore in high school. I am also in the Sherman Sunbeams 4H group. I started showing sheep when I was four. This will be my tenth year. I work my animals every day from May to the fair. In the spring for spring break I come up and help with lambing. What is your favorite part of caring for them? My favorite part of caring for my sheep in my opinion is in the spring when I have to feed the bottle lambs. They seem all excited to get a bottle it makes me very happy. How do you prepare them to show? To prepare my sheep to show I first start off with halter breaking them to lead so they can lead around the show ring with ease. The second step would be to wash the sheep close to the show date. I normally wash them about a week out so it give me time to fit the sheep out.
Submitted Photo 2025 Jasper County Sheep Queen Hailey Dodge’s favorite part of caring for her animals is bottle feeding the lambs in the spring.
Shaw The third Media step would be to fit them out so they can look there in the ring. All while feeding them the proper diet of course. Do you have any funny stories with your animal? My est. 1851
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first year of 4H I was showing in a junior showmanship. I was walking my yearling ewe around when she spooked and ran away dragging me SHEEP | 3
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