Department of Commerce, Newton Correctional Facility, FY 2007

These Facts sheets have been developed to provide a multitude of information about executive branch agencies/departments on a single sheet of paper. The Facts provides general information, contact information, workforce data, leave & benefits information, and affirmative action data. This is the most recent update of information for the fiscal year 2007.

Department of Commerce, Newton Correctional Facility, FY 2008

These Facts sheets have been developed to provide a multitude of information about executive branch agencies/departments on a single sheet of paper. The Facts provides general information, contact information, workforce data, leave & benefits information, and affirmative action data. This is the most recent update of information for the fiscal year 2007.

Reaudit report on Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009

Reaudit report on Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009

Audit report on the City of Newton, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on the City of Newton, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report on the City of Newton, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the City of Newton, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2013

Audit report on the City of Newton, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2014

Audit report on the City of Newton, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2014

Iowa Workforce Monthly, January 2010, Issue 12

Highlights: * Over 150 participants attended a valuable career development seminar on January 26th titled “Rise Above the Crowd - Getting Hired in Today’s Economy.”..........................pg. 2 * Joanne McKeog sent a letter in December thanking the New Iowan Center for the services they provide..........................pg. 2 * Scott Shaw, an ex-offender, went to the Newton Workforce Center and tested for the Career Readiness Certificate..........................pg. 2 * Iowa’s Unemployment Insurance Tax program is getting a new online filing system, called My Iowa UI..........................pg. 3 * The Davenport Veteran’s Outreach Program Representative presented a $500 donation check to help the Humility of Mary Shelter in helping veterans..........................pg. 3

Violator Program: Community Aftercare is Key, Data Download, Iowa Department of Corrections, November 2008

Through an act of the Iowa Legislature, the Violator Program came into existence some 20 years ago, the purpose of which was to provide an alternative to long-term imprisonment for those offenders whose probation/parole had been suspended. This 4-6 month program is currently administered at three locations: Luster Heights, Newton Correctional Release Center,and the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women.

A LIBRARY IN THE MAKING: Pioneer History of the Territorial and State Library of Iowa,October 1912

The discovery of early manuscript reports of Territorial and State Librarians, buried in the mass of old official papers transferred from the several departments of State to the new Department of Archives in the Historical Building, has suggested the propriety of completing as far as possible, the historical record of Iowa's State Library, "from the earliest period to the present time." After a thorough research through the papers on file in the Archives Department, the published Journals and departmental reports in the State Library and documents and private papers loaned me by Mr. Newton R. Parvin, librarian of the Iowa Masonic Library, Cedar Rapids. I am now able to present the following historical sketch, Supplemented by the hitherto unpublished papers referred to this filling a gap in the history of a State institution which from very small beginnings has grown to large proportions and has made for itself a firm place in the respect and esteem of every citizen of Iowa.

The Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative (PRI) Grant Program Iowa Department of Correctional Services, January 2, 2007

The Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC) and the Department of Human Rights, Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning (CJJP) entered into a contract for services from January 2, 2007 to June 30, 2008 for the purposes of assisting in the evaluation component for the two-year Prison Re-Entry Initiative (PRI) grand awarded to the DOC by the U.S. Office of Justice Programs. The PRI grant period ran from July 2006 through June 2008 and included two primary components. First, all PRI participants returning to Polk County would participate in a Lifeskills curriculum offered through the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) at four Iowa prison institutions located at Mitchellville, Newton, Fort Dodge and Rockwell City. Second, all PRI participants returning to Polk County would be referred to The Directors Council (TDC) for cmmunity-based wrap-around services.

Iowa Field Conference on "D"-Cracking: Nov. 20 & 21, 1967

During the summer of 1963 the Materials Department noted the three to four ·year old concrete pavement on I-80 in Cass County was showing extensive surface cracking adjacent to joints and cracks. An examination of the pavement and a few cores from the cracked areas was made by the I.S.H.C. Materials Department and later by David Stark of the P.C.A. Additional surveys were conducted on other concrete pavement made with coarse aggregate from similar rock from two different sources. Blue-line cracking was found on some primary pavement and the indications of incipient cracks were seen on I-29 in Pottawattamie County, north of Council Bluffs. A good "D"-crack pattern is now evident. Surveys were then made of the entire Interstate concrete pavement. No other sections of Interstate were "D"-cracking, although some sections showed joint discoloration. None of these pavements, including the discolored sections, contained "D"-crack associated aggregates. At the same time as the Interstate survey additional pavements and sources were checked. Some "D"-cracking was noticed on certain sections of primary pavement 5-10 years old, in the vicinity of Waterloo and Cedar Rapids. The "D"-cracked pavement was from three aggregate sources, the Newton, Otis, and Burton Ave. quarries. Other pavements in this area that were older or from· different· coarse aggregate sources were not "D"-cracked. We believe that all the "D"-cracking is related, although dedolomitization is probably involved in the intermediate dolomite rocks.

Service Station Sales in Eight Iowa Cities, 1963

What is the trend in service station sales and how does a change in the traffic pattern affect this trend? This report is a study of service station sales in eight Iowa cities that are experiencing changes in traffic patterns. The cities are: 1. Albia 2. Boone 3. Chariton 4. Decorah 5. Grinnell 6. Jefferson 7. Newton 8. Stuart. The Interstate Highway by-passes Newton, Grinnell and Stuart. Primary highways are being relocated around Boone, Decorah, and Albia. Primary highway relocations have been completed around Chariton and Jefferson.