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Residents urge courthouse cleanup, homelessness response and school funding during Newton City public comments
Newton City Council · March 1, 2026
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Summary
At the Sept. 9 meeting residents urged cleanup of the old courthouse, collaboration with the county on school mergers, called attention to school-lunch debt, announced a prayer walk, and urged action on vagrancy and homelessness.
During the public comment portion of the Sept. 9 Newton City Council meeting residents raised several local concerns.
Michael McRee urged the city to clean the old courthouse and suggested the city coordinate with…
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