Andy Hallman

The Fairfield Public Safety and Transportation Committee will ask the city council to consider a Social Host Ordinance to curb underage drinking.The committee met Monday and heard from Fairfield Police Chief Julie Harvey and Don Sanders of Jefferson County Alcohol Consumption Task Force told the committee about instances of adults supplying alcohol to underage children. It?s against Iowa law for an adult to give ...

Douglas Flournoy will replace Connie Boyer on the Fairfield City Council after defeating Patrick Bosold in a run-off election Tuesday.The election was extremely tight with Flournoy capturing 51 percent of the ballots cast, or 557 votes. Bosold received 530 votes. The figures are unofficial results from the Jefferson County Auditor?s Office.Flournoy won the run-off election for the at-large seat after finishing ...

The city of Fairfield and Alliant Energy are partnering to remove ash trees from the city-owned parking.Alliant Energy line clearance inspector Morgan Poole met with Fairfield public works superintendent Darrel Bisgard and city councilor Michael Halley Monday morning to discuss removing the ash trees. Some of the city?s ash trees are infected with the emerald ash borer, and the city believes it will lose all its ...

A Fairfield wastewater facility employee, Larry Hanshaw, was taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Tuesday for an injury he suffered on the job.Fairfield city administrator Kevin Flanagan said today Hanshaw is in stable condition after an accident left him with a severe head injury.Flanagan said the incident happened mid-morning Tuesday on the grounds of the wastewater treatment facility. ...

Rob Kiefer of the Fairfield Streets Department patches potholes on East Broadway Avenue in late October by spraying a mix of tar and chips into the hole. The city is done fixing potholes for the year and will take up the work again in the spring when the weather is more hospitable.

A Fairfield man is organizing a support group for adults with diabetes.Bob Byrnes has had Type I diabetes for the past 21 years. Having Type I diabetes requires him to inject himself with insulin four to five times a day because his pancreas doesn?t produce enough of it.Byrnes said he wants to start a support group because he knows from first-hand experience how difficult it is to face diabetes alone.?I?m ...

According to two foreign exchange students at the Fairfield High School, the United States is radically different from their home countries.Federico Ferretti, from Italy, and Akmaral ?Marika? Abduraimova, from Kyrgyzstan, have been in Fairfield since mid-August and they will stay here the entire school year.Ferretti comes from the city of 30,000 called Fabriano. Abduraimova grew up in a big city called Jalalabad...

The Fairfield City Council is pushing for duplexes and apartments to create separate water lines and meters for each tenant in the building.City Administrator Kevin Flanagan and water superintendent Carl Chandler explained the city?s predicament to the council. If a duplex only has one meter and one of the occupants isn?t paying for water, the city can?t shut the water off to the house because it?s not fair to ...

Opposition to bow hunting in the city limits was fairly muted at Tuesday?s city council meeting compared to what it had been two weeks prior.No one from the audience spoke against the ordinance to allow a bow hunters to hunt deer in select wooded areas on the south side of town. However, councilor John Revolinski said he was opposed to the ordinance.He was the only councilor to vote against moving the ordinance ...

LIBERTYVILLE ? The Jefferson County Attorney?s Office has decided not to try a 15-year-old female as an adult who is charged with child endangerment resulting in death.The female, Nicole Williams, is being charged in relation to the death of an infant found at her home at 703 E. Maple in Libertyville on the morning of Oct. 11.Jefferson County Assistant Attorney Pat McAvan said today he did not file a motion to ...

Gary Kessler is running to become the mayor of Fairfield.Tuesday?s election will be the first time Kessler?s name has appeared on the ballot for any elected office. People in town are more likely to know him by his nickname, ?Haystack,? or sometimes just ?Stack.? Kessler said he acquired the moniker because one of his favorite professional wrestlers is William ?Haystacks? Calhoun.Kessler has lived in Fairfield ...

Fairfield voters will decide whether to grant the city the power to enact a special levy to pay for street improvements.If approved, the levy could be as high as 67.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation, and would last 10 years before it came up for a vote again. Fairfield Mayor Ed Malloy said he expects the levy would generate about $200,000 annually.Iowa residential property owners are taxed at 52.82 ...

Fame is in store for any Fairfield resident with a camera.That is because everyone in town will have a chance to contribute to a documentary called ?A Day in the Life of Fairfield.? Professionals and amateurs alike are being asked to capture on video and in still photography anything of interest Friday. Participants will then submit their work to Burt Chojnowski, who will splice the photos and videos together ...

Three city council candidates pitched their ideas for improving Fairfield at a forum Tuesday.The forum was at the Fairfield Public Library and hosted by the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce. The three candidates present were Doug Flournoy, Patrick Bosold and Richard Walbaum. Andrew Perry is also on the ballot, although he was absent from the forum. Will Richards was a candidate but withdrew from the race ...

LIBERTYVILLE ? The 15-year-old female who was charged with child endangerment resulting in death is being held at the Lee County Juvenile Detention Center in Montrose.The girl has been charged for an incident in which a deceased infant was found in a closet at 703 E. Maple Ave. in Libertyville on Oct. 11. Authorities believe the girl gave birth to the infant the day before.Jefferson County Assistant Attorney ...