Fairfield News

The fireworks ordinance resurfaced once again during discussions at Monday's Fairfield City Council meeting.The council agreed to bring back an amendment to the ordinance that had gone through two readings before it was tabled in February. The amendment would have reduced the number of days to discharge fireworks from nine days around Independence Day to only one, July 4. It would reduce the allowable days ...

OTTUMWA ? The Ottumwa Police Department responded to a car theft Monday night, and later learned that the stolen car was involved in a car accident in which two people died.According to a press release from the Ottumwa Police Department, officers responded to the 1800 block of Greenwood Drive at 7:46 p.m. after hearing a pizza delivery driver had been robbed. The victim was a 21-year-old man from Ottumwa, who ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte attacked Canada's Justin Trudeau at the end of a summit of Asian and Western nations for raising questions about his war on drugs, a topic skirted by other leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump.At the traditional news conference by the host nation at the end of the summit on Tuesday, Duterte was asked how he had responded to the Canadian prime ...

The Fourth of July is Tuesday, so many offices, businesses and services will be closed to observe the holiday.Some offices in the Jefferson County Courthouse will be closed Monday. Call ahead to check.City, county, state and federal offices will be closed Tuesday.No congregate meals will be served Tuesday at the Fairfield Senior Citizen Center.No summer meals will be served by the Fairfield Community School ...

Jefferson County Attorney Tim Dille said that, 52-year-old Matt Murphy of Packwood, who was recently convicted of second-degree sexual abuse involving a minor in 2016, would not face a jury on a second, separate sexual misconduct charge that occurred in 2003.Murphy?s latest sexual assault case involving a girl under the age of 12, who was sexually assaulted last year after spending the night at his home for a ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following incidents logged into dispatch: Tuesday12:06 p.m. ? Walmart on Burlington Avenue advised of suspicious activity.12:47 p.m. ? A citizen advised of harassment.1:43 p.m. ? A citizen advised of harassment.6:47 p.m. ? A citizen advised of a theft in the 100 block of North Court Street.7:44 p.m. ? Dylan Tyrone Miller, 26, of Ottumwa was cited for driving ...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) ? For all the ways the judge in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial has streamlined the case inside the courtroom, the frenzy outside grows larger and wilder each day of jury deliberations.The media presence, large but manageable during five days of testimony last week, has ballooned as the verdict seems near. In a staging area where celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred and others have been speaking ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following incidents logged into dispatch: Wednesday8:32 a.m. ? Casey?s General Store on Burlington Avenue reported receiving counterfeit money.9:06 a.m. ? Roosevelt Community Recreation Center advised of a theft. The case is currently under investigation.10 a.m. ? Michael Austin, 32, of Solon was cited for striking an unattended vehicle.10:36 a.m. ? Officers are ...

Pilot Grove Savings Bank has donated $1,000 to the Packwood Ball Association. Pictured are, from left, Coach Beth Guise, Coach Chris Gentry, Coach Chad Bemis, President Nick Martin, Pilot Grove Savings Bank Representative Sheri Oostra and Coach Jared Schultz.

The Kermit and Janet Hinshaw children, Emily Emonin, Korwin Hinshaw and Sallie Hayes are donating a recently completed shelter building in the Richland town square in memory of their parents. The children are hosting a special event in the structure to dedicate it at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 11. All friends of the Hinshaw family and Richland are invited to attend.A meal, dedication ceremony and evening family ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has named Republican attorney Adam Gregg as her administration?s No. 2 leader while seeking to avoid a lawsuit over whether she has the power to name a new lieutenant governor.Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller advised this month that the Iowa Constitution would not give Reynolds the power to name a new lieutenant governor after she succeeded Gov. Terry Branstad.Mille...

Many area businesses, schools and government offices will be closed Monday in observance of Memorial Day.No postal service will be available, and no mail will be delivered Monday.Garbage collection in Fairfield will be delayed by one day all week. Residents who have a Monday collection date will have their trash picked up on Tuesday. Those with a Tuesday collection date will have theirs picked up on Wednesday, ...