Fairfield News

BUFFALO (AP) ? A mine truck driver has been killed inside a limestone mine in eastern Iowa's Scott County. Emergency crews were sent to Linwood Mining and Mineral near Buffalo a little before 10 p.m. Wednesday. Company President Jonathan Wilmshurst said Thursday that the man was found buried in rock in a remote part of the mine where no operations were underway. He was not in a vehicle. Wilmshurst says there ...

KEOSAUQUA ? Van Buren County Hospital has partnered with University of Iowa Health Care to launch the Virtual Hospitalist Service.The service provides access to hospitalists at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City via a secure telemedicine connection between both hospitals. The program aims to support local providers, enhance inpatient care, and keep patients in their local hospital.VBCH ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? A northwest Iowa man who struck five cyclists with his motorcycle several years ago is now pushing for a stricter law requiring bike lights.Daryl Hasche hit five teenage girls with his motorcycle while riding in the dark five years ago, The Des Moines Register reports. The cyclists were riding side by side, and didn?t have any lights on their bikes.?By the time my headlights hit their reflector...

A group of students at Fairfield High School have a plan to increase recycling in the building.The quartet of Kaylee Hanley, Michael Ennen, John Boatright and Briseyda Jiminez hatched the idea to put recycling tubs in as many rooms at the high school as they could. The idea began as a homework assignment for Tyler Miklo?s American Government class, but the students were genuinely interested in putting it into ...

DES MOINES ? Hull Sen. Randy Feenstra is living the dream as a Republican legislator tasked with reforming, rewriting and reducing Iowa?s income taxes.Feenstra, 47, enters his third term in the Iowa Senate next month as the newly named chairman of the Senate?s tax-writing Ways and Means Committee and part of a GOP majority that controls the Iowa Senate for the first time in a decade along with a Republican-led ...

JOHNSTON ? President-elect Donald Trump?s ?America first? economic nationalism scored well with voters, but may not play well with international trading partners, much to the detriment of Iowa, according to economists who monitor the state?s economy.The zero sum trade game ? that is, the idea that when American wins there has to be a loser -- that Trump seems to be advocating could hurt Iowa?s exports to China ...

When walking up to the entrance of Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, one might notice several signs on the door, but the green and white sticker that says ?Niche, 2017 Best Private High Schools in Iowa,? sticks out. In November, the school beat out 27 other schools across the state, when it earned a second place ranking from Niche.com, Inc., a national firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ...

DES MOINES ? Five more industrial sites in Iowa have been certified as ?development ready? by state officials, raising the hopes of officials in Forest City, Clinton, Grinnell, Waterloo and Osage of landing large projects with good-paying jobs to their communities. The announcement Monday by Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and Debi Durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority Debi ...

?The biggest thing right now, is the lack of child care,? Tammy Wetjen-Kesterson of Early Childhood Iowa told the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors during a presentation Monday. Wetjen-Kesterson said that ECI planned to partner with businesses and other local organizations, such as the Fairfield Economic Development Association to help increase service offerings in Jefferson County. Josh Laraby, FEDA?s ...

DETROIT (AP) ? General Motors will temporarily close five factories next month as it tries to reduce a growing inventory of cars on dealer lots.The factories will close anywhere from one to three weeks due to the ongoing U.S. market shift toward trucks and SUVs, spokeswoman Dayna Hart said Monday. Just over 10,000 workers will be idled.The company?s Detroit-Hamtramck factory and Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following incidents logged into dispatch: Wednesday2:56 p.m. ? Dominic Errara, 26, was cited for failure to wear a seatbelt.3:56 p.m. ? Cade Jones was cited for a school bus violation. Thursday6:36 a.m. ? George Sonnee, 41, was cited for failure to have a valid driver?s license or permit.9:58 a.m. ? Angela Helmick, 38, was cited for no valid driver?s license or ...

?We appreciate the research that he did, and we want to look a little more at those numbers and the research,? said Fairfield Community School District superintendent Laurie Noll of school board member Paul Miller?s compiled data aimed at helping the district save the money it needs to remain compliant with the state.Currently, the district needs to reduce its spending by $850,000 to remain compliant with the ...