Fairfield News

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President-elect Donald Trump holds stock in the company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, and pipeline opponents warn that Trump?s investments could affect any decision he makes on the $3.8 billion project as president.Trump?s 2016 federal disclosure forms show he owned between $15,000 and $50,000 in stock in Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners. That?s down from between ...

CENTRAL CITY (AP) ? Authorities say a firefighter responding to a fire in eastern Iowa has been hospitalized with a serious medical condition.The Linn County Sheriff?s Office says the firefighter was one of several emergency responders trying to put out a large fire Thursday morning at a building in Central City that houses an oil recycling business. The firefighter was transported to nearby St. Luke?s Hospital....

The Fairfield Community School Board met Monday and approved a motion to reduce spending during the next fiscal year by $850,000.School board president Philip Miller stressed the importance of the budget reduction, since the district needs to balance its budget to comply with the law. Curriculum director Marci Dunlap told the board that the district's advisory committee started an analysis of the district's ...

DUBUQUE (AP) ? A man accused of trying to abduct an 11-year-old girl as she walked home from a Dubuque school has taken a plea deal.Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports that 21-year-old Robert Robbins pleaded guilty to enticing a minor for sexual abuse or exploitation. Originally he?d been charged with kidnapping. His sentencing is set for Jan. 23.Authorities say Robbins grabbed the girl in March and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Six states lacked the legal right to challenge a California law that prohibits the sale off eggs from chickens that are not raised in accordance with strict space requirements, a federal appeals court said Thursday. The states ? Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kentucky and Iowa ? failed to show how the law would affect them and not just individual egg farmers, a unanimous three-judge ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Days before he allegedly killed two Iowa police officers, Scott Michael Greene sent a note to one of their departments apologizing for prior run-ins, saying his ?dark days? were over and praising police as ?absolute heroes.? In an online compliment form addressed to the ?many officers? of the Urbandale Police Department, the unemployed 46-year-old father wrote Oct. 29: ?I love you folks.? ?I ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following incidents logged into dispatch: Thursday7:38 a.m. ? Angelo Scharf was arrested for failure to appear.12:25 p.m. ? A no-injury accident occurred. Jenny Beatty struck a light pole behind Taco John?s.1:15 p.m. ? A theft that occurred on Broadway Avenue was reported.3:22 p.m. ? Eric Duane Salisbury, 30, was cited for expired registration and failure to obey ...

Fairfield High School was evacuated this morning due to a fire alarm.Fairfield Police Department and Fairfield Fire Department personnel arrived to locate the sensor, which had been tripped, but there was no smoke or fire.Students returned to the building.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ? Two former aides to Gov. Chris Christie were convicted Friday of creating an epic traffic jam at the George Washington Bridge for what prosecutors say was political revenge, capping a trial that cast doubt on Christie?s claims he knew nothing about the scheme. Bridget Kelly, Christie?s former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, a Christie appointee to the Port Authority of New York and ...

CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) ? Protesters ousted from private land where they tried to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline burned vehicles and built roadblocks along a North Dakota state highway where they faced off today with authorities. Officers with bullhorns commanded the protesters to leave the roadway, but the approximately two dozen people stood in defiance with their arms in the air. The ...

KEOSAUQUA ? For more than four decades, Keosauqua Fire Chief Noel Harlan has responded to the call of duty ? extinguishing fires and saving lives; but while off duty Sept. 14, 2014, the call came a lot closer to home. ?I was at home mowing the yard when the fire came into my own backyard,? Harlan said, adding that the fire originated not far from his residence. ?Being fire chief, I went down the street to ...

OTTUMWA ? With Indian Hills Community College poised to ask residents in the college?s 10-county region to vote on a bond referendum in December, IHCC President Marlene Sprouse is traveling around the region to explain the reason for the vote and how it will affect Indian Hills students. Sprouse will make a brief presentation to area voters and answer questions at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Jefferson County Service ...