Fairfield News

The city of Fairfield?s street department and Jefferson County?s road department will close 32nd Street between Libertyville Road and Business Highway 34 on Tuesday to conduct road repairs.Residents in this area will be allowed to travel to and from their homes; however, delays should be expected. All other traffic will not be allowed until road repairs have been completed.Barring unforeseen complications, work ...

Sunday will be the last time Fairfield High School?s seniors walk across Trojan Stadium as members of the student body.FHS graduation will commence at 2 p.m. that day in the stadium, if weather permits. In the event of rain, the ceremony will be in the school?s gymnasium.Senior Dakota Andersen will address his classmates and the audience as the featured student speaker. Also delivering speeches are English and ...

U.S. Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa visited Fairfield High School?s new 21st Century Room today where he fielded questions from a few dozen high school students.Grassley began his talk by encouraging the students to think about becoming a Senate intern, and mentioned that many of his staffers were once interns, too. He said the reason he was able to speak at the school is because the Senate is not in ...

Sieda Community Action hosted a community relations group meeting Wednesday afternoon at the Jefferson County Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Office.The meeting was intended to inform local organizations as well as community members about Sieda?s services and offerings to residents who are slightly above, at or below the poverty level.?We started these meetings in April, and we?ve been working our ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following incidents logged into dispatch: Wednesday9:35 a.m. ? Quality Quick Stop advised that a subject driving a white/gold early 2000 model Cadillac drove off without paying for gas. The license plate number was unknown. The vehicle was last seen headed east.10:25 a.m. ? John Greco, 53, was cited for no seatbelt.12:52 p.m. ? A citizen advised that someone stole ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? A divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday banned judges from imposing life prison sentences without the possibility of parole on juveniles convicted of first-degree murder. The court ruled 4-3 that the sentence amounts to cruel and unusual punishment under the Iowa Constitution. Even juveniles who commit the most heinous crimes should someday have the option of proving to the Iowa Board of Parole ...

NEWTON (AP) ? An Iowa couple faces child endangerment and drug charges after police say they were caught riding in a vehicle driven by a 13-year-old. The Newton Daily News reports that 51-year-old Paul Deaton and 48-year-old Jacqualine Deaton of Colfax were arrested after the vehicle was stopped around 2:15 p.m. Sunday. Authorities say a Jasper County sheriff?s deputy noticed a heavy odor of marijuana coming ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Johnson County officials say they aren?t surprised that a new study has recognized the county as a hot spot for organic food. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that a Pennsylvania State University study released Wednesday by agricultural economist Ted Jaenicke named Johnson County and five other Iowa counties as organic hot spots. They were identified as having high levels of organic agricultu...

WEST DES MOINES (AP) ? West Des Moines police say they have charged a bus driver with having a gun on school grounds. The incident began about noon Wednesday when police say Des Moines police Capt. Mike Hoffman was driving an unmarked car and a private bus started tailgating him on Interstate 235. Police say the bus driver honked his horn and flashed his lights before passing the officer. Hoffman followed the ...

DUBUQUE (AP) ? Community leaders are calling for unity in Dubuque after two crosses were found burned, echoing a spate of similar hate crimes more than two decades ago. Officials released few new details about the incident during a press conference Thursday, the Telegraph Herald reports. The crosses were found Wednesday around 9 a.m., more than four hours after emergency dispatchers received a call about ...

Brent Zogg, kneeling, and Greg Miller of Zogg and Associates work with Jefferson County Conservation staff Shawn Morrissey, Butch Martin and Bob Leazer, at the top of the slide, on a piece of new playground equipment being constructed in the picnic area at Jefferson County Park. The Iowa-based firm specializes in playground construction. In an earlier interview with The Ledger, Jefferson County Conservation Board ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following incidents logged into dispatch: Thursday9:28 a.m. ? A no-injury accident occurred between Sixth Street and Fillmore Avenue. Juliet Ann Jarmosco sideswiped Rachel Taryn Bringman causing less than $1,500 in damages.12:33 p.m. ? A no-injury accident occurred the Behner Funeral Home parking lot. Madelyn Smith rear-ended Elizabeth Hickenbottom.5:34 p.m. ? A ...