Fairfield News

ALTAMONT, N.Y. (AP) ? As white-nose syndrome kills millions of bats across North America, there?s a glimmer of hope at hibernation spots where it first struck a decade ago: Some bats in some caves are hanging on.Researchers trying to figure out why winter populations of bats in some hibernation sites appear to have stabilized are studying everything from behavior to cave conditions. Their answers about the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Pentagon said Friday it was moving to increase the number of American forces in Iraq and announced that U.S. forces have killed the Islamic State?s finance minister. ?We are systematically eliminating ISIL?s cabinet,? Defense Secretary Ash Carter said. Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said recommendations on ways to increase U.S. support for Iraq?s ground fight ...

MT. PLEASANT ? Today, Republican Rep. Dave Heaton of Mt. Pleasant announced he will be running for re-election to the Iowa House in District 84 which encompasses all of Henry County as well as portions of Washington, Jefferson and Lee counties. Heaton served in the United States Army Reserve 872nd Ordinance Company, is a former public school teacher and owned and operated the Iris Restaurant in Mt. Pleasant. He ...

This morning, the Fairfield Police Department received several calls in reference to criminal mischief Thursday night to vehicles in the area between 500 North Main Street and 200 West Broadway Street in Fairfield. The victim?s vehicles had tires slashed and paint keyed. The police department is requesting assistance to identify suspects. Those who might have seen something suspicious Thursday night or Friday ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? A Texas company is asking utility regulators to expedite a permit to build the Bakken oil pipeline through 18 counties in Iowa, including Jefferson and Van Buren counties. Last week, the Iowa Utilities Board voted unanimously to approve plans by Dakota Access LLC for a pipeline that would transport up to 570,000 barrels of crude oil daily from North Dakota?s Bakken oil fields to Patoka, ...

Fairfield resident Bob Krause today announced that he will file for the Democratic nomination for Iowa?s United States Senate seat currently held by Republican Chuck Grassley. The filing will be with the Iowa Secretary of State in Des Moines and places him on the June 7 primary ballot. Krause?s filing contains 9,761 signatures for all 99 counties. A total of 2,104 signatures are required to get on the primary ...

The city of Fairfield?s personnel committee met March 1 to discuss the city?s plans about hiring a full-time driver for the Fairfield Fire department. This comes after one of three drivers resigned from the position in November. Fairfield City Councilor Michael Halley said it?s the city?s unofficial policy to evaluate whether a position needs to be filled after a resignation, or if the duties of that individual...

AMSTERDAM (AP) ? The Anne Frank foundation today criticized an ?escape room? game made to look like the Amsterdam apartment where the teenage Jewish diarist hid with her family from the Nazis during World War II.According to its website, the recently opened Escape Bunker in the town of Valkenswaard has a room styled to look like the apartment. As part of the game, visitors are locked in and have to escape within ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following incidents logged into dispatch: Thursday10:26 a.m. ? Evan Bruegge, 21, was cited for speeding.10:58 a.m. ? A citizen reported a hit-and-run at Jefferson County Health Center. Lily Beltran advised that while she was backing out of a parking space, she stopped and a vehicle struck her and kept going. Beltran?s vehicle sustained $500 in damages.11:06 a.m. ? ...

The Board of Trustees of Jefferson County Health Center announced today the appointment of Bryan T. Hunger as new Chief Executive Officer effective April 18. Hunger brings more than nine years of health care experience to the role. ?The JCHC Board of Trustees is confident that Bryan Hunger is the right leader to continue to meet the needs of our patients and the communities we serve,? said board president Renee ...

After weeks of public deliberations, the wait is finally over; the Iowa Utilities Board came to a decision Thursday afternoon granting Dakota Access LLC ? a subsidiary of Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP ? a permit for a Hazardous Liquid Pipeline to run through 18 Iowa counties including Jefferson.However, according to a press release, the board won?t issue the permit unless the firm meets certain ...

MOUNT UNION (GTNS) ? Over the past several months, the Regional Utility Services System Board of Directors has been tightening the clamps on delinquent users. Directors, during their regular board meeting Wednesday, took another step in that direction, unanimously approving a resolution providing terms for the discontinuance of sanitary sewer service to delinquent individual users. Under terms of the agreement, ...