Fairfield News

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following calls and incidents logged at dispatch: TuesdayA citizen reported that her gun permit and Iowa driver?s license were stolen last month. She advised that both went missing at different times, but the same person was at her house when she noticed they were gone.Frank Fritz, 51, was cited for speeding.The Fairfield Police Department received multiple calls ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following calls and incidents logged into dispatch:ThursdayA citizen reported that someone spray painted Café Paradiso and the Orpheum Theatre.A citizen reported that she stopped an an intersection to give her husband some money, when she did, the driver of a tan Durango behind her became upset and irate. Citizen said she apologized to the driver, however the driver ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following calls and incidents logged at dispatch: ThursdayA caller reported that her mail is being stolen. Officers attempted to make contact with the subject, but were unable to. Officers continue to investigate.A citizen said she found a set of headphones with an attached note on her car when it was parked at Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store. Caller said the ...

The Jefferson County Attorney?s Office issued a press release today about an old man who asked young children in Fairfield their names and where they lived.The press release said the man suffers from a medical condition that effects memory and impulse control. The man resides outside the county, and arrangements have been made with an out-of-county sheriff?s deputy to discuss the complaints with the man. He is ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following calls and incidents logged at dispatch: MondayThomas Hahn of Fairfield was arrested on his second offence of driving while intoxicated.A caller advised that a dead tree fell on a power line. Alliant Energy was advised. TuesdayA citizen reported that a young female in the street asked her for money. The subject told her that her boyfriend had kicked her ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa (GTNS) ? Raul and Shannon Rios want to know why the dog that allegedly attacked their 2-year-old daughter Sophia hasn?t been declared vicious by the Washington Police Department or taken into quarantine.Shannon Rios said that the family was at a wedding reception at the National Guard Armory on Aug. 23. She said that a National Guard soldier was at the reception and that the soldier had brought ...

Agri-Industrial Plastics has steadily expanded its operations in the past 36 years, but now it?s taking a giant leap forward.The business is building a 104,000 square-foot facility south of its current office on North 22nd Street. Company president Lori Schaefer-Weaton said it is taller than most production facilities at 28 feet tall, which she said is necessary because of the size of the blow-molding machines ...

Fairfield resident Amber Manning, second from right, was named the first runner-up in the Sweet 16 contest at the Old Threshers Reunion this past weekend in Mt. Pleasant. Also pictured are, from left, Sidney Taylor, Mt. Pleasant, third runner-up; Ally Lowe, Mt. Pleasant, second runner-up; and Caitlyn DePriest, Mt. Pleasant, queen.

DOUDS ? The Van Buren Community School Board approved moving forward on a building project that entails moving the fifth and sixth grades from Douds elementary to Keosauqua.The board held a special meeting Aug. 27 to meet with the school?s architect, BLDD, to approve a final program for facilities improvements, concerning the committee work that has been done over the summer.The vote was 4-2 with board members ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? A 911 dispatcher is in trouble over his response to a mother who called for help after her 10-month-old son accidentally locked himself in her car, police said. Shana Dees said she put her son Jack in his car seat Saturday afternoon and when she went to move a shopping cart, Jack hit the lock button on the keychain remote, The Tampa Tribune (http://bit.ly/1mR1C8l) reported. She called 911 ...

Jefferson County Health Center patient and clinical care directors want to ease the minds of the public when it comes to Tenco?s new crisis stabilization home.?Anyone seen as a danger to themselves or others will not be admitted [to the crisis home],? said JCHC Outpatient Director Curtis Smith. ?Sometimes patients just need to be placed for 24 to 48 hours to help them get through a crisis they are dealing ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) ? A young man on camera names the person who?s challenged him to dump the contents of a bucket over his head. But in a twist on the ice bucket challenge, this man is soon drenched in frothy, soapy water ? part of a campaign to raise awareness about Ebola prevention in West Africa. Ivory Coast?s ?Lather Against Ebola? campaign, catchy songs and comedy are being used by West Africans to ...