Fairfield News

A mix of community members supporting and opposing the Heartland Co-op grain elevator filled the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors meeting in the second floor courtroom to overflowing today for three hours.Jeff Heil of Northland Securities Inc. was on the agenda, hired by the supervisors to guide them through the financial choices for paving Nutmeg Avenue and/or Osage Avenue as part of the project.Heil ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office reports a deer/vehicle accident at 8:04 p.m. Saturday on Highway 34 one mile southwest of Fairfield. The vehicle had an estimated $4,500 in damages.

The following marriages were recorded in the Jefferson County Recorder?s Office:Jonathan David Steele of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Rebekah Lin Turner of Wayland, were married March 29, 2014.Amber Lynn Wilcox and Jacob Austin Pilcher, both of Fairfield, were married March 22, 2014.Michael David Sutherland and Danielle Lucille Darrah, both of Fairfield, were married March 19, 2014.Steven Kerr Patterson and ...

Iowa?s Tax Freedom Day, the day on which Iowans have collectively earned enough income to pay off their total federal, state and local tax bill, will arrive Sunday this year, making it the 18th state to reach Tax Freedom Day.According to the annual report released this morning by the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, national Tax Freedom Day falls on April 21, three days later than last year.The states with the ...

Hundreds of Tetris fans had a little fun Saturday with a big version of the classic video game.The Philadelphia skyscraper-sized version created a spectacle against the night sky that organizers hoped inspired onlookers and players to think about the possibilities of technology.The 29-story Cira Centre, which has hundreds of LED lights embedded in its glass facade, normally displays colorful geometric patterns ...

Cambridge Investment Research Inc. has announced the new Jim Guy Memorial Scholarship program designed to award at least two annual $1,000 scholarships, with one focused on the son or daughter of a Cambridge employee and a second focused on the son or daughter of an independent Cambridge advisor. Applications will be accepted through April 30, with the scholarship funding intended for the summer or fall terms ...

Trojan Sports Boosters president Chad Thompson, left, accepts a $7,000 donation from Dave and Madonna Smithburg, representing Smithburg?s BP in Fairfield and Jet Gas Corporation, a BP Branded Marketer servicing BP stations throughout southeast Iowa. In addition to the $3,500 BP Fueling Communities grant donation, Smithburg?s and Jet Gas Corporation donated an additional $3,500, bringing the total to $7,000. The ...

Police in Massachusetts responding to reports of an intruder in a woman?s home quickly ?quacked? the case.A North Reading woman called police Saturday from her upstairs bedroom to report that she heard loud banging noises downstairs and feared someone had broken into her home.Officers who responded found no sign of a break-in.But during a quick search of the home, police found a soot-covered wood duck. Police ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa (GTNS) For the first time in about 50 years and after numerous rejected proposals, Washington Community School District voters broke the 60 percent supermajority needed to approve a $1.1 million bond referendum Tuesday, clearing the way for the construction of an auditorium at Washington High School.Washington schools superintendent Mike Jorgensen and auditorium committee co-chairwoman Jan ...

They are tiny, long-lived, not talked about and bite people in the dark of night causing red marks that itch. Bed bugs are making a comeback in the U.S. after their presence dropped dramatically during the mid-20th century, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Jefferson County Environmental Health Department?s registered sanitarian, Dan Miller, said bed bugs are an issue in Iowa.?I don?t ...

Parents and other interested persons met Thursday at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center to discuss challenges facing the gymnastics and trampoline program now that it appears to be severing ties with the city.Fairfield Park and Recreation director Derik Wulfekuhle and gymnastics coach Jeff Ide agreed that gymnastics and trampoline would cease to be a city-sponsored program once the club moved out of the ...

State Rep. Curt Hanson, represents Iowa House District 82, which includes most of Jefferson County and Davis and Van Buren counties, in the state Legislature.Budget bills were a big part of debate at the Capitol this week.We passed three (Justice Systems, Economic Development, and Agriculture and Natural Resources) of the 11 budget bills necessary before we may adjourn.The funding of agriculture, education and ...