Fairfield Police Department calls to dispatch Thursday included:12:52 p.m. an arrest warrant was issued for Jack Giberson Jr.2:01 p.m. Jefferson County Health Center reported a dog bite to a person in the county.Police issued five verbal traffic warnings; two 911 misdials/hang-ups were received.
This is a legislative update from Sen. Rich Taylor, representing Henry and Lee counties and portions of Washington and Jefferson counties. Our state has a history of great local schools and outstanding colleges and universities.Iowa students have the chance to go as far as their talent can take them. This year?s Education Budget, approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee, helps ensure that opportunity ...
Road construction work continues on U.S. 34 in Burlington and requires lane restrictions and ramp closures beginning Monday, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation?s Mt. Pleasant construction office.Road pavement patching and shoulder widening and paving work will occur from Mt. Pleasant Street to the Main Street bridge in Burlington.This project is expected to be completed by ...
Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office received a report at 2:53 p.m. Wednesday of a sexual assault of a juvenile.The sheriff?s office received a report at 11:10 a.m. Wednesday about theft and vandalism to rental property on Nutmeg Avenue. Graffiti was spray-painted on the interior basement walls; a clothes washer and dryer, and copper pipes were taken.Zachary Louth was arrested at 9:57 a.m. Wednesday in Birmingham ...
The Fairfield Police Department released statistics this week indicating arrests and criminal charges were much higher in 2013 than the prior year, although Capt. Dave Thomas said the sharp increase might be due to the department training new officers in 2012.The statistics appear to show a dramatic increase in criminal charges from 2012 to 2013, when the number of charges filed rose 25 percent, from 553 ...
A decade before a colossal landslide buried a Washington community, county officials considered buying up people?s homes there to protect them from such a disaster.A 2004 Snohomish County flood-management plan said the cost of buying Oso properties and removing residents from the path of a potential slide ?would be significant, but would remove the risk to human life and structures.?But after weighing several ...
Representative Curt Hanson (center) met with constituents Dan Delaney of Fairfield and Sparky Wellman of Bonaparte from the Iowa Cattlemen?s Association, in the Capitol Wednesday.
Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office cited Colton Smith of Fairfield at 4:01 a.m. Sunday for failure to maintain control. Smith was driving north on Juniper Avenue, said he fell asleep and ended in the west ditch and crashed into a driveway at 2558 Juniper Ave., causing some damage.Alexander Partick Keiser, 20, of Birmingham, was arrested Saturday for a controlled substance, marijuana.Amy Jane Apalara, 19, of ...
The Supreme Court further loosened the reins on political giving today, ruling that big campaign donors can dole out money to as many candidates and political committees as they want as long as they abide by limits on contributions to each individual campaign.In a 5-4 vote won by conservative justices, the court struck down limits in federal law on the total amount of money a contributor can give to candidates, ...
Republican Ralph Holmstrom is running for the Iowa House of Representatives in District 84, the seat currently occupied by Republican Dave Heaton.District 84 encompasses all of Henry County as well as portions of Washington, Jefferson and Lee counties. Heaton announced in January that he plans to seek re-election.Holmstrom has never held elected office before and said politics is something he?s gotten into ...
Fairfield Police Department?s log of calls received at dispatch Wednesday included:8:06 a.m. a license plate was found.9:16 a.m. caller reported a lost purse.1:41 p.m. caller reported someone in neighborhood burning leaves or wood, creating a lot of smoke. Fire was controlled.7:47 p.m. man walking around reported being bit by a dog. Dog owner contacted.11:25 p.m. lost keys reported.11:52 p.m. lost dog reported.
The city of Fairfield will begin removing ash trees from the right-of-way or terrace (the space between the sidewalk and street).Emerald ash borers, an insect that kills ash trees by eating a ring around the tree in such a way as to prevent nutrients from flowing from the roots to the canopy, were discovered in Fairfield last year. City officials believe the ash borer will kill all the ash trees in town in a ...
Fairfield Fire Department responded at 2:55 p.m. Monday to 501 S. Main St., for a call about smoke filling a home. It originated from an electrical outlet, but nothing was on fire. An estimated $100 in damages was done. Firefighters returned to the station at 3:15 p.m.Firefighters responded at 7:47 p.m. Sunday to a smoke alarm at 606 W. Monroe Ave., Apt. 3, at Fairfield Park Apartments II. Firefighters used a ...
Fairfield Police Department responded to an accident at 6:48 p.m. Sunday and cited Roy Carl Nelson, 53, of Douds, for failure to maintain control. He was driving a 2004 Ford F150 pickup south on Main Street. Just north of Iowa Avenue he veered off the road to the left, side swiped a utility box and light pole, continued off road, striking a fence in the yard, then a legally parked vehicle at 1205 S. Main St. with ...
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