Fairfield News

The Jefferson County Health Center maintenance department is working feverishly to complete the remodel of the business office for the new oncology and hematology services coming to the campus Tuesday.?Although most likely we won?t have everything completed by this date, we should have enough done to being operational as planned,? health center administrator and CEO Deb Cardin told the board of trustees Monday.C...

Fairfield will begin its spring brush-only pickup at 7 a.m. May 5.All burnable and chippable brush should be put in a neat pile on the curb next to the street by 7 a.m. May 5, but not before April 28, to ensure pickup.Brush must be set away from poles, fences and water shutoffs. If any damage occurs due to brush being placed over water shutoffs, the city will not be responsible. Curbside piles should not ...

The Fairfield City Council elected to postpone the third reading of an ordinance that included a ban on drench insecticide for commercial applicators in the city.The council took up the issue at its meeting Monday, when it heard from Joe Ledger of the Iowa Farm Bureau. Ledger said he thanked the council for amending the original tree ordinance to exempt agricultural land from the ban on drench insecticide. He ...

Stephen Pumphrey is on the April 1 special election ballot for a seat on the Fairfield school board because he?s interested in investing his time and talent in the community and for education.Pumphrey is one of two candidates to file for the school board seat to replace former school board member Amy Miller, who was elected for four years in 2011 and resigned in November.?Iowa school boards are the most basic ...

MT. PLEASANT (GTNS) ? Jami Mallonee, a dispatcher at the Henry County Sheriff?s Office, was terminated from employment and charged with theft in the fourth degree on March 20 when it was discovered she was allegedly stealing money from the sheriff?s office.In the fall of 2013, Henry County Sheriff Rich McNamee discovered financial discrepancies in his office, such as money being collected but never deposited. ...

Terri Ann Prevett was given a 10-year suspended prison sentence Tuesday after she pleaded guilty to first-degree theft related to charges she stole from the Fairfield Professional Clinic while acting as its office manager.Prevett, 57, of Stockport, originally pleaded not guilty in October to the charge she stole from the clinic.District Court Judge Lucy Gamon also sentenced Prevett to five years of probation ...

The Fairfield school district is seeking community input on what the most important characteristics of the next superintendent of schools should be.Visit the district?s website at www.fairfieldsfuture.org to take the survey. Surveys will be used to create a candidate profile that guides the board and search firm in narrowing the field of candidates.Stakeholder groups will be involved in setting priorities and ...

Delta Zeta sorority has dropped the lawsuit it filed against a house in Fairfield that it alleged was falsely advertising itself as a Delta Zeta chapter.Frederick and Oksana Shaddock own a house at 806 N. Fourth St. west of Maharishi University of Management that they call ?Delta Nu Zeta.? In September, the national Delta Zeta sorority sought a court order to bar the landlords from using its trademark materials....

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.Making it easier for parents to gain employable skills and support their families is a goal we all support.This week (ending March 21), two bills started moving through the Legislature that will help middle class families to improve. Since Iowa has one of ...

Trying to avoid sending thousands away empty-handed, the Obama administration has announced that people who started applying for health insurance but aren?t able to finish before the March 31 enrollment deadline will get extra time.The timing of the administration?s announcement late Tuesday added to a perception of disarray that has dogged the health care overhaul from its early days. It also raised concerns ...

The Fairfield City Council learned Monday that its personnel committee voted 3-0 not to renew the contract of city administrator Kevin Flanagan.Flanagan?s contract expires June 28. He was not present at Monday?s meeting when personnel committee chairman Doug Flournoy shared the committee?s recommendation. In light of Flanagan?s absence, the council did not discuss Flanagan?s job performance and decided to wait ...

Fairfield Police Department log of calls received at dispatch Tuesday include:7:35 a.m. report of phone harassment.10:20 a.m. Gregory Robinson, 34, arrested on a warrant.1:18 p.m. report lost keys.6:28 p.m. phone harassment reported.11:20 p.m. report of disturbing the peace.Two verbal traffic warnings were issued; one traffic citation was issued; and one 911 hang-up/misdial was received.