Fairfield Police Department log of dispatch calls Sunday included the following:11:42 a.m. report of vandalism to a vehicle.2:57 p.m. caller reported their mailbox and a neighbor?s knocked off the poles.3:59 p.m. man parked in the 600 block of South Fourth Street to pick up a passenger; two males came out of another house, asked him to move the car. He joked he would move it for $10 and one of the males ...
WASHINGTON, Iowa (GTNS) ? The Washington Community Y was the latest building in town to be without water Thursday as Washington city crews worked to repair a water main break on East Main Street in front of the building.With well over 20 water line breaks so far this year, Washington City Administrator Brent Hinson said that there have been several breaks in the last few days. This is on top of a rash of main ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? Iowa?s civil rights agency can bring discrimination cases against employers even after the affected workers agreed to handle disputes in arbitration, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled today in allowing a sex bias case against Rent-A-Center, Inc., to proceed.Rent-A-Center, a nationwide chain of rent-to-own stores based in Plano, Texas, had argued the Iowa Civil Rights Commission could not pursue the ...
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a hazardous weather outlook for portions of north central Illinois, northwest Illinois, west central Illinois, east central Iowa, northeast Iowa, southeast Iowa, including Jefferson County, and northeast Missouri.A weak storm system will spread light snow over the region late today and tonight. Snowfall amounts of 1 to near 2 inches are likely northwest ...
Fairfield Police Department served a search warrant Tuesday at the residence of Nick Ballard in Eldon. Police found several items belonging to Ballard?s former employer, Fairfield Aluminum Casting Co., of Fairfield. On Oct. 30, FALCO reported several items worth more than $10,000 had been stolen within the past six months. The investigation continues. Calls received at dispatch Thursday include:12:44 p.m. a ...
The foot soldiers of the Tea Party movement dismiss the chatter about its demise and stand ready to use their unbending political force against both President Barack Obama and the Republican establishment this election year.The Tea Party Patriots, one of the major grass-roots groups, marked the fifth anniversary of the movement Thursday, attracting hundreds of members and plenty of speakers to a Washington ...
Sen. Rich Taylor represents Henry and Lee counties and portions of Washington and Jefferson counties.The Iowa Senate unanimously approved legislation to increase penalties for child kidnapping in response to the kidnapping and murder of 15-year-old Kathlynn Shepard of Dayton last year by Michael Klunder.Our goal is to deter others from perpetrating such horrible crimes against Iowans in the future, and it was a ...
Joshua Wade Hendricks, 38, of Washington, Iowa, changed a not guilty plea to guilty, for a charge of one count of third-degree sexual abuse.According to his file at the Jefferson County Courthouse, Hendricks was sentenced Tuesday by Judge Joel Yates to 10 years in prison, which was suspended, conditioned on his future good behavior. A suspended sentence means he will not serve time in prison. He was sentenced to ...
RIVERSIDE (GTNS) ? According to board members and staff of the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort and the Washington County Riverboat Foundation (WCRF) the effect a casino in Linn County would have on Washington County would be ?devastating.? That?s the message the Washington County Board of Supervisors heard Tuesday during the supervisors? weekly meeting.Casino general manager Dan Franz said the proposed Cedar ...
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.Propane Update: Many who contracted for their propane are running out of the number of gallons they contracted for. Should another cold snap hit, a refill may be very costly. Propane is being exported and is priced on the world market, so the volatility of ...
Dozens of heavily armed gunmen seized control of local government buildings in Ukraine's Crimea region early Thursday and raised the Russian flag, mirroring the three-month protest movement that drove Ukraine's pro-Russian president into hiding last week.The moves escalated tensions in Ukraine, whose population is divided in loyalties between Russia and the West. Some 150,000 Russian soldiers carried out ...
The following court cases were processed at Jefferson County Courthouse:Associate District CourtClifford Eugene Williams, 37, of Fairfield, pleaded guilty to assault on persons engaged in certain occupations, a serious misdemeanor. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail, less credit for time served. His sentence is to run concurrent with another Jefferson County case. His sentence was suspended and he was placed ...
Mandy Hammes of Packwood won $30,000 from the Iowa Lottery Aug. 5 and gave a portion of her winnings to the Richland Fire Department.She donated a large share of the money to the fire department for a safety day demonstration of grain bin rescue equipment and training at Pekin High School last fall.Grain bin safety is important to Hammes because she lost her father-in-law to a farming accident in January 2012. ...
Jefferson County Health Center Board of Trustees approved $25,800 for the ambulance fund to help make up a shortfall in operations for the end of fiscal year 2014.According to Jefferson County Health Center administrator and CEO Deb Cardin, much of the shortfall was due to the overriding cost of ambulances and their repair, ?which we will no longer need to budget for in 2015? because ambulance vehicle ownership ...
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