Fairfield News

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to a two-vehicle accident at 6:42 a.m. Friday about 2.5 miles east of Fairfield on Highway 34. Kolby Lea Freeman of Mt. Pleasant was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado on the off ramp and approaching the intersection with Business 34, was unable to stop because of snowy conditions and traveled into the intersection, where Freeman collided with Robert Lee Kistler of ...

After the community?s successful 500 Christmas food box giveaway, Jefferson County?s food pantry, The Lord?s Cupboard, served more people in January than any single month in its history, said Laura Cohen, director.She sent out a flier stating supplies of non-perishable foods are dwindling, and in honor of National Canned Food Month, the community is invited to ?Cram the Cupboard,? this month with food for the ...

All events sponsored by the Fairfield Parks and Recreation Department that were scheduled to take place today have been canceled.The canceled events include youth tennis, gymnastics/trampoline, volleyball and evening fitness classes.

Agri-Industrial Plastics Company, a leading industrial blow molder of large parts, is continuing its commitment to set the standard for EPA-compliant, non-automotive fuel tank production with the addition of a new six-layer continuous co-extrusion blow molding machine from Bonn, Germany-based Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH.To be installed in the fall, the unit marks Agri-Industrial?s sixth new Kautex machine in eight ...

AMES (AP) ? Iowa State University is removing Bibles from a campus hotel?s guest rooms, after a watchdog group argued that it was an illegal endorsement of Christianity by the state-run institution.Freedom From Religion Foundation asked management at Hotel Memorial Union in a Jan. 29 letter to remove the Gideon Bibles, The Des Moines Register reported.?If a state-run university has a policy of providing a ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded at 1:19 p.m. Saturday to reports of a pickup truck on its side along the Highway 34 West near mile marker 218.Brianne Leah Delker of Ottumwa, was driving a 2006 Chevy Colorado and lost control due to road conditions. Her vehicle enter the north ditch and came to rest on the driver?s side. Several passing motorists called it in, then Delker herself called, saying she ...

Twenty-three hundred customers in Washington, Jefferson, and Henry counties were without power this morning.According to Ryan Stensland, spokesman for Alliant Energy, the outage happened about 8:29 a.m.?ITC Midwest has a transmission line in the area and another line either laid on top of it or sent a transmission through it and the transmission line didn?t recognize it so it shut itself off,? Stensland said. ...

AMES ? Gov. Terry Branstad has announced the continuation of Iowa?s state government payments partnership with Dwolla, the Internet?s first payment network. Carrier customers of the Iowa Department of Transportation can now use Dwolla when filing and paying International Fuel Tax Agreement returns and International Registration Plan fees. As the only online payment option for the nearly 55,000 annual transactions,...

DES MOINES (AP) ? The Federal Reserve says the value of agricultural land dropped a percentage point in the last quarter of 2013 and a total of 2 percent for the year.The drop suggests the surge in farmland prices over the past few years may be coming to an end, depressed by lower commodity prices that have reduced farmer income.Iowa State economics professor Chad Hart told The Des Moines Register that ?we?ll ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? A southeast Iowa hog producer has agreed to make significant improvements at its facility near Keosauqua to prevent future manure discharges as outlined in an administrative consent order.The Maschhoffs LLC has also agreed to pay $10,000 in fines following a manure discharge that occurred at the facility that houses approximately 7,500 sows in November. The company reported the spill to the ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Officials in Des Moines are offering free bus rides during the romantic evening hours of Valentine?s Day.The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority, also known as DART, says people on all local routes can ride the bus for free Friday night. The free rides on ?DART Date Night? will be available from 5 p.m. until final stops around 11:40 p.m.Participants are encouraged to post photos of ...

WEST BURLINGTON (AP) ? A state license has been suspended for a marital and family counselor in southeast Iowa who?s been charged with sexual exploitation.The Des Moines Register says documents released by the Iowa Board of Behavioral Science say Scott Bair told a client that her therapy included hugs and kisses from him.The board says Bair and the woman had sexual contact several times last August and September...