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MT. PLEASANT (GTNS) ? The Regional Utility Service Systems board of directors can expect to be dealing with a lawsuit every year that Mahaska County isn?t allowed to leave the organization, according to Mike Vander Molen, Mahaska County supervisor.?There can be arbitration every year,? said Vander Molen. ?This can end up back in the court room.?According to arbitration proceedings, Mahaska County may not ...

Monday is celebrated as Presidents Day.Jefferson County offices are closed Monday.The U.S. Postal Office observes this holiday and offices will be closed and no mail will be delivered.Fairfield Senior Citizen Center is closed and will not serve a meal Monday.

NATICK, Mass. (AP) ? They call it the holy grail of ready-to-eat meals for soldiers: a pizza that can stay on the shelf for as long as three years and still remain good to eat.Soldiers have been asking for pizza since lightweight individual field rations ? known as meals ready to eat, or MREs ? replaced canned food in 1981 for soldiers in combat zones or areas where field kitchens cannot be set up.Researchers ...

Fairfield Police Department reports the following calls were included in those received at dispatch: Thursday7:52 a.m. Colton Stacy, 17, was cited for minor use of tobacco, advised his brake light was not functioning and was given a written warning for an expired registration.9:16 a.m. shuttle driver registered a complaint at the law center about having people call for transportation, then changing their mind ...

KALONA ? A large fire claimed part of a building at 215 S. St. in Kalona Tuesday afternoon.According to the Washington County Communications Center call log, a call reporting a large oil fire came in at 1:10 p.m, which had engulfed the building.?We had eight fire departments there and a Hazmat team was called to the scene,? said Kalona Fire Department?s chief Steve Yotty. ?Kalona was there until 7 p.m.?The ...

BRIGHTON ? What Lucille Bonham had thought would be a once in a lifetime event ended up happening for a second time Wednesday as she was present at the second closing of the Lake Darling dam.While much of her memory of the first closing, which she attended with her daughter on Sept. 17, 1950, is lost to time, she recalls seeing Jay Norville ?Ding? Darling speaking at the event that would create the lake that ...

The Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce will host the second of three installments of the Chamber?s 2014 Legislative Breakfast Series at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the Best Western Fairfield Inn.Local legislators Rep. Curt Hanson, Rep. Dave Heaton, Sen. Mark Chelgren and Sen. Rich Taylor have all been invited to speak.The chamber?s annual Legislative Breakfast series provides the chamber membership, businesses, ...

This special 12-page section included with today?s edition of The Fairfield Ledger includes helpful tips on planning a memorable wedding.From 'do-it-yourself' weddings, decorations, flowers, cakes,the license and more, The Ledger staff and area businesses hope the pointers help brides and grooms plan their first day together on their way to ? happily every after.Click below to see the 2014 Wedding Planner or ...

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. Raw milk was again the topic of a hearing Monday.The two sides of the issue center on personal freedom and public health. The issue becomes personal when we learn of the risks to our children or grandchildren, attending a child care center. The risk of ...

The Fairfield City Council got a sneak peek at the most recent plans for the Nady property at its meeting Monday.The Nady property refers to 48 acres of land north of Waterworks Park and west of Pleasant Lake that was formerly owned by the Nady family of Fairfield for more than 160 years.Private landscape architect and conservation planner Steve Brower gave a PowerPoint presentation to the council concerning ...

One apartment was destroyed and seven more in the same building have smoke and/or water damage at North Bay Apartments, 210 E. Pierce Ave. in Fairfield.Stephanie Goodwin, the resident in Apt. 9, was home with her two youngest of three children.?I was making valentines for my son?s class yesterday and saw sparks coming out of the baseboard heater and the sparks caught my bed on fire,? Goodwin said this morning. ...

There may be a link between weather and the risk of suffering a stroke, say researchers who analyzed climate trends and hospital records on millions of Americans.Cold weather, high humidity and big daily temperature swings seem to land more people in the hospital with strokes. As it got warmer, risk fell ? 3 percent for every 5 degrees, the study found.?Maybe some of these meteorological factors serve as a ...