Fairfield News

The Eurythmics are reuniting ? to pay tribute to the Beatles.The Recording Academy announced that Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart will perform as a duo for ?The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles.? The event will be taped at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Jan. 27, a day after the Grammy Awards.The special will air on CBS on Feb. 9 ? exactly 50 years after the Beatles made their U.S. ...

Howard promoted at First National BankThe Board of Directors of First National Bank in Fairfield recently approved the promotion of Sue Howard to vice president of consumer loans.Howard first joined the bank in 1972 as a bookkeeper and teller. Since 1991, she has worked in various roles in the loan department at the bank.Howard and her husband Ed have four children and seven grandchildren. Range joins ...

The Fairfield Arbor Committee met at the Fairfield Public Library Thursday to discuss strategies for responding to the emerald ash borer that is threatening ash trees in town.Once the emerald ash borer infects a tree, the tree becomes very brittle in about eight years and its branches will break easily, creating a safety hazard. This has prompted the city to look into removing the ash trees in town before they ...

BRIGHTON ? Supervisor Steve Davis will remain chairman of the Washington County Board of Supervisors, and Jack Seward Jr. will remain vice chairman. That was the first item of new business during Thursday?s meeting.The second item of new business was a presentation about renaming a portion of Iowa State Highway 78 to Jay N. ?Ding? Darling Memorial Highway. Nancy Adrian, Rose Jaynes and Rosemary Pacha, all of ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa (GTNS) ? Washington County officials had little to say Thursday regarding the resignation of Washington County park ranger Bob Bellmer except to say that all decisions had been made with the knowledge of the Washington County Conservation Board and the Washington County Attorney.Washington County Attorney Larry Brock confirmed Thursday that Bellmer had resigned effective Jan. 6. He said that ...

Local county offices of ISU Extension and Outreach are sponsoring food-safety certification courses for food service managers and employees Friday in Albia and Jan. 16 in Burlington.The classes run from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.?We want food that is safe as well as tasty, but we know that food safety hazards and risks are prevalent in today?s world,? said Patricia Steiner, nutrition and health specialist with ISU ...

Fairfield Community School District superintendent Art Sathoff announced today the district has canceled school Monday due to the extremely cold temperatures expected.No practices or other school-sanctioned activities will occur.

IOWA CITY (AP) ? A judge has ruled an Iowa City landlord was looking for sexual gratification when he spied on female tenants through hidden peepholes in their bathrooms and bedrooms.Judge Stephen Gerard ruled Tuesday that Elwyn Miller, 64, is guilty of six counts of invasion of privacy, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported. Gerard made the ruling following a one-day bench trial three months ago in Johnson ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa Republican David Young is jumping into the race for the U.S. House seat held by the retiring Rep. Tom Latham and out of the crowded GOP field for U.S. Senate.?I?m just switching races with the same goal of working hard for Iowans,? Young told the Associated Press on Thursday.By doing so, Young, a former top aide to veteran Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, became the first Republican to ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? The Iowa Revenue Department says the state awarded $1.36 million in tax credits to Iowa people and companies for installing solar energy systems last year.The Des Moines Register says 264 credits were awarded. The tax credits almost hit the yearly cap of $1.5 million.In 2012 tax credits worth $621,000 were awarded.The department says 65 applications received in 2013 couldn?t be processed in ...

AWERIAL, South Sudan (AP) ? Phillip Madol once studied in America as one of Sudan?s ?Lost Boys? who fled bloodshed and famine. This week he was again caught up in a war as he helped his family flee a town that rebels had overrun in South Sudan.Fighting broke out in the capital of South Sudan on Dec. 15 and quickly radiated across the world?s newest country as two main ethnic groups began attacking each other. ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ? Sometime this year, Florida will surpass New York in population, becoming the nation?s third-most populous state, and sun-seeking seniors are not driving the growth.The milestone is validation of the increasing influence of the Sunshine State as it approaches being home to 20 million residents. Once Florida passes New York, only California and Texas will have more people.?Florida is kind of ...