Fairfield News

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Sue Houser, 37, of Fairfield, at 2:39 a.m. Wednesday in the 1000 block of Liberty Drive for operating while intoxicated, first offense.

As it returns for its much-awaited fourth season, ?Downton Abbey? remains a saga about elegance, tradition and gentility ? and the pressures of preserving them.On the premiere, airing Sunday on PBS, Lady Mary Crawley has buckled under the weight of widowhood six months after her husband, Matthew, perished in a car crash. Inconsolable at the start of the episode, Mary (played by Michelle Dockery) dismisses their ...

Fairfield Police Department investigated a hit and run accident at 3 p.m. Dec. 22. A parked 2008 Chevrolet K3500 pickup truck had an estimated $2,600 in damages. Police logMonday7:56 a.m. resident reported a 2001 white F150 truck was broken into sometime between Saturday night and Sunday night; the truck was locked, and no windows were broken. Resident wasn?t sure if anything was missing, but said it looked ...

A southeastern North Dakota town narrowly escaped tragedy when a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded nearby, the mayor said Tuesday, calling for changes in how the fuel is transported across the U.S.No one was hurt in Monday?s derailment of the mile-long train that sent a great fireball and plumes of black smoke skyward about a mile from the small town of Casselton. The fire had been so intense as ...

Police say they?ve caught a robbery suspect in Iowa City by following his footsteps in the snow.Iowa City police say a cab driver reported that he was robbed by two men early Tuesday. Authorities set up a perimeter and used a K-9 unit to follow some tracks left on the fresh snow.The tracks led to a garage. Samuel Lee Lockett III was found inside and taken into custody. Police say the soles of his shoes matched ...

Jefferson County Board of Supervisor meetings in the past year have covered a lot of ground ? or roads.From the first meeting in January, when supervisors were wrapping up claims for windshield damage from Salina Road?s summer chip and seal, to Monday?s meeting discussing two bridge replacements on Ash Avenue, the care and maintenance of county roads is a large share of the work done by the county.In February, ...

The Fairfield City Council had a busy year in 2013 that included large capital projects and a few controversial ordinances.The city passed an ordinance in September to raise sewer rates 20 percent to cover the repair of the sewer conveyance system near Lamson Woods, which is one part of a much larger $42 million project to repair sewer mains throughout town.The sewer rate is calculated based on how much water a ...

Local clubs, churches, schools and other organizations are asked to provide information about their upcoming special events to The Fairfield Ledger for the 2014 Events Calendar section of its 11th annual Fairfield InfoGuide by Friday.Information should include the name of the event, the sponsoring organization, date, time, location, details and a phone number, email address or website address to contact for ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? The Iowa Board of Medicine says the number of physicians in the state is increasing, but Iowa still has far fewer doctors for its population than the national average.The board says in a news release Monday that Iowa had 6,414 active physicians in 2012, for a rate of 208.6 physicians per 100,000 people. That compares to a national rate of 260.5 physicians.Nationally, Iowa ranks 41st in active ...

GRINNELL (AP) ? An Iowa college known for liberal activism is welcoming an unlikely neighbor: one of the nation?s largest suppliers of high-capacity ammunition magazines and accessories for assault rifles and other guns.With demand for gun products booming, Brownells Inc. is building a large distribution and retail center along Interstate 80 in Grinnell. The central Iowa city of 9,100 is home to Grinnell ...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? In a competitive district east of Denver, Democrat Andrew Romanoff is counting on voter anger at a divided and ineffectual Congress to help him unseat three-term Republican Rep. Mike Coffman.?I must have blinked and missed it,? the challenger said of the House?s work this past year. ?It?s become a punch line to call this the least productive Congress in history or to joke ?how do you tell when ...

CHARITON (AP) ? A southern Iowa town has agreed to pay $67,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by a mentally disabled woman who was shocked with a police Taser.The Des Moines Register reports that Cherish Storm was shocked three times by a Chariton police officer in August 2010, including once while she lay in the back of a squad car in leg shackles and handcuffs.A video of the incident shows Storm resisting being ...