Fairfield News

DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is one of 28 state chief legal officers to warn the Food and Drug Administration that a new, powerful painkiller approved in October is going to result in more prescription drug abuse.The new medication called Zohydro is a narcotic painkiller that will come in doses five to 10 times more powerful than traditional hydrocodone products such as Vicodin.Miller and ...

Fairfield Community School District is working to take advantage of Teacher Leadership and Compensation, legislation that was part of the education reform agenda passed by the Legislature last year.The Legislature has appropriated $50 million per year during the next three school years for schools whose plans have been approved, said Fairfield Superintendent Art Sathoff.One-third of the state?s students will be ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? The governor has filled a judgeship opening in Iowa?s 5C Judicial District.The office of Gov. Terry Branstad said Wednesday that he selected Jeffrey Farrell to become a district court judge.Farrell is chief administrative law judge at the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. He received his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law.Farrell fills the vacancy created by the ...

Mark Jacobs is a retired CEO who worked at a power company, and he believes his business background is what Iowa voters are looking for when they elect a new senator in 2014.Jacobs is running as a Republican to replace outgoing Democratic Senator Tom Harkin, who has served in the Senate since 1985. Jacobs has never held political office before, and was most recently employed in Houston as the CEO of Reliant ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? An annual survey showed Iowa?s farmland values continue to climb, increasing 5.1 percent from last year, but some real estate experts said those prices have already begun to fall.The 2013 Iowa Land Value Survey found that farmland values rose to more than $8,700 an acre. It was the fourth year in a row that farmland values rose in the Iowa State University survey of nearly 500 real estate ...

The Fairfield Community School District Board approved the district?s request for modified allowable growth funds of $102,929 at a special meeting Monday.?This isn?t cash, but new spending authority,? said Superintendent Art Sathoff. ?We compile various risk factors to determine the number of students at risk to drop out of school and the state has a formula to determine the new spending authority amount. The ...

The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a hazardous weather alert for the region.A winter storm system will track just south of the region Friday afternoon through Saturday, bringing accumulating snows to the area.At this time, it appears that 1 to 3 inches of snow will be likely generally along and southeast of a line from Cedar Rapids to Freeport, Ill., with higher amounts of 3 to 5 inches ...

The city of Fairfield reminds non-profit organizations it?s not too late to apply for local option sales tax funds for their community betterment projects.The deadline for applications is Jan. 2. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their request by April 30, and if funds are approved they will be distributed by July 31.Only applicants that qualify as a 501c3 are eligible to apply. The city does not ...

BRIGHTON (GTNS) ? A Brighton man is being held in lieu of a $10,000 bond after being arrested Monday for arson, criminal mischief and possession of an explosive or incendiary device with intent.The Washington police log reported Tuesday David Sebastian Riness, 20, of Brighton, was arrested Monday afternoon in the 200 block of South Farmer Street in Brighton. He faces charges of second-degree arson, involving the ...

The following court cases were processed at Jefferson County Courthouse.District courtGregory Scott Robinson, 34, of 202 1/2 N. Ninth St., pleaded guilty to third degree burglary, and received a deferred judgment. He was given five years probation. He was ordered to obtain a substance abuse evaluation and follow treatment recommendations. He was fined $750 plus a $125 law enforcement initiative surcharge. He ...

A year later, inside the big house on Berkshire Road, dolls fill the shelves of a living room and flowers and rainbows decorate a kitchen window, next to a little girl?s name: Avielle.Outside, all around town, Christmas lights shimmer again.But so, too, do the 26 bronze stars that sit atop the local firehouse, one for each adult and child gunned down at a school one unimaginable day.In so many ways, this is a ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? A man has died after being hit by a train in Des Moines.The accident occurred about 9:10 p.m. Tuesday on the east side of the city.Police Sgt. Richard Wallace says a witness told officers the man appeared to be running to beat the train before it crossed the 1900 block of East Grand Avenue.Wallace didn?t know whether the engineer saw the man.The man?s name hasn?t been released.