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The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities, has issued this hazardous weather outlook.This evening and overnight, temperatures will drop into the lower single digits above and below zero, while wind speeds remain 5 to 15 mph.This will create wind chill values of about 10 below to nearly 20 degrees below zero across areas northwest of a line from Ottumw to Rockford, Ill.Tuesday night into early Wednesday, ...

STRASBURG, Pa. (AP) ? Once a week, Terri Roberts spends time with a 13-year-old Amish girl named Rosanna who sits in a wheelchair and eats through a tube. Roberts bathes her, sings to her, reads her stories. She can only guess what?s going on inside Rosanna?s mind because the girl can?t talk.Roberts? son did this to her.Seven years ago, Charles Carl Roberts IV barricaded himself inside an Amish schoolhouse near ...

SIOUX CENTER (AP) ? A northwest Iowa baby sitter has saved seven children from a van that erupted into flames.The Sioux County Sheriff?s Office says the incident occurred about 3:30 p.m. Friday about six miles southwest of Sioux Center.Thirty-six-year-old Tara Dekkers was driving the 15-passenger van when she heard a sound like a backfire. She soon pulled over the van when it filled with smoke.Dekkers quickly ...

WATERLOO (AP) ? Animal control officials in Waterloo are seeking a new home for a baby alligator named Chompey.The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports Monday that a resident bought the alligator after spotting an online advertisement but later learned Iowa law doesn?t allow people to keep alligators or other exotic animals.The resident turned the gator into animal control officials, who kept the creature in an ...

Fairfield Police Department reports the following dispatch calls: Police logFriday11:53 a.m. a hit and run vehicle accident was reported; damage was under $500. The vehicle which left is described as a light blue Toyota Camry which will have damage on driver?s side with white paint transfer.12:23 p.m. Robert B. Stoops, 18, was cited with failure to yield right of way when he exited McDonald?s parking lot and ...

The following court cases were processed at Jefferson County Courthouse. Magistrate courtErin Lynn Spece, 18, of Stockport, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree theft and was fined $195.Stacy Muntz, 39, of Farmington, was fined $148 for disorderly conduct.Caleb Michael Granaman, 18, pleaded guilty to person under legal age and 0.103 percent BAC and was fined $330.Ketan Haridas Shah, 29, of 101 N. Main St., No. ...

Fairfield Fire Department responded at 12:22 p.m. Sunday to a trailer fire in Utopia Park. A resident was thawing frozen pipes with a salamander heater and caught insulation and wire under the trailer on fire in trailer 1D. Water was used to extinguish the fire. Eleven firefighters went on the structure fire call and returned to the station at 1:38 p.m.

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to two vehicle accidents Sunday:Allison Mae Hoffman, 90, of Glenview Circle, was driving west in the 2200 block of old Highway 34, lost control and ran off the right side of the road, struck a no passing sign, continued down into ditch and rolled the 2004 Mazda GS, coming to rest on its top. The vehicle sustained an estimated $8,000 in damages. The deputy noted the ...

The Fairfield Public Safety and Transportation Committee will ask the city council to consider a Social Host Ordinance to curb underage drinking.The committee met Monday and heard from Fairfield Police Chief Julie Harvey and Don Sanders of Jefferson County Alcohol Consumption Task Force told the committee about instances of adults supplying alcohol to underage children. It?s against Iowa law for an adult to give ...

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It?s not just the wealthiest 1 percent.Fully 20 percent of U.S. adults become rich for parts of their lives, wielding outsize influence on America?s economy and politics. This little-known group may pose the biggest barrier to reducing the nation?s income inequality.The growing numbers of the U.S. poor have been well documented, but survey data provided to The Associated Press detail the flip side of the record ...

Steve McLaskey puts his vegetables out for sale at the Fairfield Farmers Market Saturday morning at the Senior Citizens? Center. McLaskey manages the organic farm at Maharishi University of Management, where the vegetables came from. The market is open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.