Fairfield News

WASHINGTON, Iowa (GTNS) ? Why is the city of Washington responsible for removing a house condemned due to meth contamination?Why isn?t it the responsibility of the owner or the bank that holds the mortgage?These were questions Washington City Council member Bob Shellmyer posed to the city council Wednesday night during discussion of what the city should do with a rental house at 415 W. Madison St. The house was ...

Fairfield Fire Department responded to an automatic alarm at 1:48 p.m. Wednesday at Washington Elementary School. All was OK.Firefighters responded to a call for mutual aid at 3:35 p.m. Tuesday to 2605 262nd St. for a structure fire. Fairfield firefighters were on standby.

LOCKRIDGE ? Lockridge Veterans Association and community residents will host the annual Veterans Day Ceremony Saturday morning beginning at the Lockridge Community Center.The honor guard, community members and guests will meet at 7:45 a.m. at the community center, and march to the Lockridge Cemetery at about 7:50 a.m.At the cemetery, the flag will be posted at 8 a.m., and those who are assembled will sing the ...

This snake was spotted slithering on the trail around Bonnifield Lake Sunday afternoon.

The annual Veterans Day program and flying of the Avenue of Flags will mark the observance honoring past and present military personnel Monday in Fairfield.The Veterans Day program, sponsored by American Legion Post 47, in cooperation with the Fairfield High School staff and students, will be Monday morning in the FHS Auditorium.The auditorium doors open to the public at 9 a.m. Reserved seating for veterans and ...

Jefferson County is responsible for Ash Avenue, even as it runs through Batavia as Fourth Street, because the town?s population is under 500 people.In February, Batavia Mayor Randy Major asked the supervisors and county engineer about repairs for this Farm-to-Market road.Major had said it was almost impossible to have two-way traffic on the road and a lot of people have asked him about it and asked when it can ...

OSAGE (AP) ? Not enough voters in Mitchell County want to spend millions to finance a courthouse replacement project.The Mason City Globe Gazette says a $7.2 million bond measure was approved by more than 52 percent of voters on Tuesday, but the bond referendum required 60 percent to pass. The money would have been used to demolish the 1858 courthouse and construct, furnish and equip a replacement at the same ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? A state agency has been awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to launch a statewide program aimed at promoting the installation of solar power systems.The Iowa Economic Development Authority will work with the Iowa Environmental Council and other groups to implement the program over the next three years.The money will be used to increase solar awareness and encourage ...

MOUNT PLEASANT (AP) ? A former Iowa jail guard on trial for his pregnant wife?s death denied any role in her slaying during a video presented to jurors Wednesday.The jury watched the video as part of Seth Techel?s murder trial, the Ottumwa Courier reported. It features an investigator questioning Techel about his actions on the morning of his wife?s death.At one point, Special Agent Chris Thomas tells Techel ...

SPRING VALLEY, Minn. (AP) ? John Ackerman is a big-time landlord of subterranean real estate.Ackerman, 59, owns Spring Valley Caverns, the largest private cave in Minnesota but just the beginning of his underground empire, which he calls the Minnesota Cave Preserve. He holds the keys to more than 40 miles of caves hidden beneath the rolling farm fields of Minnesota and Iowa and is always seeking more.?I think ...

NEW YORK (AP) ? Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi strongly criticized the human rights record of President Hassan Rouhani, citing a dramatic increase in executions since he took office this year and accusing the government of lying about the release of political prisoners.She also pointed to spreading support for a hunger strike by human rights lawyer Abdolfattah Soltani and three others in a Tehran ...

Monday is Veterans Day, a federal holiday.Fairfield City Hall is closed Monday. The regular city council meeting will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday.Jefferson County Courthouse is closed Monday. The regular board of supervisors meeting will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday.The U.S. Post Office is closed Monday and will not have regular mail delivery.The Fairfield Senior Citizen Center will be closed Monday and no meals will be ...