Fairfield News

Anna Schnatzmeyer?s face is taut with concentration as she slowly maneuvers the Riverine assault boat away from the dock, using the complex controls to try and inch the 34-foot craft straight back without sliding sideways.Her instructor, standing next to her, orders her forward again, and despite the slow, careful creep, the Navy boat knocks into the pier.It?s the first time she?s ever piloted a boat. She?s in ...

The Ambulance Service Agency Board suggested a sale/transfer agreement for the ambulance vehicles from local ownership to the Midwest Ambulance Service, the company that contracted to serve Jefferson County in October 2012.?The board has had challenges this first year figuring our finances from its three sources, our hospital, city of Fairfield and the county,? said Jefferson County Supervisor Becky Schmitz at ...

Fairfield Middle School guidance counselors and administrators are focusing on students at-risk and reviewing data every five weeks to evaluate current interventions and supports, FMS Principal Laura Atwood told the school board Oct. 21.?We identified 242 students at-risk in September,? she said.At-risk students include those who are not doing well academically, socially, emotionally and more.?The definition ...

Fairfield Mayor Ed Malloy will serve a seventh two-year term as leader of city government.Fairfield residents approved the public measure to reinstate a special levy for city capital improvements. The levy had been in effect from 1999 to 2009 and was not brought up for renewal before expiration because of an oversight.The capital improvement levy was approved for another 10 years Tuesday beginning with taxes ...

Carol and Eldean Carlson, standing, talk with a poll worker at Jefferson County Courthouse after polls closed at 8 p.m. The Carlsons brought the votes from Fairfield Ward 3 to the county auditor?s office. Each polling place in Fairfield and throughout the county, count the votes after closing time, then poll workers hand-carry the votes and equipment back to the auditor?s office where the counts are unofficially ...

KEOSAUQUA ? Van Buren County had slightly less than 19 percent voter turnout Tuesday, and six out of the seven towns, Farmington was the exception, were voting for mayors.The unofficial results reported by Jon Finney, Van Buren County auditor, are reported below.In Keosauqua, Nasseem Hesler was elected mayor with 142 votes. Mayoral candidate Kevin Hranika had 35 votes.Keosauqua city council had two four-year ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Supporters of an ordinance that bans people younger than 21 from being in Iowa City bars late at night say the repeal effort?s failure shows an understanding that the law is working.The proposed repeal was overwhelmingly rejected Tuesday, 66 percent to 34 percent.University of Iowa Vice President for Student Life Tom Rocklin told the Iowa City Press-Citizen that after three years of the ban, ...

WEST BURLINGTON (AP) ? Authorities say a 12-year-old has been shot in a rural part of Des Moines County.The Des Moines County Sheriff?s Office says deputies were dispatched to the scene around 5:10 p.m. Tuesday.The child was taken to Great River Medical Center in West Burlington and then transferred to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. The child?s name hasn?t been released. No arrests ...

PACKWOOD ? Packwood?s water will be shut off Thursday, and may affect surrounding areas.The water will be shut off at 10 a.m. for repairs and will be out for four hours.For questions, call Heather Scharff of the Wapello Rural Water Association Inc. at 641-682-8351.

BURLINGTON (AP) ? Four Burlington children have been charged for an assault on another student that was recorded and posted on the Internet.The Hawk Eye says three of the four are 13 years old and one is 12. They?ve been charged with serious assault and disorderly conduct. Police say the attack occurred Sunday near the Burlington school administration building on the edge of Perkins Park.The video showed the ...

STANTON (AP) ? Authorities say a woman who leaped to her death off an Amtrak train in southwest Iowa was a French tourist.The woman?s body was found near the tracks in Stanton on Monday night. She was pronounced dead at the scene.Montgomery County officials identified her as 31-year-old Stephanie Carine Hatt. Sheriff Joe Sampson says Hatt entered the United States last week.Sampson says Hatt was described as ...

Fairfield Police Department responded to a deer/vehicle accident at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday. A 2011 Chevrolet Malibu LS was traveling north on South Main Street and hit a deer in the road. The car had an estimated $1,700 in damages. Police logTuesday2:02 p.m. caller reported he?d lost a brown wallet.6:56 p.m. caller reported a phone scam. A person with a foreign accent claimed to be calling from Microsoft and said ...