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A senior government official declined to say today if the administration will support legislation to fulfill President Barack Obama?s oft-stated promise that anyone who likes their health care plan will be able to keep it under the nation?s new law.Appearing before a Senate committee, Marilyn Tavenner, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, also said the government?s health care website has ...

This time of year it is not uncommon to see deer running beside Iowa?s highways.Field and Stream.com shows deer in many parts of Iowa are currently in the ?seeking and chasing? phase of the annual rut. That means more animals on the move and more danger to motorists, especially at dusk and dawn when it is more difficult to see animals along the roadsides.Drivers can do little about deer movement, but to reach ...

In Tehran?s largest anti-U.S. rally in years, tens of thousands of demonstrators joined Monday in chants of ?death to America? as hard-liners directed a major show of resolve against President Hassan Rouhani?s outreach to Washington more than a generation after crowds on the same streets stormed and occupied the U.S. Embassy.Such American-bashing protests occur every year outside the former embassy compound to ...

Hillary Rodham Clinton says she isn?t in a hurry to make a decision about running for president again.Her former Senate colleague, Chuck Schumer of New York, isn?t waiting for her to make up her mind.Schumer endorsed Clinton for president during a speech Saturday night at an Iowa Democratic Party dinner, more than two years before the state?s presidential caucuses.?Hillary?s experience is unrivaled and her ...

Gary Kessler is running to become the mayor of Fairfield.Tuesday?s election will be the first time Kessler?s name has appeared on the ballot for any elected office. People in town are more likely to know him by his nickname, ?Haystack,? or sometimes just ?Stack.? Kessler said he acquired the moniker because one of his favorite professional wrestlers is William ?Haystacks? Calhoun.Kessler has lived in Fairfield ...

Fairfield Police Department received a report at 5:03 p.m. Sunday of theft of prescription pills valued at $99.63 stolen from a purse inside Red Rock Tavern.Police received a report at 5:19 p.m. Saturday of a burglary of a residence in the 300 block of East Broadway Avenue. A Samsung cell phone and a Panasonic digital video camera were reported stolen.

Fairfield Fire Department responded at 7:10 p.m. Saturday to 1500 S. Main St., for an unattended burning of leaves, wood and debris. It was extinguished with water.

Richard Walbaum is one of four candidates running for a Fairfield City Council at-large seat being vacated by Connie Boyer.He is an electronics engineer by profession, and retired in 2007. He manufactures and sells water ionizers of his own design. He has lived in Fairfield for 30 years.?I am running for office because someone needs to represent and speak for Higher Law,? he said.?We have unalienable rights, ...

AMES (AP) ? Authorities say gunshots were fired on the Iowa State University campus in Ames as police were chasing a vehicle.Iowa State University police announced in their official Twitter feed that the gunshots occurred this morning on central campus as part of a chase by Ames police. A suspect is in custody.Police say there is no threat to the community but people should avoid the area.

DES MOINES (AP) ? Educators, parents and students will gather for Gov. Terry Branstad?s second summit on bullying prevention.The event is today in Des Moines. This year?s theme is ?Mission Possible: Stepping Up the Response,? and is a follow-up to last year?s summit that drew about 1,100 people.The summit?s keynote speaker is Emily Bazelon, author of the book ?Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of ...

Fairfield incumbent Mayor Ed Malloy is running for his seventh two-year term as mayor. He faces one challenger on the ballot.Malloy served as an at-large city council member for two terms, from 1992-2000. He was first elected mayor in 2001 and has been re-elected every two years since. He has lived in Fairfield since 1980. He is married to Vicki Malloy and the couple has two children, Kelly and Justin.?I enjoy ...

Patrick Bosold is one of four candidates running for an at-large Fairfield City Council seat.Bosold has been a Fairfield resident since 1985. He is interested in serving on the city council to support continuing the city?s sustainability, including creating jobs.?The city has done an excellent job of promoting and advancing energy conservation, renewable energy and sustainability initiatives of many kinds in ...