Fairfield News

BISMARCK, N.D. ? North Dakota, the nation?s No. 2 oil producer behind Texas, recorded nearly 300 oil pipeline spills in less than two years, state documents show. None was reported to the public, officials said.According to records obtained by The Associated Press, the pipeline spills, many of them small, are among some 750 ?oil field incidents? that have occurred since January 2012 without public notification.?...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Tea party favorite Sen. Ted Cruz took nothing short of a victory lap in his state of Texas this week, appearing before wildly supportive crowds that overlooked the fact that the Republican who led the charge to kill money for President Barack Obama?s health care law had failed.Now he?s coming to Iowa, where Republicans who will have the first say in the next presidential race are certain to ...

The Fairfield Iowa Convention and Visitors Bureau received an award from the Iowa Tourism Office for its smart phone ?app.?The visitors bureau was one of two local entities to be honored by the Iowa Tourism Office and Travel Federation of Iowa at the 2013 Iowa Tourism Conference Oct. 17 in Des Moines. The other was the American Gothic House Center, which received an award for ?outstanding tourism experience.? ...

The following court cases were processed at Jefferson County Courthouse.Associate District CourtAustin Mac Davis, 19, of Libertyville, pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated, first offense, a serious misdemeanor. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail, less credit for time served. All but two days of his sentence were suspended. He was placed on two years probation and his license was revoked. He must ...

Amid incidents of pets dying from dog treats, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing long-awaited rules to make pet food and animal feed safer.The rules stem from a sweeping food safety law passed by Congress almost three years ago. Like rules proposed earlier this year for human food, they would focus on preventing contamination before it begins.The announcement comes as the FDA says it hasn?t yet ...

Iowa business owners can begin applying for a new property tax credit that was part of a tax reform package approved by the Legislature and signed by the governor earlier this year.The property tax credit applies to certain commercial, industrial, and railroad properties.The Legislative Services Agency has estimated that the maximum first year credit amount will be about $523.Lawmakers set aside $50 million to ...

DNA tests have confirmed that a Bulgarian Roma couple are the parents of a mysterious girl in Greece known as Maria, authorities said today.Genetic profiles of Sasha Ruseva and her husband, Atanas, matched that of the girl, said Svetlozar Lazarov, an Interior Ministry official.Ruseva has said she gave birth to a baby girl four years ago in Greece while working as an olive picker, and gave the child away because ...

Oregon-based Reser?s Fine Foods is recalling pre-packaged products that may be contaminated with Listeria.The items were made at a Topeka, Kan., plant. They vary widely and include such items as cole slaw, pimento spread and potato salad. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the items also include 22,800 pounds of products containing chicken, ham and beef.The company and federal officials announced Tuesday ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? A ceremony to dedicate the new Iowa Holocaust Memorial in Des Moines drew more than 200 spectators to remember millions of people who died in the Holocaust and honor survivors living in Iowa and Iowa soldiers who liberated the concentration camps.The Des Moines Register reports the idea for the project formed several years ago, when Judy Blank, executor of the Jacqueline and Myron Blank ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) ? A Northern California community is anguished over the fatal police shooting of a popular, 13-year-old boy who had been carrying a pellet gun that looked like an assault rifle.Sonoma County sheriff?s deputies had repeatedly asked the boy, Andy Lopez, to drop the weapon, but instead he raised it in their direction, police said at a news conference Wednesday.Only after the shooting did ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? The Iowa Board of Regents will consider a plan to freeze tuition rates for undergraduates from Iowa for the second straight year.The board that governs Iowa?s public universities meets Thursday at the University of Iowa.Up for discussion is a plan to maintain current tuition rates for in-state undergraduates next year as long as lawmakers give the universities a 4 percent funding increase. The ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Animal control officers in Des Moines used a tranquilizer to capture a mysterious goat that had dived into traffic and was on the run for hours.The Boer goat got a taste of freedom Wednesday morning as she evaded capture on the city?s south side. The brown and white animal with floppy ears ran into traffic and eventually went into a fenced car dealership.The Des Moines Register reports ...