Fairfield News

The following court cases were processed at Jefferson County Courthouse. Magistrate CourtRochelle Engle of 1007 W. Spaulding Ave., pleaded guilty to simple assault and was fined $195. District CourtTyler Curran Koenecke, 25, of 901 W. Grimes Ave., was convicted of possession with intent to deliver morphine, a Class C felony. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, less credit for time served in jail at ...

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) ? Thirteen-year-old Angelo Ferro was at the Sparks Middle School playground with friends Monday when he heard a pop about 15 minutes before the morning bell rang. He said he didn?t think much of it ? it could?ve been someone popping a plastic bag.But then he saw an injured boy clutching his wounded arm. He watched his fifth-period math teacher, Michael Landsberry, walk toward a student and fall ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa (GTNS) ? According to a press release from the Washington Communications Center Friday, there was a report of a person being bitten by a dog.The incident occurred at C Avenue and West Madison Street at 8:40 p.m., the press release said. The dog is described as a brown pit bull type.Washington Police Chief Greg Goodman said the dog severely bit a 14-year-old girl on her lip. He said the dog is ...

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) ? Students at a Nevada middle school were filing off buses and reuniting with friends on the playground after a weeklong vacation when the pop of gunfire shattered the morning calm. Children fled the campus for their lives before the first bell rang.Police said a Sparks Middle School student was the lone shooter who injured two classmates, killed himself and took the life of an 8th-grade math ...

ST. DONATUS (AP) ? Authorities say a truck owned by a concrete company drove over freshly poured concrete, causing up to $400,000 damage at a road project in eastern Iowa.The incident occurred Friday night on the west side of St. Donatus in Jackson County. Deputy Steve Schroeder says charges are pending against the driver of the truck, which is owned by Perfection Concrete.Schroeder says the road had barricades ...

MASON CITY (AP) ? A 34-year-old Cedar Rapids man convicted of child stealing has been given 10 years in prison.Jonathan Workman was sentenced on Monday in Cerro Gordo County District Court. He?d entered an Alford plea to the charge. In an Alford plea, a defendant doesn?t admit the crime but does acknowledge prosecutors likely can prove the charge.Clear Lake police say that on April 20, surveillance video ...

WOODBINE (AP) ? Authorities are asking the public to help identify a person that may be connected to a building fire in the western Iowa city of Woodbine.The State Fire Marshal?s Office says investigators have obtained surveillance video from Sept. 26 that shows a man walking along the alley behind the building that housed the Everything Ellen Flower shop. The video shows the man behind the building minutes ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ? The last of the quintuplets born July 25 in Omaha has gone home to Sioux City in northwest Iowa.Rosalyn Garcia left Methodist Women?s Hospital on Monday. She?s been there since she and her siblings were delivered via cesarean section. Her sister Jimena went home Sunday, joining their sisters Marah and Arleth and brother, Christobal.Their mother and father, Bianca and Jose Garcia, also have ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Gov. Terry Branstad says the federal government shutdown, health care reform, and federal budget deficits make it harder to create jobs.He says if the federal government would ?get its act together and quit scaring people and businesses? Iowa would be doing better at job creation.When elected he promised to create 200,000 new jobs in five years. He sidestepped a question Monday about whether ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office reports a deer/vehicle accident at 6:56 p.m. Friday. A vehicle was traveling south on Jasmine Avenue near the Raj in Maharishi Vedic City and hit a deer. No injuries were reported.

Greater Fairfield Area Habitat for Humanity is asking for more volunteers to work on finishing a new home being built at 807 N. Ninth St. in Fairfield.Workdays are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays. Volunteers can sign up for specific time slots with Scott Timm by calling 515-291-2560 or emailing him at stimm@iastate.edu or call the Fairfield Volunteer Center at 209-9045 or email the center at fairfieldvolu...

A new face is greeting youngsters at the Fairfield Public Library, and it?s that of children?s librarian Afton Hallauer.Hallauer, of DeKalb, Ill., has been on the job since Oct. 1 and already feels at home in her new position and new town. One of her roles as children?s librarian is to help children find reference materials for their homework. She also connects kids to leisure books she thinks they?ll enjoy ...