Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office reports a deer/vehicle accident at 5:29 p.m. Wednesday. A vehicle was traveling north on Highway 1 and struck multiple deer near 137th Street. No injuries were reported.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. ? Look up a female scientist or technologist on Wikipedia, and you might not find what you?re looking for. Many don?t have detailed pages or any page at all on the free online encyclopedia created by contributors, the vast majority of them men.It?s a symptom of a larger problem for women in so-called STEM fields ? science, technology, engineering and mathematics ? where men far outnumber women. ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A rare whale that has a dolphin-shaped head and saber-like teeth has been found dead on Los Angeles? Venice Beach, even though it prefers frigid subarctic waters.The roughly 15-foot-long female Stejneger?s beaked whale washed ashore Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Times reported. A truck hauled away the mammal, which was being examined at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum to ...
Fairfield Police Department?s log for Wednesday includes a vehicle/deer collision at 10:06 p.m., causing an estimated $2,000 in damages to a vehicle.
Barriers came down at federal memorials and National Park Service sites, and thousands of furloughed federal workers ? relieved but wary ? returned to work across the country Thursday after 16 days off the job due to the partial government shutdown.Among the sites reopening were Gettysburg National Park in Pennsylvania, the Smithsonian Institution?s network of popular museums, and the World War II memorial in ...
Fairfield Fire Department responded at 8:05 a.m. today to a report of a natural gas smell near the back door at MidWestOne Bank drive-up, 2408 W. Burlington Ave. A small leak was discovered at the shut-off valve. Alliant was notified. Firefighters returned to the station at 8:13 a.m.An automatic alarm rang at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday at Parkview Care Center. A nurse called to say it was a low pressure alarm. Capt. ...
The Fairfield City Council agreed to hold a public hearing on an amendment to an ordinance that would allow bowhunting of deer in select parts of town.The public hearing will be at the council?s next meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 28.The vote was 6-1 in favor of holding the public hearing. John Revolinski voted against the motion. After the vote, a councilor asked Revolinski why he voted against a public hearing, and ...
Jefferson County Health Center Board of Directors? vice chairman Bob Keller was honored with the Excellence in Governance Award during the Iowa Hospital Association?s annual meeting last week in Des Moines.?I was quite honored and quite humbled,? said Keller.Even though he knew he was receiving the award ? Jefferson County Health Center CEO Deb Cardin tried to keep it a secret, but had to tell him to get him to ...
The world?s disbelief at the political impasse in the U.S. turned to relief today as the country stepped back from the brink of default.But experts and foreign officials warned that Washington?s credibility had been damaged ? a point President Barack Obama echoed.The deal may assure only a few months of financial order, and the prospect of another possible crisis early next year when the agreement lapses leaves ...
OTTUMWA (AP) ? An Ottumwa man has been accused of kidnapping a woman and holding her against her will for more than two weeks.Court records show an arrest warrant was served Friday to 33-year-old Adem Geleto Anota.Ottumwa police say they received a report Thursday from a woman who claimed to have been confined against her will between Sept. 24 and Oct. 9. She told authorities she was sexually assaulted during ...
AMES (AP) ? Iowa State University holds the patent for the process that led to making the world-famous Maytag blue cheese. The university?s research foundation also holds patents for lead-free solder used in most of today?s electronics, and the algorithm that made a faster fax machine.The Iowa State University Research Foundation is observing its 75th anniversary as the organization that receives, protects, and ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? Officials are examining the possible effects of essentially closing the Des Moines Human Rights Commission.Some people say the commission is duplicating work being done by the Iowa Civil Rights Commission.The Des Moines Register reports that the city commission closed or resolved 33 complaints in the fiscal year that ended June 30. The Iowa commission processed 306 complaints from Des Moines ...
WATERLOO (AP) ? A Waterloo firefighter has successfully repaired an old flag pole by hanging about 200 feet above a downtown building.Ty Graham, a member of the Waterloo Fire Rescue, climbed the 70-foot flag pole atop an eight-story building on Monday to replace a pulley damaged by severe weather earlier this year. He used a harness and straps to do the work.The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports wind gusts ...
BOSTON (AP) ? The number of safety violations at U.S. nuclear power plants varies dramatically from region to region, pointing to inconsistent enforcement in an industry now operating mostly beyond its original 40-year licenses, according to a congressional study awaiting release.Nuclear Regulatory Commission figures cited in the Government Accountability Office report show that while the West has the fewest ...
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