Fairfield News

Fairfield Police Department, daily log of calls; The Ledger publishes a partial list of calls. Friday12:05 a.m. An anonymous caller reported burning in a backyard.5:36 a.m. Caller reported a smell of burning, has smelled it for a couple hours, but not able to see any fire.12:17 p.m. First National Bank reported receiving a $10 counterfeit bill.9:30 p.m. caller reported some kids threw a rock through glass ...

The Cambridge Investment Research Inc.-sponsored event, Neon Splash, raised $1,800 for the community outdoor pool and recreation center project.The 5k event, held Oct. 5 at Chautaugua Park, had more than 80 participants in attendance. All proceeds fund the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department?s pool project initiative.As part of Cambridge?s commitment to health and wellness, the Cambridge Wellness Committee ...

Fairfield Police Department, daily log of calls; The Ledger publishes a partial list of calls. Sunday6:16 p.m. caller reported a water main break.10:26 p.m. Consuelo Sanchez, 20, was cited for driving under suspension.20:30 p.m. caller reported people screaming and yelling in an apartment, disturbing the peace.

Blough Neff ?outstanding? assessor Sheri Blough Neff, Jefferson County assessor, was nominated and selected to receive the ?Outstanding Member? Award at the Iowa State Association of Assessor?s Annual Conference and School of Instruction Sept. 29 through Oct. 2 in Des Moines.The recipient of the award is selected based on leadership qualities, professionalism and contributions to the association.Blough Neff ...

OTTUMWA (AP) ? Internet access was cut to some residents in southeast Iowa after someone intentionally cut an underground cable.The Ottumwa Courier said Mediacom customers began to report they couldn?t get online Saturday morning, prompting the company to search for a problem. Customers in Ottumwa, Knoxville, Eddyville and Fairfield lost Internet service.Mediacom spokeswoman Phyllis Peters said technicians ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa officials have implemented an emergency plan of issuing vouchers to low-income residents after computer problems caused electronic payments for food stamps to fail across the country.The Iowa Department of Human Services says it already had a contingency plan in place for such emergencies.Iowans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and find that their electronic ...

MOUNT PLEASANT (GTNS) ? Regional Utility Service Systems is taking someone new to court.At Wednesday?s board meeting, RUSS executive director Bruce Hudson informed the board RUSS had filed a suit against Warner Engineering Associates Inc. of Mount Pleasant regarding the system they built in Argyle in November 2009.?Last week, a suit was filed against Warner Associates and we have begun the process of suing them ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa-born opera singer Simon Estes has spent his career on the world?s stages and now is lending his voice to help end child deaths caused by malaria in Africa.Centerville native Estes wants every student in Iowa from kindergarten to 12th grade to sell at least three copies of his latest CD, ?Save the Children, Save Their Lives? and he?ll donate $4 from each $15 purchase to the students? ...

CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) ? Neighbors rescued two small dogs from a house on fire in Cedar Rapids before firefighters arrived and extinguished the blaze.Fire department spokesman Greg Buelow says Steve Jordan looked out a living room window Sunday evening and noticed smoke coming out of roof vents of a house across the street.Jordan and another neighbor noted the homeowners, Josh and Becky Kuntz, were gone so opened ...

Fairfield High School senior Jorge Whitley is in the top 2 percent out of more than 250,000 000 Hispanic/Latino students and he was named a National Hispanic Recognition Scholar.?It?s based on ACT/SAT [college entrance exams] scores, GPA and rigor of courses taken in high school,? said Whitley.Students considered are from the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Mariana Islands and the ...

ARNOLDS PARK (AP) ? Renovation on an old wooden roller coaster at Arnolds Park Amusement Park in northwest Iowa is almost complete.Officials started dismantling The Legend roller coaster a few weeks ago to replace one of the tracks this winter. That?s aimed at matching a track that was replaced last spring.Additional work on the more than $500,000 project will include replacing the catwalk and adding several ...

MARSHALLTOWN (AP) ? A Republican Iowa state lawmaker from Tama County is working on legislation that would require sex offenders from out of state to register in Iowa.Des Moines television station KCCI reports that state Rep. Dean Fischer tells Des Moines television station KCCI that he was outraged after learning that 25-year-old Stewart Smith moved to Marshalltown without his name appearing on Iowa?s Sex ...