Fairfield News

A trial will determine whether U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose and an aide discriminated and retaliated against a subordinate attorney when Rose was the top federal prosecutor based in Cedar Rapids, a judge ruled Thursday.U.S. Senior Judge Richard Kopf rejected the Department of Justice?s motion to dismiss the civil lawsuit brought by former assistant U.S. Attorney Martha Fagg, a civil lawyer based in Sioux ...

The Fairfield City Council will consider whether to allow hunters to kill deer in town at its next meeting Monday.The Fairfield Police Department has proposed opening a short deer season to take place in late December and early January to hunt deer in select locations on the west side and south side of town.If approved, the hunts would be confined to bows and would occur in three places: on ground owned by the ...

From left, Dr. Chumley and Elwood Dowd, played by Alex Helmick and Coren Hucke, respectively, have a heart-to-heart talk in ?Harvey.? Elwood explains Harvey, the 6.5-foot tall invisible rabbit, has the power to stop time. ?And you can go anywhere you like, with anyone you like, and stay as long as you like. And when you get back, not one minute will have ticked by. ? Science has overcome time and space. Well, ...

Monday is celebrated as Columbus Day.The U.S. Post Office will be closed and no mail is delivered on this holiday.City and county offices, the Fairfield Public Library, Roosevelt Community Recreation Center, schools and the senior center are all open regular hours Monday.Waste Management will also hold to its regular schedule of pickups.

Harvest is in full swing across the country, and farmers in many states are surprised at the abundance of corn they?re getting from their fields.Dairy farmer Ben Steffen, who also grows corn, soybeans and wheat on 1,900 acres near the southeastern Nebraska town of Humboldt, said his first corn field brought in 168 bushels an acre, above the average of 140.?I?m surprised that what I?m hearing from my neighbors ...

John Harper remembers the date well: Aug. 18, 1979.What Harper has no memory of is what transpired the following eight weeks. On that summer day, more than 34 years ago, Harper was knocked off his moped and suffered a traumatic brain injury. He was in a coma for two months, and when he awoke he was only faced with more challenges. Harper had to re-learn how to talk and how to walk.At the time, Harper was 15 ...

Fairfield Police Department investigated a report at 9:28 p.m. Thursday of third-degree burglary in the 600 block of W. Washington Avenue.

WASHINGTON, Iowa (GTNS) ? When Richard Young went to the Washington County Republican Central Committee?s caucus to find a candidate for the vacated District 5 supervisor?s seat, he said that he went without having anyone to nominate him.Having been approached by people from the community about running for the position, Young had gotten a petition signed to run for the office. When he attended the GOP caucus, he ...

Fairfield Fire Department responded at 1:45 p.m. Thursday to a carbon monoxide detector at 605 S. 23rd St., First Resources. The detector was found to have bad batteries, which were replaced. Firefighters returned to the station at 1:58 p.m.

BRIGHTON (GTNS) ?A search warrant led to the arrest of a Brighton man.The search warrant was served at 1453 315th St. in Brighton on Sept. 26, which is listed as the residence of Curtis Austin Null, according to the court record. In the residence items used to make methamphetamine were found. The items found included pseudoephedrine pills, lithium batteries, instant cold packs, lye, drain cleaner, camping fuel ...

BLOOMFIELD (AP) ? A judge has issued a warrant for a Bloomfield man accused of sexually abusing a teenager and keeping him detained in his home.The Des Moines Register reports Ken Turner was freed on bond after being charged with seven counts of third-degree sexual abuse assault, causing injury and administering a harmful substance.Bloomfield police say Turner sexually abused a 17-year-old boy multiple times ...

SIDNEY (AP) ? Three teenagers suspected of crimes in Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska have been captured in southwest Iowa.Fremont County sheriff?s deputies found the three inside the public library on Tuesday. The three bolted but were soon captured after foot chases.The three had been reported missing from a youth center in Manning.Nebraska authorities had alerted the Fremont County deputies as Otoe County, Neb., ...