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The construction that had blocked Brookville Road between Fairfield and Packwood is finished and the road is now open to traffic.
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The construction that had blocked Brookville Road between Fairfield and Packwood is finished and the road is now open to traffic.
ELDON ? The city of Eldon held a primary election Tuesday to narrow four candidates for mayor to two.Incumbent Mayor Shirley Stacey, with 73 votes, and challenger Sean Coulter with 117 votes, will be on the Nov. 5 municipal elections ballot in Eldon.Mayoral challengers Dave Bowen had 27 votes Tuesday and Tommy Reaves received nine votes.All Eldon city council seats are up for re-election in November.City ...
Iowa Department of Transportation motor vehicle enforcement officers use a myriad of tools to complete their job duties.One of those tools is a laptop computer in every IDOT MVE patrol vehicle.To reduce the risk of distraction, IDOT is deploying a new program, ?Arch Angel.? This is a combination of hardware and software designated to improve safety of both law enforcement and the motoring public by disabling ...
It?s an easy law to break, and dog cheats do.By strapping a vest or backpack that says ?service animal? to their pet, anyone can go in stores and restaurants where other dogs are banned, creating growing problems for the disabled community and business owners and leading to calls for better identifying the real deal.Those with disabilities are worried about privacy and the safety of their highly trained service ...
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) ? Investigators said they are trying to determine why a retired police officer fired up to two dozen shots at a federal courthouse in West Virginia on Wednesday before officers returned fire and killed him.Wheeling Police Chief Shawn Schwertfeger identified the gunman as Thomas J. Piccard, 55, of Bridgeport, Ohio. He was a retired Wheeling police officer.Piccard was armed with an assault ...
Fairfield Police Department issued a press release today to clarify arrests of Jeffrey Allen Reed, 34.Reed was arrested at 1:50 p.m. Tuesday at the Department of Correctional Services, Probation/Parole Office in Fairfield, on a probation violation.Reed also was charged (arrested) by police at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday in the Jefferson County Jail.These additional charges are the result of an investigation initiated ...
Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office received a report at 5:19 p.m. Tuesday from a resident in Lockridge that a 2002 red Kawasaki Prairie 360 had been vandalized sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 5:19 p.m. Tuesday. Damages are estimated at $80.
Imagine cooking a pizza from start to finish in just two minutes.Although it sounds impossible, the feat is within reach for a homemade cob oven at Maharishi School for the Age of Enlightenment. The base of the oven is made of reclaimed concrete blocks and the body is made of a mixture of sand, clay and straw in the shape of a dome.The oven was built by the Maharishi School senior class last school year and ...
This groundhog was seen scurrying through the Maharishi School grounds Monday afternoon and having a good time doing so.
Fairfield Fire Department responded to an automatic alarm at 4:03 a.m. today at 300 N. 16th St., Agri-Industrial Plastics Co. Investigation showed a leak in the water sprinkler system caused water pressure to drop, setting off the alarm. Firefighters returned to the station at 4:21 a.m.
DES MOINES (AP) ? Statistics show fewer students return for a second year at Iowa?s community colleges than in other Midwestern states.Iowa?s retention rate of 49.9 percent also is lower than the national average. Federal data from 2010 shows Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin have higher rates.The Des Moines Register reports Iowa?s 15 community colleges have implemented new programs in ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? Faculty and administrators at the University of Iowa have begun discussing whether to ban electronic cigarettes on the campus.The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that members of the university?s Faculty Council discussed Tuesday whether the increasingly popular battery-powered cigarettes should be included in a campus-wide smoking ban.The university president?s office has assigned Human ...
Jefferson County Supervisor Becky Schmitz shared Monday about a United Way database, 2-1-1, available for anyone to access free and confidential at anytime, online at FirstCallForHelpIowa.org or by calling 211.Schmitz distributed a flier with the phone numbers and website, offering assistance in several categories. Anyone can call or visit the website to find community resources, from basic human needs ? food, ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? A 64-year-old substitute community college teacher has been arrested on drug allegations after a search of her Iowa City home.Johnson County Jail records said Dona Saforek remained in custody on Wednesday. Online court records don?t list the name of her attorney.Officers with the Johnson County Drug Task Force say they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia during the search Tuesday afternoon. ...
