Fairfield News

Fairfield Police partial log of calls to dispatch on Monday:6:33 p.m. caller reported a young woman sitting next to railroad tracks. Police found her sitting next to building, not tracks, taking sunset photos with cell phone. Everything was OK.12:25 a.m. A vehicle struck a parked vehicle, causing an estimated $1,500 in damages. Owners exchanged information.Three 911 misdials or hang-ups throughout the day.

Libertyville Savings Bank receives Excellence AwardLibertyville Savings Bank has been selected for the 2013 Iowa Excellence Award among all its peers and competitors by the Small Business Institute for Excellence in Commerce.Each year the SBIEC conducts business surveys and industry research to identify companies that have achieved demonstrable success in their local business environment and industry category. ...

State Rep. Curt Hanson of Fairfield announced the weight limit on roads has been lifted to help farmers bring in their crops. This will allow transportation of oversize and overweight loads of grain on Iowa roads until the fall harvest is complete.?The weight limit lift on Iowa roadways is essential for farmers to get their crops to market as efficiently as possible,? said Hanson. ?This will help ease the burden ...

Pilot Grove Savings Bank recently broke ground for the construction of a new branch office in Fairfield. The office will be on 13.5 acres at the northeast corner of the intersection of Iowa Highway 1 and U.S. Highway 34.?We?ve been waiting for quite some time for the opportunity to become part of the vibrant Fairfield community,? said Ted J. Vonderhaar, president of Pilot Grove Savings Bank. ?Pilot Grove Savings ...

Iowa motorists wanting to remember a fallen law enforcement officer may now purchase a specialty license plate with a ?Fallen Peace Officer? emblem, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation.The fees for a numbered ?Fallen Peace Officer? plate are $35, with a $10 annual validation fee; and $60 for a personalized plate, with a $15 annual validation fee.The Iowa Department of Public Safety receives $35 ...

A page of news from the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce. Click on "October 2013 Chamber Page" under "Related Information" shown below to see the newsletter.

A Fairfield resident has organized a fundraiser for kidney disease.Jami Kaelin is one of the two women to organize the Southeast Iowa Kidney Walk, which is Saturday in Ottumwa. This is the second year of the Southeast Iowa Kidney Walk, which raised more than $5,000 its first year in 2012. Kaelin and her co-worker Kristin Wilson are working hard to make the event even more successful than before.The fundraising ...

Friday was Spirit Day throughout the district as students donned every orange and black article of clothing they could find. Among those who got into the swing of Trojan-themed attire are students, from left, Taylor Ferrel, Alissa Fitch and Olivia Wallerich.

The homecoming parade was just the beginning of festivities in Central Park Friday. Fairfield High School students Seth Simmons, left, and Dakota Webber entertained the crowd with a rendition of ?Who Says You Can?t Go Home,? by Bon Jovi. They were accompanied by Tracy Andermann on violin.

Calls are coming in to state park officers faster than they can be answered.Iowa?s state parks, including those such as Honey Creek and Elk Rock that are on federal land, are open. That?s the message being relayed during the federal government shutdown.?It can be confusing about what is open and what isn?t, especially for parks on federal reservoirs,? said Jim Lawson, State Parks Bureau supervisor for the Iowa ...

The September compliance check among 20 retailers selling alcohol had a 70 percent passing rate, which is too low, Don Sanders executive director of Jefferson County Alcohol Consumption Task Force told the county board of supervisors today.?It was a 10 percent improvement over the April compliance check,? Sanders said. ?But it?s still not acceptable. Six retailers were cited for serving alcohol to our underage ...

Installation of a storm sewer pipe below Highway U.S. 34 in Ottumwa requires the closure of the roadway between the Vine Street interchange and U.S. 34/U.S. 63 roundabout at 5 a.m. Oct. 14, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation?s District 5 Office.During this project, traffic will be directed around the construction zone using Vine Street, Madison Avenue and Mary Street. There is ...