Fairfield News

BLOOMFIELD (AP) ? Authorities in southern Iowa say a man sexually abused and assaulted a detained teenager.Bloomfield police say Ken Turner sexually abused a 17-year-old boy multiple times over several days. He's also accused of hitting the teen.Authorities say Turner used a syringe to administer an unknown substance that made the boy dizzy and sleepy.Bloomfield Police Chief Shawn Armstrong says the teen was ...

The Fairfield Middle School wants its students to not only think outside the box, but also outside the classroom walls.This fall, the middle school has begun a class that encourages eighth-graders to design projects that help their community. The teachers thought the class was such a great idea they decided to call it, ?Idea.?Idea is a class eighth-graders may take during sixth hour if they do not need additiona...

DES MOINES (AP) ? The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says an emerald ash borer has been found in a fourth Iowa location.The insect showed up in a tree at a Mechanicsville residence in eastern Iowa's Cedar County. The first three confirmed sightings were in Allamakee, Des Moines and Jefferson counties.Officials are considering a regional quarantine to slow the accidental transport of the ...

Washington Elementary School students and adult volunteers wearing reflective vests walk from the high school to Washington Elementary School Wednesday morning in the first iteration of a ?walking school bus.? Volunteers will escort students to school on Wednesdays this fall before winter arrives, and then will start again in the spring. Members of the walking school bus even received a police escort to help them ...

By LEANNE ITALIEAssociated Press ?Why are you so sad?? a TV reporter asked the little girl with a bright pink bow in her hair.?Because they didn?t like my dreads,? she sobbed, wiping her tears. ?I think that they should let me have my dreads.?With those words, second-grader Tiana Parker of Tulsa, Okla., found herself, at age 7, at the center of decades of debate over standards of black beauty, cultural pride ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? The Iowa National Guard says more than 1,000 full-time employees have been furloughed because of the partial government shutdown.The Guard says most of the furloughed employees are federal technicians that are uniformed members of the Guard. About 45 are civilian federal government employees.Col. Greg Hapgood says about 50 employees remain on duty. The shutdown began Tuesday.The Guard says ...

BURLINGTON (AP) ? An Iowa Department of Natural Resources officer who investigated a deadly Mississippi River boat crash is defending his conclusions following the dismissal of charges against both boat operators.Paul Kay, who was assigned to lead the investigation into the May 2012 crash, says the facts in his 250-page report are accurate.The Des Moines County Attorney's office dismissed charges Tuesday ...

The Iowa Department of Transportation is proposing new rules restricting the placement of traffic cameras on state highways.It would require that before cameras are placed on state highways, officials must have explored and implemented other options for handling traffic issues and that the cameras can?t be considered a long-term solution. Cameras could be used only in very limited situations on interstate ...

DES MOINES ? The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship?s employees that work in USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service facilities will be working from alternate locations during the federal government shutdown and can be contacted through the Department?s office in Des Moines.Iowans with questions for state soil secretaries and state soil technicians can contact the department?s office in Des ...

BRIGHTON (GTNS) ? Even as rain threatened to pour on the vintage cars that had entered Brighton shortly before noon Saturday, the drivers still took time to line up on Washington Street to display the turn-of-the-century-era ?light locomotives? for onlookers to see.Because many of the 12 horseless carriages had open driver compartments, a nearby barn was opened up for the drivers to park inside to wait out the ...

The Fairfield Fire Department responded to and investigated an automatic alarm at 1:38 a.m. today at Parkview Care Center. Firefighters returned to the station at 1:57 a.m.

Washington Elementary School students and faculty dressed up as hillbillies and lumberjacks Tuesday as the school district celebrates homecoming with dress-up days all this week. The dress-up days for Washington the rest of the week are: today is Sports Day; Thursday is student picture day, so the students are asked to dress as teachers while the teachers dress as kids; Friday is Spirit Day, when students don ...