Ben Sirdoreus, left, and Hunter Mason really got into Tuesday?s hillbilly theme at Washington Elementary School. The boys not only dressed as country bumpkins, but altered their teeth to fit their characters, too.
Best-selling author Tom Clancy, whose wildly successful technological thrillers made him one of the biggest publishing phenomena of his time, has died at 66.Clancy arrived on best-seller lists in 1984 with ?The Hunt for Red October.? He sold the manuscript to the first publisher he tried, the Naval Institute Press, which had never bought original fiction.A string of other best-sellers soon followed.Four of his ...
Lawmakers locked in a political stare-down today were buffeted by rising anger from across the nation about a partial government shutdown that ruined vacations, sapped businesses and closed military cemeteries as far away as France.Some on Capitol Hill ominously suggested the impasse might last for weeks, but a few Republicans seemed ready to blink.Republican Rep. Peter King of New York accused tea party-backed ...
The following case was processed in Jefferson County Courthouse. Associate District CourtLucas Aaron Dewes, 37, of Brighton, pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated, second offense, an aggravated misdemeanor. He was sentenced to one year in Jefferson County Jail, less credit for time served. All but 30 days was suspended. He will have work release. He was placed on probation for one year. He was ordered ...
The county has installed a double-box culvert on the gravel portion of Brookville Road.?Detour signs have been removed, the roads are open,? said Jefferson County Engineer Scott Cline Monday. ?The fencing and seeding is finished. We had to put down some more rock, which was dust-controlled. The culvert has a floodgate with float levels installed. We?ll put up corner markers with reflectors, [because] this ...
Fairfield Police Department arrested Eli Matthew Kuster, 39, of 2418 Silverwood Lane, at 1:24 a.m. today at D Street and Briggs Avenue. He is charged with public intoxication, third and subsequent ? enhanced. Police logMonday2:06 p.m. caller reported his vehicle, parked at work, was struck by an unknown vehicle between 10:30-11:30 a.m., causing damage to the front passenger side by the bumper and headlight.
State Representative Curt Hanson, represents Iowa House District 82, which includes most of Jefferson County and Davis and Van Buren counties, in the state legislature.This was sent Thursday. I recently had the pleasure of helping Genevieve Drish of Fairfield celebrate her 106th birthday.Mrs. Drish is one of only 200 Iowans who have celebrated a centenarian birthday in 2013.The senior center was nearly ...
Fairfield residents can expect their sewer bill to jump 20 percent in the next couple of months.The city of Fairfield passed the third and final reading of an ordinance at its meeting Sept. 23 to increase sewer fees. The vote was unanimous as all seven councilors voted in favor of it. The councilors are Daryn Hamilton, John Revolinski, Martha Rasmussen, Connie Boyer, Jessica Ledger-Kalen, Tony Hammes and Michael ...
Magistrate CourtCole David Emry-Stannard, 18, of Ottumwa, pleaded guilty to public intoxication. He was fined $148.Christian Steven Tosh, 18, of 204 E. Hempstead Ave., pleaded guilty to fifth-degree theft. He was fined $195.Aaron Michael Price pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and received a deferred judgment. He was ordered to pay $60 in prosecution costs, court appointed attorney costs if any and court ...
Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown today as a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama?s health care law stalled a temporary funding bill, forcing about 800,000 federal workers off the job and suspending most non-essential federal programs and services.The shutdown closed national parks, museums along the Washington Mall and the U.S. Capitol visitors center. People classified ...
The Fairfield Police Department, in conjunction with Southern Iowa Economic Development Association and the Indian Hills Community College criminal justice program, performed an alcohol compliance check of several businesses holding alcohol retail licenses Saturday in Jefferson County.Of the 20 businesses visited, six retailers provided alcohol to the underage person used for the compliance check. Those retailers...
Fairfield Police Department made a second arrest in an ongoing investigation into recent car and residential burglaries. Ronnie Hanen, 47, of Fairfield was arrested Thursday on charges of second-degree theft. Police logFriday8:16 a.m. citizen heard FPD investigating several vehicle burglaries and came to the station to see if items stolen from his truck sometime on July 6 or 7 were items confiscated; they ...
Jefferson County supervisors opened four bids today for a three-year lease of 106 acres of county-owned farmland and awarded the lease to the highest bid, an annual $36,290, or $342.36 per acre per year from J.A. Farm Enterprises.The other bids were $30,740, $26,182 and $24,011.The three-year lease ending Feb. 1 had been an annual $19,400 since 2011.?Steve Greiner had the latest contract and did a very good ...
Fairfield Fire Department responded at 12:24 a.m. Saturday to a porch fire at 602 N. Court St., where residential apartments undergoing renovations. Firefighters used water to extinguish the fire and returned to the station at 1:25 a.m.Firefighters investigated a carbon monoxide detector call at 11:02 p.m. Thursday at 2200 North B St., and returned to the station at 11:50 p.m.
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