Fairfield News

IOWA CITY (AP) ? An 18-year-old Iowa City man has been accused of cutting a hole in an attic wall so he could burglarize an adjoining home.The Iowa City Press-Citizen says Jerome Brooks Jr. is charged with felony theft and burglary. He remained in Johnson County Jail on Wednesday, pending $5,000 bail on each charge. Online court records don?t list the name of his attorney.Police say the victim reported the ...

Fairfield Fire Department responded to a possible house fire at 8:04 p.m. Tuesday at 1607 N. Main St. It was not a structure fire, but an intentional fire with wood burning in a backyard burn pit. Firefighters returned to the station at 8:15 p.m.

William Boyd has left James Bond stirred, if not shaken.The British writer has taken on the fictional spy in ?Solo,? a new 007 novel that balances fidelity to Ian Fleming?s iconic character with subtle changes.Bond fans will find much they recognize, along with some surprises ? one of which is that in Boyd?s mind, James Bond looks like Daniel Day-Lewis.Boyd says Fleming once described the spy as ?looking like ...

The terrorist group behind the takeover of a Nairobi mall claimed today the Kenyan government assault team carried out ?a demolition? of the building, burying 137 hostages in rubble.A government spokesman denied the claim and said Kenyan forces were clearing all rooms, firing as they moved and encountering no one.In a series of tweets from a Twitter account believed to be genuine, al-Shabab also said that ...

Fourteen members of the local Fairfield High School Future Business Leaders of America attended the State Fall Leadership Conference Sunday and Monday in Des Moines.The conference involved members participating in a Leadership Reaction Course at Camp Dodge. The course emphasized physical strength, problem solving and teamwork. Local FBLA members were challenged throughout the course.The keynote speaker was ...

Maharishi University of Management will host the North Central Regional Conference of the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education at 11:15 a.m. Friday in the Festival Hall of the Argiro Student Center.Conference host, Professor Scott R. Herriott, Ph.D., and co-chair of the Department of Business Administration at Maharishi University of Management says, ?Business deans and department chairs ...

Van Buren hospital partners with University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsKEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren County Hospital Board of Trustees announced that it has selected University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City as its management partner.The primary part of the management agreement is for UI Hospitals and Clinics to conduct a search to find qualified candidates to fill the chief executive officer post at ...

Fairfield Police Department cited Steven James Holland, 32, for no valid drivers license at 9:54 p.m. Tuesday.

Fairfield Police Department executed a consent search and a search warrant Monday. Property from recent car burglaries and a residential burglary was recovered.Monday, members of the Fairfield Police Department executed a search warrant at 906 W. Hempstead Ave. Officers recovered a flat screen TV, an Xbox and sub-woofers reported stolen Sunday from a residence at 202½ N. Ninth St.In addition, a small amount of ...

Executive director Dawn Safrit at Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation in Fairfield, gave her pint of blood Monday during Noah?s Ark blood drive in honor of Cody Cohen. Cohen, 18, of Fairfield, is a volunteer at the animal shelter. He was diagnosed last winter with MDS, a blood cancer which progressed to AML ? acute myelogenous leukemia. He is being treated at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Safrit said 28 ...

The remaining six people listed as unaccounted for in the Colorado floods have told authorities they are alive and well.The Larimer County Sheriff?s Department said today authorities made contact with the six after their names were made public.At the height of the flooding, more than 1,000 people were unaccounted for.One person remains missing and presumed dead and the death toll remains at eight.The floods, ...

With harvest around the corner, motorists will soon be sharing the road with farm vehicles. The Iowa Department of Transportation is urging motorists and farm vehicle operators to exercise caution during the movement of slow-moving equipment on Iowa?s roadways.Already in 2013, there have been 79 crashes with farm equipment causing five deaths. Data for 2012 shows a total of 176 crashes involved farm equipment. ...