Fairfield News

Roger Leahy twirls and shuffles his feet all while holding his dancing companion, Adrian Fekete, Sept. 6 in Central Park during the Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk.

ELDON ? Cardinal middle school and high school students and teachers have been using Kuno tablets and the educational program CurriculumLoft Cloud for nearly a year, enabling technology to be used as a tool for teaching and learning.Kuno tablets replaced MacBooks in October. Kuno was chosen because it accesses CurriculumLoft, a mobile learning system.Kuno has a 9.7-inch touch screen, weighs a little more than 1 ...

ROCKWELL CITY (AP) ? A police officer in the small northern Iowa community of Rockwell City was shot and killed today while responding to a standoff, authorities said.Officer Jamie Buenting, 37, was hit by a single gunshot and died in the early-morning standoff, Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Michael Motsinger said at a news conference.Corey Trott, 32, of Rockwell City, was arrested and ...

MOUNT PLEASANT (GTNS) ? At Wednesday?s Regional Utility Service Systems meeting, executive director Bruce Hudson informed the board it was getting dangerously close to defaulting on its USDA loan.Hudson opened the floor for an intense discussion between residents of Mount Union and the RUSS board concerning the possibility of raising their rates.System users in Mount Union are paying $57.63 per month. When the ...

DUBUQUE (AP) ? Officials say three teenagers accused of bringing Airsoft pistols to a Dubuque middle school face disciplinary action.The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports that a 14-year old and two 13-year-olds have been charged as juveniles in violation of a city ordinance that prohibits carrying concealed weapons without a permit. The ordinance includes air guns.Washington Middle School was briefly placed on ...

The Jefferson County Attorney?s Office said Terri Ann Prevett, 57, of Stockport, was arrested today on charges of first-degree theft, a Class C felony, and ongoing criminal conduct, a Class B felony.According to the county attorney?s press release, Fairfield Clinic PC reported a theft in August. Prevett worked at the clinic as office manager.After a police investigation, it was discovered $121,049 had been ...

KALONA (GTNS) ? More than 100 people attended a public meeting Tuesday at the Kalona Chamber of Commerce to discuss what the next step should be for the Bunker Mill Bridge.On Aug. 11, a fire believed to be set intentionally damaged the Bunker Mill Bridge. At the Board of Supervisors meeting Sept. 3, Washington County engineer Jacob Thorius said the bridge was a liability for the county. He said he would rather ...

Fairfield Police Department investigated at 206 E. Pierce Ave., Apt. 23, at 11:40 p.m. Thursday and Joshua Meth, 24, of Fairfield was later arrested for domestic abuse assault with strangulation.

Twitter has redefined the way we communicate, get news and share tidbits of our lives. It has even been credited with starting a revolution or two.The company, based in San Francisco, announced Thursday that it intends to sell stock to the public for the first time. Naturally, it did it via a tweet.Here are some quick facts about Twitter in 140 characters or less, the limit of tweets.? MT @Twitter We?ve ...

DES MOINES ? The combination of heat and scarce amounts of rain intensified the drought in several agriculturally significant states, contributing to declining crop conditions in parts of the Midwest and South.However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a separate report Thursday the expected record corn harvest and third-largest soybean crop are on track, since areas that aren?t seeing as severe a ...

Employers in Fairfield are being asked to complete a survey about the housing needs of their employees.The survey is the result of a joint effort between the city of Fairfield, the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce and the Fairfield Economic Development Association. The three entities plan to share the survey data with developers to encourage them to build in the area. They also plan to use the data to form ...

Deb Draper, left, speaks with local food coordinator Jan Swinton during the Farm Crawl Sunday in Fairfield. The event featured farms, greenhouses and food booths throughout Jefferson, Keokuk and Washington counties. Swinton manned the booth for Hometown Harvest, which will put in a farm-to-school greenhouse in Fairfield.