Fairfield News

Fairfield Police Department arrested James Richard Clark Jr., 36, of Davenport at 2:13 a.m. today in the 100 block of East Broadway Avenue for operating while intoxicated, first offense, no insurance on file and driving while suspended, revoked, canceled or denied. Police logWednesday11:08 p.m. An officer on foot checked storage units; found 16 unlocked units containing items.10:15 p.m. water leak reported ...

AMES (AP) ? Iowa State University has surpassed the University of Iowa with its fall enrollment for the first time in more than 30 years.ISU said Wednesday slightly more than 33,200 students have enrolled at its Ames campus, a 7 percent increase from last fall. Iowa enrolled just over 31,000 students, down 1 percent from last fall. UNI reported a decrease of about 100 students at its Cedar Falls campus.The Des ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? The University of Iowa didn?t bill Medicaid for two abortions performed since July 1, leaving the governor without a decision to make.Last spring the Legislature voted to require the governor?s personal approval before Medicaid could pay for any abortions. Gov. Terry Branstad said he was ready to do so.The new law doesn?t require the governor?s permission for abortions to be performed.The ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa officials will inspect more livestock farms and strictly enforce penalties when manure leaks into rivers or streams under a federal agreement signed Wednesday stemming from a yearslong dispute about enforcing the U.S. Clean Water Act.The agreement comes about a year after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency threatened to take over enforcement of the federal law in Iowa if state ...

MONTICELLO (AP) ? Artifacts estimated at 1,000 to 1,500 years old have been found in a cave on land recently bought by an eastern Iowa county.Cedar Rapids television station KCRG says the landowner told officials there was a cave with ancient artifacts on the more than 500 acres acquired by the Jones County Conservation Board.That?s proved to be true, and state archaeologist John Doershuk and some volunteers ...

SPIRIT LAKE (AP) ? Authorities say an excavator operator was injured when his machine fell through the floor of the old Spirit Lake City Hall.Sioux City television station KTIV says the accident occurred about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The machine was being used to tear down the building. The excavator landed on one of its sides in the building basement.The operator was taken to a local hospital for treatment of ...

Fairfield firefighters Brandon Buch, second from left, and Josh Phillips, right, shoot the breeze with Kay Buch, left, and Yvonne Klein this morning at SunnyBrook Assisted Living after eating breakfast together. SunnyBrook served breakfast to the Fairfield police, firefighters and EMS personnel to honor the service of first responders on the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Getting face time with the family doctor could soon become even harder.A shortage of primary care physicians in some parts of the country is expected to worsen as millions of newly insured Americans gain coverage under the federal health care law next year.Doctors could face a backlog, and patients could find it difficult to get quick appointments.Attempts to address the provider gap have taken on increased ...

Major new laws come with their own jargon, and President Barack Obama?s health care overhaul is no exception. With the first open enrollment season kicking off for the uninsured, here are some terms consumers might want to get familiar with:Affordable Care Act ? The most common formal name for the health care law.Its full title is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Opponents still deride the law as ...

Two new deputies have joined the Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office.The two deputies are recent college graduates and neither of them had to travel far to start their law enforcement careers. Jacob Riley, 22, hails from Burlington and Justin Smith, 23, grew up in Mount Pleasant.Both men have known they wanted to be deputies for many years. Smith began thinking about a career in law enforcement in middle school. ...

MARION (AP) ? A 30-year-old Marion man has died after his car crashed into a house during a chase by police.The Marion Police Department says the chase began around 1:10 a.m. Tuesday after a driver wouldn?t pull over for police after committing a traffic violation. The chase ended when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a house.Police say the driver died at the scene. He was identified as Matthew Gates. He ...

COUNCIL BLUFFS (AP) ? Vandalism and a fire at a Council Bluffs house are being investigated as a hate crime.Firefighters were sent to the home about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, and they put out flames that had engulfed a bedroom there. No injuries were reported.Kevin Durham and Shelly Owens were gone and their children were at school when the fire occurred. The couple say the house had been vandalized and racial slurs ...