Fairfield News

More than 70 people attended a public hearing at Fairfield City Hall Wednesday to ask questions, express concerns and hear information about the city?s planned sewer improvements.Two property owners south and west of Fairfield Wastewater Treatment Plant may be forced to move, and about a dozen residents along the route for a new sewer line in Phase I will need to grant easements.Terry and Edith Meyers own two ...

A man in Lockridge died from a gunshot wound he sustained Wednesday night.The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to a 911 call of a male subject shot at 105 W. Main St. in Lockridge Wednesday. Upon arriving at approximately 11:15 p.m., authorities found David L. Bittner, 46, unresponsive due to a gunshot wound to the abdomen.Bittner died late Wednesday night at the Jefferson County Health Center in ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Officials from the U.S. Department of Labor and the Consulate of Mexico are signing an agreement to provide training and resources for immigrant workers in Iowa and Nebraska. The goal is to inform workers of their rights to be paid fairly under the Fair Labor Standards Act and other federal wage laws.A formal signing ceremony on Thursday will establish the agreement under which regional labor ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? A national expert will deliver a presentation to the Iowa Board of Regents next week on the legal landscape of sexual misconduct on campus.A regents memo released Wednesday shows that Saunie Schuster will address the board during its meeting in Cedar Falls.The memo says Schuster is a partner with the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management and an expert in ?preventive law.?notably ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa (GTNS) ? Eight months after taking the oath of office, three newly elected Washington County supervisors fulfilled a campaign promise to rescind the county?s zoning ordinance.There was no fanfare ? no confetti or balloons drifting down from the ceiling and no sounds of corks popping Tuesday when the third reading of the Washington County Ordinance to rescind zoning was approved on a 3-to-1 roll ...

It?s a girl!The Smithsonian?s National Zoo announced today that its 2-week-old giant panda cub is female and her father is National Zoo panda Tian Tian (tee-YEN tee-YEN).Panda mother Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) was artificially inseminated with sperm from Tian Tian, as well as a panda named Gao Gao at the San Diego Zoo. It takes time to determine a cub?s gender, and a DNA sample was collected to determine the ...

NORTH ENGLISH (AP) ? Authorities say a motorcyclist has died after a crash during a chase by a sheriff?s deputy in eastern Iowa.The Iowa State Patrol says the crash occurred just before 2 a.m. today on Iowa Highway 149 near the county line of Iowa and Keokuk counties.The patrol says an Iowa County deputy tried to stop the motorcycle for speeding, but the driver sped up. The motorcycle went out of control as it ...

The following court case were processed at Jefferson County Courthouse: Magistrate CourtChristian Steven Tosh, 18, of 204 E. Hempstead Ave., Apt. 1, pleaded guilty to possession of alcohol under the legal age, third offense. He was ordered to attend a drug education program and make a report to court, fined $148 and his driver?s license was suspended for 60 days.Shawn Lynn Howard, 36, of 907 E. Broadway Ave., ...

ACLU renews lawsuit to stop voter removalDES MOINES (AP) ? The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa has filed new court documents seeking a judge?s order to keep Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz from using a federal immigration database to try to find voters registered in Iowa who may not be citizens.Schultz received permission Aug. 14 from the government to access federal immigration records.The ACLU is ...

Elaine Brandt plays her trumpet for the Fairfield High School marching band performance during the varsity football game against Albia Friday night at Trojan Stadium. The band members performed in jeans and their official band T-shirts because of the hot weather. Brandt is a senior at FHS this year. Behind her are juniors Evan Wood on saxophone and Zach Smith on clarinet. The band will be on the field again ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Iowa?s top public safety official has resigned, the governor?s office said Wednesday, after a rocky tenure that lasted less than a year.Public Safety Commissioner K. Brian London submitted his resignation Tuesday evening to Gov. Terry Branstad, ending 11 months as head of the department that investigates major crimes and patrols Iowa?s roadways.Current and former employees have blamed him for a ...

Iowa school elections are Tuesday, regular school board elections are held every odd-numbered year and school board terms are for four years.Pekin Community School District has three of its seven-member board positions on the ballot. Two board incumbents, Lynn Winn and Mark Wittrock are re-running. Incumbent David Hollingsworth is stepping down from serving on the Pekin school board.Four candidates have joined ...