MOUNT VERNON (AP) ? An eastern Iowa district wants to establish idle-free zones at its schools.The Mount Vernon Community School District is asking parents and others to turn off their vehicles so students won?t have to breathe so much pollution from engine exhaust.Cedar Rapids television station KCRG says the district wants drivers to observe a 10-second rule: Don?t leave vehicles running longer than 10 ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? The state of Iowa intends to supply a smartphone app for 14- through 17-year-olds that will keep them from texting while driving.The Des Moines Register says the state Transportation Department is choosing a high-tech firm to develop the app, which is expected to become available early next year. It will be called ?TXTL8R,? which in text language is ?Text Later.?The department will pick up the ...
Fairfield Police Department arrested a male juvenile, 16, of Batavia, at Loglis at 9:40 p.m. Friday for possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana.Police logTuesday1:01 p.m. Joseph Schrock was arrested on a warrant for disorderly conduct.4:12 p.m. report of a hit-and-run; an unknown vehicle struck a truck?s passenger side rear fender parked at Fairfield Castings. Estimated cost of repair, $2,500.9:19 ...
ORANGE CITY (AP) ? A 33-year-old northwest Iowa man has been given 25 years in prison for sexual contact with two 11-year-old girls.Sioux County Attorney Coleman McAllister says Philip Stacy, of Sioux Center, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to sex abuse and to lascivious acts with a child. Both are felonies.McAllister says the case arose in November 2012 when Stacy?s wife found on his cellphone sexually explicit text ...
A traveling hospital technician accused of infecting patients in multiple states with hepatitis C through tainted syringes pleaded guilty Wednesday in New Hampshire to 16 federal drug charges under an agreement that calls for him to serve 30 to 40 years in prison.Judge Joseph Laplante asked David Kwiatkowski, 34, why he wasn?t going to trial. ?Because I?m guilty,? Kwiatkowski responded.Kwiatkowski pleaded ...
Israeli and Palestinians opened their first formal peace talks in the region in nearly five years on Wednesday, in a new push to end decades of conflict.The two sides, seeking to maintain secrecy around their talks, said little about the meeting.The Israeli government released a brief video showing the chief negotiators, Yitzhak Molcho and Tzipi Livni of Israel and Saeb Erekat of the Palestinians, shaking hands ...
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DES MOINES (AP) ? Senior citizens in Polk County are being offered free cellphones as part of an emergency response program.The Polk County Sheriff?s Office says the donated cellphones may be used for incidents that require immediate emergency response, including car accidents, medical emergencies and fires.The cellphones, which are reconditioned to only call 911, are available to citizens who are 55 years old ...
Fairfield streets department superintendent Darrel Bisgard removes a railroad tie from a heap of rubbish Monday afternoon at the compost pile on South 20th Street in Fairfield. Bisgard said the railroad ties do not belong in any of the compost piles because they are not yard waste. He said he is disappointed at the amount of non-yard waste that is dumped at the site. The city cannot put railroad ties through the ...
The Fairfield City Council voted 4-2 Monday to pass the second reading of an ordinance to rezone the former Nelson Nursing Home on West Taylor Avenue from R-2 to R-3.The change would allow the building?s developer, John Kuster, to turn it into an apartment complex capable of housing 19 units.The four yes votes came from Michael Halley, Tony Hammes, Martha Rasmussen and Jessica Ledger-Kalen. Daryn Hamilton and ...
Jefferson County Assessor Sheri Blough wants homeowners to pay attention to their property tax bill that comes from the county treasurer?s office and paid to the treasurer?s office headed by Terri Kness.Blough has sent the message through media previously ? residents living in the home they own can claim a Homestead tax credit.On tax bills due in September for property taxes assessed for 2012, she has counted ...
MAQUOKETA (AP) ? Some eastern Iowa high school students have returned home after being stranded in Kenya after an airport fire.The Quad-City Times says the 26 students and chaperones from Maquoketa were reunited with friends and family on Sunday evening.The group, which had been on a weeklong mission trip, was scheduled to leave Africa on Wednesday. But a fire at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi ...
Local residents savored tasty barbecue treats grilled by a variety of vendors Aug. 2 during the Southeast Iowa Blues and BBQ Music Fest, part of the Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk in Fairfield?s Central Park.
KEYSTONE (AP) ? Authorities say the three people who were killed in an eastern Iowa collision were from Cedar Rapids.The Benton County Sheriff?s office identified the three as 3-year-old Haley Bessert, 22-year-old Valerie Schneiders and 24-year-old Jason Bessert.The accident occurred Saturday night near Keystone. The sheriff?s office says a truck didn?t stop at a stop sign and collided with the car. The truck ...
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