Fairfield News

MASON CITY (AP) ? A trial has been scheduled to begin Sept. 24 for a Mason City man charged with killing his father.A written plea of not guilty was submitted on Monday for 42-year-old Thomas Barlas Jr. He?s accused of stabbing to death 73-year-old Thomas Barlas Sr., at the elder Barlas? home in Mason City.The charge is first-degree murder.

DES MOINES (AP) ? The Saturday traffic crash toll has risen to eight with the death of a 62-year-old Des Moines man who?d been driving his motorcycle with his wife.The Des Moines Register reports that Everett Faux died at a Des Moines hospital Monday. He and his wife, Laura, on Saturday were riding back to Des Moines after a vacation in Branson, Mo., when he lost control of his motorcycle on Interstate 35 in ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? A trial has been ordered in a lawsuit that alleges doctors at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics conducted an experimental brain stimulation therapy that left a patient?s face paralyzed and then failed to get her proper treatment.A judge rejected the hospital?s request to dismiss Tamara Stellmach?s medical malpractice lawsuit last week, ordering the case to proceed to a trial scheduled for ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office will participate in the statewide sTEP Wave Enforcement program throughout county roads.Iowa?s ?Drive Sober or Be Pulled Over? enhanced law enforcement presence on roads will run Aug. 26 to Sept. 8.

FORT MADISON ? An escapee from the state prison in Fort Madison led Washington County Sheriff?s deputies on a high-speed chase in excess of 100 mph in a stolen car Friday night which tried to ram a sheriff?s vehicle before wrecking.Washington County Sheriff Jerry Dunbar said after the crash, Richard Campbell, 25, of Keokuk, tried to flee on foot. The sheriff?s department K-9 located Campbell hiding in a creek ...

OTTUMWA ? Indian Hills Community College has joined with the Iowa-Advanced Manufacturing Consortium and Iowa Association of Business and Industry to announce the launch of a new campaign to promote careers and educational pathways in advanced manufacturing.The ?Elevate Advanced Manufacturing? campaign will begin by addressing the current public perception of manufacturing and educating Iowans on the opportunities...

This spring, Iowa again saw rising rivers and streams across the state due to record levels of rainfall.As Iowans, the threat of flooding never seems far away, and it?s only getting worse. Each time waters begin to rise, thoughts of 2008 and the devastation that families and communities suffered quickly returns.This year the rising waters once again sent communities scrambling to prepare for the worst and ...

Tenco Industries Inc.?s Fairfield facility has developed a couple of alternative options for redeeming or donating pop cans and bottles.Donation boxes are now available at the Fairfield and Ottumwa Tenco facilities with all proceeds benefiting individuals with disabilities.In addition, Fairfield?s facility is introducing a drop-off option for those with a minimum of 1,000 cans and bottles.Can and bottle ...

An Air Force unit that operates one-third of the nation?s land-based nuclear missile force has failed a safety and security inspection, marking the second major setback this year for a force charged with the military?s most sensitive mission, the general in charge of the Air Force?s nuclear force told The Associated Press today.The failure was recorded by the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, ...

Jefferson County Fair Queen Megan Black, 19, of Batavia, participates in the 2013 Iowa State Fair Queen Coronation on the Anne and Bill Riley Stage at the Iowa State Fair Saturday. Black was given the Personality Plus Award. She is the daughter of Matt and Dawn Black. Kelsey Smith, 17, of Henry County, was named the Iowa State Fair Queen.

Ladies Workout Express Fitness Club in Fairfield will have a benefit for St. Jude Children?s Research Hospital from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.Club members are asking people to come work out for one hour to support the event while trying out the circuit, cardio equipment, classroom, weights or other exercise equipment.St. Jude depends on community-based fundraising programs, like Workout for St. Jude. At St. Jude, ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? An animal welfare group poured red paint over the Iowa State Fair?s butter cow, but the damage was quickly scraped away and the iconic sculpture is back on display.Iowans for Animal Liberation, which promotes veganism, claimed responsibility in a Sunday news release, saying the paint represents the millions of animals killed annually for food.The Iowa State Patrol says the attack occurred ...