Fairfield News

Wonder Woman and Supergirl now have a Pakistani counterpart in the pantheon of female superheroes ? one who shows a lot less skin.Meet Burka Avenger: a mild-mannered teacher with secret martial arts skills who uses a flowing black burka to hide her identity as she fights local thugs seeking to shut down the girls? school where she works.Sadly, it?s a battle Pakistanis are all too familiar with in the real ...

A large white dog enjoyed playing fetch the tennis ball with her owner Saturday afternoon at Bonnifield Lake. She didn?t mind sharing the water with folks taking canoe rides, courtesy of Maharishi University of Management Recreation Center. Mark and Sandy Stimson trailered 10 canoes to Waterworks Park for anyone to enjoy at no cost. Canoeing was one of several activities during Fairfield?s Blue Zones Project ...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) ? The White House says a Republican congressman?s comment about the achievements of young immigrants in the U.S. illegally is extremely unfortunate.Rep. Steve King of Iowa has come under attack for telling a conservative news website that ?for every one who?s a valedictorian, there?s another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they?ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Environmental groups are angered that federal and state officials held a private meeting in Des Moines to talk about the state's enforcement of federal clean water regulations without them and with no public input.EPA spokesman Kris Lancaster has confirmed to The Associated Press a meeting was held Tuesday but he declined to discuss it further.Gov. Terry Branstad's spokesman says it was a work ...

CEDAR FALLS (AP) ? A foundation is donating $200,000 toward construction of a "smart home" for a disabled Cedar Falls sailor.The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the Columbia, Mo.-based group Veterans United announced the donation Tuesday at a news conference organized by backers of an Aug. 3 benefit concert for sailor Taylor Morris.Morris was a Navy explosives ordnance disposal expert who lost parts ...

Fairfield Fire Department received an alarm at 10:44 a.m. Monday for 2925 Salina Road. The alarm was canceled at 10:49 a.m.

Employees at First National Bank had giant handlebar mustaches made and hung on the north and west sides of their downtown branch. Bank president Pat Hurley said bank officials wanted to support and welcome RABGRAI by promoting the handlebar mustache theme of Fairfield?s RAGBRAI activities. Fairfield will attempt to break a world record for the most fake mustaches worn in one place at 5:30 p.m. Friday on the ...

A man who wanted to prove he could swim across the Detroit River from Canada to the U.S. after a night of drinking ended up prompting an international rescue operation.John Morillo told The Windsor Star that Monday night?s swim from Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, was ?really stupid? and said in retrospect he shouldn?t have done it. He was cited for being intoxicated in a public place and released from jail ...

Fairfield Police Department arrested Cayne Lee Kerby, 20, of 901 W. Grimes Ave., Apt. 6, at 7:13 p.m. Tuesday on a warrant for operating a vehicle without the owner?s consent.Jacob Shier, 32 of Fairfield was arrested at 5:41 p.m. Tuesday on a warrant for possession of marijuana.

Officials from Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa State University, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, USDA Forest Service USDA Plant Protection Quarantine, and municipal foresters were among a group of specialists surveying the health of trees in Chautauqua Park with Fairfield Park Superintendent Pam Craff today.The specialists were here as part of the 2013 Forest Health Tour sponsored ...

Friday is the premier of an archery competition reality TV show on NBC Sports airing at noon local time.Fairfield?s 2012 Paralympic silver medalist archer Matt Stutzman is one of the competitors on the show, ?Nock Out,? featuring 12 archers competing in field, 3D and target archery.Interviewed in May about the show, Stutzman said, ?I like promoting the sport of archery and I like encouraging kids. It?s one of ...

The Jefferson County Health Center Board of Trustees learned how the facility is approaching patients? medication reconciliation during a monthly meeting Monday evening at the health center.Beth Diehl, who has been working on the project since June, explained medication reconciliation is the comparison of what medications a patient is taking at the hospital with what he is taking at home. The comparison helps ...