Fairfield News

Prince William, Kate and their baby boy were spending their first full day as a family Tuesday inside a London hospital, thanking staff for their care but making well-wishers wait for a first glimpse of the royal heir.As celebratory lights, gun salutes and other tributes were unleashed in Britain and abroad, William thanked staff at St. Mary?s Hospital ?for the tremendous care the three of us have received.??We ...

Fairfield Police Department arrested Clifford Eugene Williams, 36, of 408 North B St., in the 400 block of North B Street at 11:26 p.m. Monday and charged him with disorderly conduct. Police logMonday12:58 a.m. A white male, estimated in 20s, left Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store with a flower bouquet and card, valued at $25, without paying. He was headed east on a bicycle. Police will review store ...

The following marriages were recorded at the Jefferson County Courthouse.Gerald Thomas Murphy Jr. of Fairfield and Reeta Kay Fifer of Fairfield, married June 15, 2013.Brianne Michelle Schmitt of New London and Brandon Charles Buford of Fairfield, married June 15, 2013.Karl Lester Metcalf of Libertyville and Morae Nicole Youde of Libertyville, married June 15, 2013.Wouter Merlijn Van den Bos of Fairfield and ...

The following court cases were processed at Jefferson County Courthouse. District CourtCorbin Alan Hardwood, 19, had his placement in the low risk program terminated because he is out of state and is now required to serve probation to the court. Magistrate CourtDavid Eugene Pratt, 41, of 1300 W. Jackson Ave., No. 15, was fined $65 and ordered to pay restitution of $31 for theft.Nicholas Robert Russell, 20, ...

City workers from various departments have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure Fairfield is ready when 25,000 RAGBRAI riders and support crew members roll into town on Friday. Last week, public works department employees Larry Hanshaw and Tom Reid hung signs all over town to re-route traffic and indicate where campers are to go. The signs will remain covered in plastic until Thursday.

The countdown to RAGBRAI ended early Sunday morning when the first riders left Council Bluffs and began the 54.8 mile trek to Harlan, passing through Underwood, Neola, Minden, Shelby and Tennant.Today marked the second day of the seven-day ride, held every year during the last full week of July. RAGBRAI began in 1973 as a six-day ride across Iowa by two Des Moines Register columnists and a few of their friends.T...

Kids and adults alike had fun canoing, and sometimes getting each other wet, on Bonnifield Lake Saturday afternoon as part of the canoe festival with Mark Stimpson. The event was part of the Blue Zones Project kickoff.

Fairfield Fire Department responded to a smoke detector going off at 811 W. Kirkwood Ave., at 2:11 p.m. Monday. The call was canceled at 2:13 p.m.Firefighters responded to a vehicle fire at 2:22 p.m. at 1745 Brookville Road. Water was used to extinguish the fire in a 2001 Toyota Tacoma. Source of the fire is unknown. The vehicle has an estimated $10,000 in damages.

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Mount Pleasant police are investigating the death of a seven-year-old girl Friday, July 19, at the Mount Pleasant Aquatic Center.Jazmine Roth-Himes, 7, Mount Pleasant, was pronounced dead at around 6:30 p.m.According to a report from the Mount Pleasant Police Department, Roth-Himes was dropped off at the pool by her father, Michael Himes, at about 3:30 p.m. Friday. She was dropped off along ...

AMES (AP) ? U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be in Iowa to speak at the Iowa Farm Bureau's 2013 Economic Summit.Vilsack, a former Iowa governor, will speak Monday afternoon at the event at Iowa State University in Ames.Vilsack says in a news release that he will discuss the need for a food, farm and jobs bill.Vilsack says President Barack Obama's administration has prioritized legislation that ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? A federal judge says two Omaha, Neb., men who are suing the city of Council Bluffs and two former police detectives for wrongful conviction, will get a joint trial instead of two separate ones.Terry Harrington and Curtis McGhee have asked for separate trials in their civil lawsuit after the first trial ended in mistrial because jurors couldn't agree on a verdict.The men seek millions of ...

A public hearing at the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors today regarding the sale of the former county attorney?s office and a consideration to identify a local Realtor to handle the sale, turned up surprises for many in attendance.The board first held an auction in June that was unsuccessful to transfer the building at 117 W. Broadway Ave., out of county ownership to a private buyer.Options had been ...