Fairfield Fire Department received an automatic alarm from Fairfield Area Career Academy Lincoln Center (formerly Lincoln Elementary School) at 7:20 a.m. today. It was canceled at 7:21 a.m. today.
Fairfield Police Department investigated at 6:47 a.m. today the report of sugar poured into a motor vehicle?s gas tank in the 100 block of North Sixth Street.Two 14- and one 16-year-old juvenile males were arrested at 11:03 a.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of West Briggs Avenue for trespassing and fifth degree criminal mischief. Police logThursdayPolice received a report at 9:40 a.m. about a bike theft.Police ...
Fairfield Mayor Ed Malloy, left, listens to RAGBRAI Director TJ Juskiewicz address the crowd at 1st Fridays Art Walk June 7 in Central Park. Juskiewicz was one of a team of two dozen RAGBRAI cyclists who pedaled the route the first week in June to report on the route and conditions. Juskiewicz returns to Fairfield for a public town meeting, 6 p.m. Monday.
The 2013 Dexter Laundry Inc. scholarships recently were presented to six students by Andy Kretz, Dexter Laundry president.The scholarships are awarded annually to sons or daughters of employees of Dexter Laundry. The scholarships are based on scholastic achievement, community involvement and on the student?s parent?s service to the company.Students receiving scholarships included Mason Carnahan, son of Blake ...
Dallas Grijalva, left, combines mint and lemonade to create ?mintade,? which she sells at the Fairfield Farmers? Market. Grijalva sold her concoction Saturday to Sheri Hasty, center, and her son, Ryan, who are from Des Moines and who were in town for Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk and the power wagon rally.
Parking is such a precious commodity in Boston that one woman was willing to pay $560,000 for two off-street spaces near her home.Lisa Blumenthal won the spots in the city?s Back Bay neighborhood during an on-site auction Thursday held in a steady rain by the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS had seized the spots from a man who owed back taxes.Blumenthal, who lives in a multimillion-dollar home near the parking ...
After All Things Italian Street Festival and before RAGBRAI, a very big music festival plays in Fairfield, the inaugural FAIRfest ? four days with numerous genres of music and food, art and speakers ? emphasizing sustainability, creativity, economic fairness and community empowerment.Beginning at 6 p.m. June 20 with the Third Street Block Party, next weekend offers to fill the senses with tastes, sights and ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? Storm assessment teams will be heading out to Wright and Franklin counties to assess the power of tornadoes that damaged homes and businesses.National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Lee says no reports of injuries from Wednesday's storms have reached his office in Des Moines. Lee says the tornado reports haven't been confirmed yet, but several photos clearly show funnel clouds.The storms ...
CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) ? Two men have been rescued from the Cedar River near the Ellis Boat Harbor in Cedar Rapids.Authorities say rescuers were dispatched a little after 7 p.m. Wednesday to help the men, who had gotten separated from their personal watercrafts.Rescue workers and private boaters were able to pull one of the men from the water.The other man was helped by 26-year-old Dillon Heinsius, who was on his ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? They're years away from completion, but the University of Iowa is celebrating the start of construction for three art and music buildings that will replace facilities damaged by the 2008 flood.University leaders, state officials, students and others will gather Friday afternoon on the Pentacrest for speeches, jazz music and art work.The event is designed to mark the beginning of work on the ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? The state has awarded a $1 million grant for a sports park in Pella.The Vision Iowa Board approved the grant Wednesday at a meeting in Des Moines.The money will go toward a $7.6 million project that includes four Little League fields, a Babe Ruth field and five multi-purpose fields on 105 acres. A concession stand, batting cages, playground and picnic area also are planned.The state grant is ...
The Fairfield Cultural Alliance is offering Cultural Trust Fund mini-grants to nonprofit organizations or individuals sponsored by a nonprofit organization.These small grants will be awarded to cover expenses incurred through the creation of events or projects that benefit the art and/or culture of Fairfield.Grant applications will be reviewed on the following criteria:? Benefit to cultural tourism of Jefferson...
Updated at 12:30 p.m. todayMassive thunderstorms have swept across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states, knocking out power to thousands of people and causing some flash flooding in certain areas. Here?s a snapshot of what is happening, state by state:IOWAWeather service officials say two tornadoes touched down Wednesday in northern Iowa, near Hampton in Franklin County.Another tornado was reported near ...
In an early test of support for a comprehensive immigration bill, the Senate today voted down a Republican attempt to require the U.S.-Mexico border to be under control for six months before immigrants here illegally could take the first steps toward citizenship.Supporters of the bill said the GOP amendment would have delayed for years the path to citizenship at the center of the legislation. The amendment?s ...
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