Fairfield News

As riot police used tear gas against protesters for a fourth straight day in Istanbul, Turkey?s president and prime minister displayed wide differences Monday in their responses to those taking to the streets. One death was reported.Turkey has seen violent demonstrations since Friday, when police launched a pre-dawn raid against a peaceful sit-in protesting plans to cut down trees in Istanbul?s main Taksim ...

Fairfield Police Department arrested Ashley Donald at 6:17 p.m. Thursday on a warrant for probation violation.

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Parker Steven Lane, 29, of 400 E. Burlington Ave., at 2:22 a.m. Friday at Osage Avenue near Fairfield exit 214 for operating while intoxicated, first offense, and failure to maintain control.

The 13th annual meeting of the shareholders of Iowa State Financial Services Corporation was held May 20 in the lobby of the downtown branch of Iowa State Bank and Trust Company.David Eastburn was appointed the chairman and presiding officer while Marcia Gaines was appointed as the secretary of the meeting.Joe Carr, Nelson Anderson, Steve Triplett and Ken Malloy were unanimously re-elected to the board of ...

Gerber named mental health director Marjorie Gerber has been named mental health director for First Resources Corporation.Gerber will be developing outpatient mental health services in Fairfield and Ottumwa for First Resources, a nonprofit corporation committed to improving lives of people by providing holistic, community-based human services programs, which promote self-sufficiency in an atmosphere of dignity ...

FORT DODGE (AP) ? The father of a missing Iowa teenager asked U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley on Wednesday to support stricter sex-crime penalties that he said could have prevented her abduction ? a request that came the same day authorities suspended an exhaustive ground search for the girl.Michael Shepard, wearing a purple bandanna and jersey to honor his daughter's favorite color, asked the Iowa Republican during ...

Fairfield High School will award diplomas to 135 seniors in a graduation ceremony beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday in Trojan Stadium.The ceremony moves into the high school gym in case of inclement weather.Seating in the bleachers is first come, first served.The Class of 2013?s colors are black and silver, and the graduation gowns are black for males and silver for females.Honor society members also will be wearing ...

The sentencing of Tyler James Webster, who was convicted in April of murdering Buddy Lee Frisbie, has been postponed to July 9.Webster, 33, of Fairfield, was found guilty of shooting Frisbie, 32, on Aug. 25, 2012, while Frisbie was in a camper at 2469 Marigold Blvd. about three miles south of Fairfield.Webster faces a 50-year sentence in prison. He would have to serve at least 70 percent of his sentence, 35 ...

They might start calling it the McDiet.McDonald Corp.?s CEO Don Thompson revealed at an analyst conference this week that he shed about 20 pounds in the past year by getting his ?butt up? and ?working out again.? But he said he hasn?t changed his habit of eating at McDonald?s ?every, single day.?Thompson, who has been on the job for less than a year, was responding to a question about how the company is ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? State officials have released a new plan for reducing water pollution from city and industrial wastewater treatment plants and from farms but environmental groups say it lacks clear goals and timelines.The Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy, first unveiled in November, became the state's official policy for improving water quality on Wednesday.Supported by Gov. Terry Branstad, it is a product of ...

CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) ? A Cedar Rapids man has been given prison time for posting false information on Facebook about a consumer product being tainted with Hepatitis B.Luke Truesdell was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $17,700 in restitution.The 40-year-old Truesdell pleaded guilty in February as part of a deal to one count of communicating false information about a ...

The city of Fairfield experienced nine separate sanitary sewer overflows that resulted in approximately 1.8 million gallons of untreated wastewater to be discharged Tuesday and Wednesday.Due to the rain totals of 4.92 inches from Friday through Wednesday, the city?s sewer system received more wastewater than it could handle. The city advises the community to avoid area creeks and streams for 24 hours after the ...