Fairfield News

Lawmakers say they?re outraged that for the second time this month a member of the armed forces assigned to help prevent sexual assaults in the military is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct.In the latest case, an Army sergeant first class at Fort Hood, Texas, is facing allegations involving three women, including that he may have arranged for one of them to have sex for money, according to a ...

Fairfield Fire Department responded to a grass/timber fire at 10 a.m. Monday at 1856 185th Street; it was a controlled burn the owner forgot to call in.Firefighters were called for a grease spill at 2:05 p.m. Monday at 113 W. Broadway Ave. The city spread sand.Firefighters responded to a fire at 107 Highland Ave., at 6:17 p.m. Monday. The owner had had a fire the previous night and thought all embers were out. ...

The Fairfield City Council agreed to a plan Monday to borrow money for the pool and gym project and pay it back with anticipated donations.The council agreed to the idea of borrowing up to $4.5 million, which would be paid off in five years. The funds would go toward both the pool and the gym. The funds would come from donations that have been promised to the project but have not yet been made.The vote on the ...

Fairfield Police Department arrested William Nevins, 21, of Fairfield at 2:11 p.m. Tuesday on a warrant for failure to appear.

Three people who were involved in saving a young boy from drowning at the Roosevelt Aquatic Center were honored with ?Lifesaving Heroism Awards? at Monday?s Fairfield City Council meeting.The three who received the award were Riley Hammel and Paige Palmer, both lifeguards at the aquatic center and Fairfield High School students, and Dorothy Henson, a desk attendant at the aquatic center.The incident for which ...

ELDRIDGE (AP) ? Officials have stocked a lake in eastern Iowa with 200 freshwater fish known to balloon in size.Biologists with the state Department of Natural Resources introduced the muskellunges to Lost Grove Lake in Scott County on Monday.The muskellunges are currently about 12 inches long, but they can get to be 50 inches for adult males and 40 inches for adult females.The Quad-City Times reports the ...

OSKALOOSA (AP) ? Authorities say officers couldn't find a mountain lion that was reported on the northeast side of Oskaloosa in south-central Iowa.The Oskaloosa Police Department says it was notified about the sighting about 3 p.m. on Saturday. Two residents reported seeing the animal head north.Officers who responded were unable to find the animal.Experts say mountain lion reports have become more and more ...

SIOUX CITY (AP) ? Iowa's Economic Development Authority director says her substantial travel spending is necessary to promote Iowa.Debi Durham said during a meeting with the Sioux City Journal editorial board on Monday that the spending will be going up as she and her staff sell the state across the world. Durham came under fire last month after Des Moines television station WHO reported she spent more than ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? A landmark $240 million verdict awarded to 32 mentally disabled Iowa plant workers who were subjected to years of abuse by their handlers will be reduced to just $1.6 million because of a federal cap, attorneys in the case agree.The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Henry?s Turkey Service agreed in legal briefs filed late Friday that under federal law, each plaintiff can only recover ...

MOUNT PLEASANT (GTNS) ? The Henry County Conservation Board has approved spending almost $37,000 to pave 16 camping pads on the South Shore to prevent future flood damage.Twenty four camping pads are on the South Shore in Oakland Mills Park, Conservation Director John Pullis told the conservation board on Monday night. Of those 24 pads, eight are already paved. Of the 16 that are unpaved, there were seven or ...

CLINTON (AP) ? A former Ashford University employee has been given probation for stealing more than $62,000 from the school in northeast Iowa.Stacy Powers, of Camanche, was given five years of probation and ordered to pay back the stolen money. She also must perform 500 hours of community service.The Quad-City Times reports the 28-year-old Powers pleaded guilty last month to one count of first-degree theft.Powe...

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