Fairfield News

Fairfield Police Department arrested Dassan Alexander Verstrepen, 23, of 406 N. Third St., at 10:24 p.m. Thursday for criminal trespass for climbing on top of the men?s dome on Maharishi University of Management campus.Juan Rios-Sanchez of 800 S. Ninth St., Apt. 4, was arrested at 4:59 p.m. Thursday on a warrant for parole violation.Genia Ollom, 50, of Fairfield, was arrested and released Thursday on a citation ...

Hundreds of Christians streamed through the cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem?s Old City on Friday, hoisting wooden crosses and chanting prayers to mark the crucifixion of Jesus.Throngs of pilgrims walked a traditional Good Friday procession that retraces Jesus? steps along the Via Dolorosa, Latin for the ?Way of Suffering.?They followed his 14 stations, saying a prayer at each and ending at the ancient Holy ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Iowa?s governor has called a rare public hearing Wednesday to gather input on whether he should free an inmate widely credited with turning his life around while serving 38 years in prison for a 1974 murder.Rasberry Williams, 66, is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder after shooting a neighbor over a $30 gambling debt outside a Waterloo pool hall. His decade-long bid to have his ...

An 86-year-old man who carried out a mercy killing by shooting his ailing wife in the head was sentenced to probation on Friday after an emotional hearing where family members tearfully spoke on his behalf.George Sanders could have faced more than 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter. The judge opted for probation.The World War II veteran told authorities his wife was diagnosed with multiple ...

The Obama administration proposed new regulations Friday to clean up gasoline and automobile emissions, claiming the new standards would provide $7 in health benefits from cleaner air for each dollar spent to implement them. The costs likely would be passed on to consumers in higher gasoline and automobile prices.The Environmental Protection Agency said the new rule would reduce sulfur in gasoline and tighten ...

The April 2 ballot will ask voters: Shall the following public measure be adopted? Proposition AYes [ ]No [ ] Shall the board of directors of the Fairfield Community School District in the counties of Jefferson, Henry, Van Buren, Wapello and Washington, state of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 to provide funds to ...

At an agency the size of the Iowa Department of Transportation there is an enormous amount of information available to the public.Much of that information is on the agency?s website www.iowadot.gov where links to helpful resources and online services are constantly being added.As the volume of information available on this website grows, so does the need for the public to quickly and easily find the information ...

Jefferson County property assessment notices will be in the mail this weekend, and county assessor Sheri Blough urges residents to review their assessments and contact her office as soon as possible with any questions.?This is a statewide re-evaluation year,? said Blough. ?Every other year, the odd numbered years, are re-evaluation years.?We walked all the [county] towns in the last year and a half and knocked ...

Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday for the bond issue vote to renovate Fairfield High School.Polling sites for school district elections are:? Jefferson County Courthouse ? residents of the city of Fairfield, Locust Grove Township; Buchanan Township; Cedar Township; Center Township; Maharishi Vedic City and the portion of Fairfield Community School District lying within Pleasant Township in Wapello ...

Jefferson County Sheriff ?s Office responded to an accident at 9:36 p.m. Wednesday. Yicen Man, 25, of 1103 South D. St., was driving west on business Highway 34 when she drove onto the shoulder east of Parkview Care Center, over-corrected and slide into the south ditch. Her car hit a mailbox in mid-slide; the mailbox broke the vehicle?s back window and dented the passenger side fender. No injuries were reported ...

The Fairfield City Council passed the third and final reading of an ordinance Monday designed to improve safety and clarify rules pertaining to Bonnifield Lake.The ordinance allows swimming in Bonnifield Lake while prohibiting swimming in all other city-owned reservoirs. Swimming is only allowed from sunrise to sunset in designated areas at the lake. The swim season will last from April 1 to Oct. 31, but the ...

Niel Cale, top, and LeRoy Thornburg of Bovard Studio install stained glass windows Monday above the entrance to St. Mary Catholic Church in Fairfield. Cale and Thornburg took turns steadying the glass panels on their toes while the other person climbed to the next level of scaffolding to receive the panel and repeat the process.