Fairfield News

MASON CITY (AP) ? An 11-year-old northern Iowa boy organized a bake sale and raffle so a sick friend gets a chance to live a long life, too.Tyler Arndt raised nearly $2,300 from the bake sale Saturday at a Mason City grocery store. The money will go to a foundation started by the family of Hayden Despenas. The foundation supports research into a cure for Friedreich?s ataxia. Hayden has been diagnosed with the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) ? A Cedar Rapids attorney with a gambling problem has been disbarred.The Gazette reports that documents filed last week with the Iowa Supreme Court say Susan Hense had taken $800,000 from client accounts for her ?gambling addiction.?Hense had been in practice since September 1996. She admitted to the misconduct and didn?t fight disbarment. Hense says in an affidavit that she regretted ?beyond ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested David Eugene Richards, 42 of Ottumwa, at 2:37 p.m. Wednesday at the Wapello County Jail on warrant(s) for probation violation.

DUBUQUE (AP) ? Residents have escaped unharmed from a fire that heavily damaged a home just west of downtown Dubuque.Kathy Sutton told the Dubuque Telegraph Herald that she smelled something burning around 8:30 a.m. Sunday and then spotted the flames in a back bedroom of the home she shares with her son and grandson.Sutton says she helped her grandson get out safely. It?s unclear whether her son was home when ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? The White House compiled the numbers from federal agencies and its own budget office about how automatic budget cuts would affect states. The numbers reflect the impact of the automatic budget cuts this year.Unless Congress acts by Friday, $85 billion in cuts are set to take effect from March-September.As to whether states could move money around to cover shortfalls, the White House said that ...

QuickBooks Training for Businesses will be held 6:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesday and March 6 at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office in Fairfield.The instructor for the two-session class will be Bryan Ziegler of the Small Business Development Center.The class will include:? How to set up QuickBooks using the business chart of accounts.? How to view and understand income statements and balance sheets.? Reconcile ...

Fairfield Police Department arrested Venessa Joy Suwastipanich, 37, of 208 E. Pierce Ave., No. 15, at 4:05 p.m. Saturday in the 200 block of East Pierce Avenue. She is charged with assault, simple.Jaclyn Danielle Smith, 23, of 302 E. Pierce Ave., Apt. 2, was arrested in the 200 block of East Pierce Avenue at 4:27 p.m. Saturday, charged with assault, simple.Police investigated at 9:32 p.m. Sunday the report of ...

Jefferson County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed today to ask county residents to vote on $1 million toward a new outdoor pool and gym to be built in Fairfield, and approved giving $3,000 to Fairfield?s RAGBRAI executive committee.Last week, the supervisors listened to members of the pool and gym task force and discussed financing options with the board?s financial advisor.The best funding option seemed ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa ? Representatives for the U.S. Attorney?s Office for the Southern District of Iowa confirmed Friday that an incident involving law enforcement investigating a plane at the Washington Municipal Airport resulted in the seizure of a large shipment of marijuana.The pilot, Angelo P. Efthimiatos, made an initial appearance in federal court in Davenport Thursday. He did not enter a plea and a public ...

The Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce is planning its annual trip to the Iowa Capitol in Des Moines March 12.The trip is an effort to bring chamber members and guests closer to the legislative process and to local and state legislative leaders.Plans call for a full day of group and targeted meetings, capitol complex tours and observation of legislative debate.Plans also include a private lunch with legislative...

Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced today a $15 million AmeriCorps program to help some of the nation?s worst performing schools increase their graduation rates.Duncan said the three-year program, called the School Turnaround AmeriCorps, would send 650 members into about 60 schools that are not graduating enough of their students. Schools will compete for the grants, which are funded through the Education ...

The bone marrow registry drive for Cody Cohen scheduled for today has been postponed to Monday.Cody Cohen is a Fairfield High School senior who needs a bone marrow transplant to reverse a blood disease. Doctors are attempting to find a matching donor by holding donor registry drives in Fairfield.A registry drive was scheduled for today from 8 a.m. to noon at the Fairfield High School gym, but that was postponed ...