Fairfield News

A local Executive Committee has formed to plan and coordinate this summer?s visit of thousands of bicyclists spending the night in Fairfield July 26, the final overnight stop of the 41st Register?s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.?RAGBRAI sets the guidelines of committees, and we are following their schedule,? said Terry Baker, assistant director of Fairfield Iowa Convention and Visitors Bureau. ?They?ve ...

The following information is Fairfield Police Department?s initial contacts summary for Wednesday and Thursday provided at the Jefferson County Law Enforcement Center. Suspicious activity3:55 a.m. Wednesday: Citizen reported a car behind a residence; looks like someone was going through the dumpster.3:15 p.m. Wednesday: Complaint about two males in bright blue pickup driving back and forth in front of ...

CancellationsFairfield Community School District has canceled classes today, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013.Because school is canceled in Fairfield today, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, the bone marrow donor drive at the high school will be postponed until 8 a.m. to noon Monday at the school. The drive set for 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Jefferson County Health Center is still scheduled.Pekin Community School ...

The following marriages were processed at the Jefferson County Recorder?s Officer:Joni Renee Bonar of Fairfield and Terry Doughs Hanshaw of Fairfield, Jan. 5, 2013.Jesse Michael Berkowitz of Fairfield and Natalija Plamadjala of Fairfield, Jan. 13, 2013.James Richerd Tedrow of Libertyville and Amanda Lynn Gunderson of Libertyville, Jan. 22, 2013.Matthew John Young of Batavia and Megan Marie Millhouse of ...

The following traffic tickets were processed by Jefferson County clerk of court:Nicole Diane Sellwood of Ottumwa, speeding.Dustin Dale Wickenkamp of 802 S. Ninth St., Apt. 1, violation ? financial liability coverage.James Ardell Boller of Kalona, failure to maintain safety belts.Anthony William Hird of Brighton, failure to display registration plate.Michael Douglas Hassel of Fairfield, speeding.Tiffany Lynn ...

Fairfield resident Vaughn Anderson could win the national title of Cutest Vegan Kid if he receives the most online votes over four fellow male finalists in the contest sponsored by PETA Kids.The 6-year-old beat out scores of contestants from across the U.S. for a spot in the finals, and now it?s up to visitors to PETAKids.com to help PETA Kids select the winners, who will be announced Feb. 27.Voting ends on ...

Southern California authorities say they have identified a woman in her 20s who was killed in a home in southern Orange County at the outset of a gunman?s hour-long shooting spree.Orange County sheriff?s spokesman Jim Amormino said Wednesday that the woman?s name will not be released publicly until her family is notified.Police say the woman was the first of three people shot and killed by 20-year-old part-time ...

District CourtEhren David Schneider, 32, of Brighton violated his terms of probation and was ordered to serve his original sentence given Jan. 11, 2011, pay court costs and court appointed attorney fees if any.Michael Jordan Lakshmana Magee, 21, of 1100 Sunset Drive, entered a guilty plea and received a deferred judgment for third degree burglary. He was placed on five years probation, fined $750 plus a $125 ...

Fairfield Police Department arrested Ida Jaquez, 36, of Fairfield at 7:46 a.m. Tuesday, at Seventh Street and Van Buren Avenue on a Polk County warrant for possession of marijuana/failure to appear/probation violation.Police received a report at 9:21 a.m. Tuesday from Jefferson County Health Center in reference to a dog bite.Police responded to a bicycle/vehicle accident reported at 9:55 a.m. Tuesday at Main ...

Sherry ?Dust? Walker, played by DeeAnn Lantz, dances around her living room like an eagle in flight in ?Belles.? Fairfield Area Community Theater?s production concludes this weekend at the Walton Club. Performances are Friday and Saturday, with dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the show at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, with dessert at 1:30 p.m. and the show at 2 p.m. Reservations are required, and tickets can be bought at Josie ...

Search crews at the site of a massive explosion that destroyed a popular Kansas City, Mo., restaurant recovered a body Wednesday, and the mayor said the rubble could be concealing other victims.Mayor Sly James declined to say whether the body was that of a man or a woman, though authorities have been looking for a missing woman who worked at JJ?s restaurant and was seen there before the Tuesday evening blast.The...

A shooting spree early today left three people dead and two others injured in Orange County, and the search for the gunman ended when he shot himself to death in a stolen car as police closed in, authorities said.There were multiple crime scenes in Tustin and Orange and many more victims who were shot at, but unhurt, said Tustin Lt. Paul Garaven.The shootings began at 4:45 a.m. when deputies responding to a ...