Fairfield News

Fairfield Police Department arrested Sherrie Ann Benedict, 30, of 1300 W. Jackson Ave., No. 15, at 10 p.m. Thursday at home. She is charged with domestic abuse assault, third and subsequent offense, first-degree harassment, and interference with official acts (police, EMT, firefighter).

The United States Postal Service announced Wednesday that it will eliminate Saturday mail delivery later this year.Mail delivery will run from Monday through Friday beginning Aug. 5, 2013, according to a postal service press release. The postal service hopes to save $2 billion annually from the move.Rich Watkins, postal service media contact for the Quad Cities, said it will take time for customers to become ...

Looming across-the-board budget cuts present the U.S. military with the most significant readiness crisis in more than a decade and quick action is needed to avoid the spending reductions, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned during testimony today before the Senate Armed Services Committee.If the billions of dollars in cuts are allowed to stand, Panetta said, he would have to throw the country?s national ...

Deep-fried foods may be causing trouble in the Deep South. People whose diets are heavy on them and sugary drinks like sweet tea and soda were more likely to suffer a stroke, a new study finds.It?s the first big look at diet and strokes, and researchers say it might help explain why blacks in the Southeast ? the nation?s ?stroke belt? ? suffer more of them.Blacks were five times more likely than whites to have ...

CORRECTIONAn accident reported in Monday?s Ledger occurring at 7:42 p.m. Sunday actually happened Friday evening on Highway 34, Exit 212 at Highway 1.The younger Steve Smith of Batavia was driving and involved in the accident, not Stephen Charlie Smith, 69.

The following court cases were processed through the Clerk of Courts Office, Jefferson County: Magistrate CourtAmber Marie Timmons, 32, of 306 W. Briggs Ave., entered a guilty plea to fifth degree theft. She was fined $272.50.Kelli Sue Pauls, 39, of Eldon pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting a violation of a no contact order and was fined $60.Todd Alex McCreedy, 48, of 1364 Juniper Ave., was fined $82.64 ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) ? The Scottie dog has a new nemesis in Monopoly after fans voted in an online contest to add a cat token to the property trading game, replacing the iron, toy maker Hasbro Inc. announced Wednesday.The results were announced after the shoe, wheelbarrow and iron were neck and neck for elimination in the final hours of voting that sparked passionate efforts by fans to save their favorite ...

Fairfield police arrested Austin Miller, 35, of Oskaloosa for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia at 3:25 p.m. Tuesday at Ninth Street and Burlington Avenue.

Session report for week 3. Jan. 28 started with a meeting with Iowa Department of Human Resources Director Charles Palmer and several members of his staff.The discussion centered on the regionalization of mental health services that were provided at the county level in the past. At this time, Iowa counties are grouping together in an effort to meet the new law and provide services on a more equitable basis.It ...

The Fairfield Police Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff?s Department conducted a series of underage drinking stings on Fairfield businesses Friday night and Saturday morning.Law enforcement officers cited 10 of the 23 establishments they checked for providing alcohol to an underage person. According to a press release from the police department, this number was abnormally high. The press release stated ...

Iowa native and 1949 Grinnell College graduate Robert Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, will be profiled in a documentary premiering on Public Broadcast Service TV?s American Experience tonight.The program, ?Silicon Valley,? will focus on the important role that Noyce played in the early days of the high-tech industry, as co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968.Noyce is one ...

Jefferson County Assessor Sheri Blough outlined her request for a Geographic Information System program Friday to the Conference Board and received approval of the assessor?s office annual budget that includes the cost for GIS.For the second time last week, Blough described the 3-D pictometry system that would be useful for parcel and boundary measurements as well providing aerial views of buildings from more ...