Greg Vorhies of Schaus-Vorhies Manufacturing in Fairfield gets ready to move Santa Claus?s Kandy Kane House from the northeast corner of Central Park back to the city maintenance garage this morning. Vorhies recently built a steel frame for the house and handles the duties of transporting it to its nonseasonal home.
The following court case were processed through the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:District CourtRicky Ernest Brown 54, of 800 S. Ninth St., was found in contempt of court for violating terms of probation. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, ordered to pay court costs and continue probation.Magistrate CourtScotimay Olive Small, 18, of 200 N. 28th St., No. 57, was found in contempt of court for violation of ...
The wife of a Chicago lottery winner who was poisoned with cyanide said Tuesday she was devastated by his death and cannot believe her husband could have had enemies.Shabana Ansari spoke to The Associated Press a day after news emerged that 46-year-old Urooj Khan?s death in July was the result of cyanide poisoning and not natural causes, as authorities initially concluded. Prosecutors, Chicago police and the ...
The following marriage certificates were returned to the Jefferson County Recorder/Registrar?s office:Donald Harvey Essary of Fairfield and Virginia Denise Kopp of Fairfield, Nov. 3, 2012.Joseph Peter Burgmeier of Lockridge and Michelle Jean Maria Pinney of Lockridge, Oct. 27, 2012.Susan Lynett Denny of Apollo, Pa., and George Elson Goedicke of Apollo, Nov. 15, 2012.Bobby Gene Forrester of Fairfield and ...
A Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill vessel pulled from rocks off a remote Alaska island approached shelter Monday morning in a protected Kodiak Island bay.The Kulluk, a circular drill barge without its own propulsion, ran aground New Year?s Eve in a powerful storm. It was being towed to Seattle for maintenance before it ran aground, but the lines that connected it to the towing ship broke.That same ship, the 360-foot ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa officials are re-examining state personnel rules after a newspaper investigation revealed that 33 state employees who were fired returned to work for the state in the past five years.The Des Moines Register examined the records of 328 state employees fired for just cause in the past five years.An Iowa conservation officer is still working even after being fired twice for alcohol-related ...
MOUNT PLEASANT (GTNS) ? The Regional Utility Service Systems Board of Directors will meet in regular session at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Henry County Emergency Management building in Mount Pleasant.RUSS board members will be considering the election of a new board secretary/treasurer during the meeting. The position had been held by Steve Burgmeier, but he was not re-elected as a Jefferson County supervisor in ...
New Year?s baby born Thursday Jefferson County welcomed its 2013 New Year?s baby Thursday night.William Burgmeier, the son of Michelle and Joe Burgmeier, was born at 9:57 p.m. Thursday at the Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.A photo and more details about the baby and his family will be included in The Ledger next week. Two nominated for 8th Judicial District judge job Randy S. DeGeest of Oskaloosa ...
Fairfield Fire Department responded to a vehicle accident at 7:50 a.m. Saturday at Sixth Street and Grimes Avenue, for clean up and lift assistance. Michael Aaron Putman, 21, of Fort Madison, driving a 2001 Chevrolet Cavalier, was determined to be at fault because the car was leaking anti-freeze, according to the fire department report. Oil dry was used and 14 firefighters were on the scene for nearly an hour.
Fairfield Police Department investigated a burglary reported at 3:17 p.m. Saturday from Winfrey Storage, unit No. 388.Justin Doyle Brown, 24 of 305 E. Madison Ave., was arrested at home at 2:50 a.m. Saturday, charged with domestic abuse assault (simple).
A few of the Canada geese visiting the city?s Waterworks pond this morning take flight. Several people called The Ledger newsroom about the birds. One caller estimated there were as many as 2,000 Canada geese at the pond.
Hazard Wilson?s new cellmate is a hairy bundle of energy whose playful zeal can?t be contained by steel doors: a five-month-old golden retriever. Yardley is one of three canines assigned since September to inmates at a maximum-security prison in western Maryland for training as service dogs for disabled military veterans.The number of programs nationwide using inmates to train service dogs is growing, but the ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? A rule proposed by Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz that would establish a process for removing voters from registration rolls if they can?t prove citizenship drew heavy criticism Thursday from around the state at a public hearing.?As a veteran this is not what those of us who went to Vietnam fought for,? said Arthur Heyderman, of Bettendorf. ?It is not what my brothers and sisters died ...
Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office reported an investigation of stolen property, possession of stolen property, fencing, etc., early today. Joseph Allen Bibby 26, of Douds, was arrested at 12:16 a.m. today; Michael Paul Bibby 27, of Ottumwa was arrested at 12:50 a.m. today; and Amber Dawn Ladoucer 24. of Ottumwa was arrested at 1:45 a.m. today, all at the same Libertyville location. Each is charged with second ...
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