American Gothic House Center awarded tourism grant funds ELDON ? The American Gothic House Center in Eldon received a $498 grant from the Central Iowa Tourism Region Promotion Grant Program.The grant will be used toward designing and printing of a new brochure to promote the American Gothic House and Center.The six-panel brochure will highlight what the American Gothic House and Center has to offer. It ...
The gunman who killed four family members on a rural Indian reservation in California had reported thefts to police and was once accused of driving under the influence with his children in the car, authorities said.But police had no indication that Hector Celaya, 31, would kill his mother, two uncles and a daughter on the Tule River Indian Reservation on Saturday night, tribal police chief Mike Blain said.?We ...
Chia seeds. Coconut water. Green coffee beans. Quinoa. Fairfield?s health food grocers spend their days stocking, researching and living amidst items many have never heard of let alone tried.At Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store, health market manager Abbey Bogner said she learns about new health trends on a daily basis through her suggestion box, stationed by the bulk section.?Anything featured in Dr. Oz ...
Many New Year?s resolutions involve becoming healthier in body, mind and/or spirit.Excesses experienced during the holiday season steers some people to adopt stricter eating guidelines and provides determination to be more physically active.For those needing a focus and accountability, Fairfield Park and Recreation is offering two different classes beginning the second week of the new year.For any and all ...
The Henry County Sheriff?s Office is searching for a subject or his vehicle. In the past week there have been multiple reports of a suspicious male and a white Ford Econoline van with a horizontal red stripe. There have been reports from Riverside, Winfield and rural Wayland describing the same van.In one instance, an 11-year-old girl walking home turned around to see the van following her, when she stopped the ...
A new study by Veterans Affairs researchers shows smoking bans do more than avoid annoyances for non-smokers: They prevent illnesses linked to secondhand smoke.The study, published in the December issue of the journal Health Affairs, is one of the most extensive looks yet at the health effects of smoking bans.?Most studies to date examined a single location, or a small number of locations,? said co-author Mary ...
A sheriff investigating the apparent kidnapping and slaying of two Iowa cousins said Friday that the discovery of the young …
A Purdue University doctoral candidate is bound for Fairfield in the new year on an unusual quest: to find vestiges of the lives of rural women originating between 1935 and 1985 .Abby Stephens is seeking out everyday items like diaries, recipe collections, and minutes from 4-H meetings, Church auxiliary groups in order to understand change in the lives of 20th century Midwestern women.Stephens may have hit the ...
Fairfield Police Department arrested Clifford Williams, 36, of Fairfield, at 9:52 p.m. Thursday at Landmark Inn for violation of a restraining order. Kelli Pauls, 39, of Eldon, was arrested at the law center for aiding and abetting violation of a restraining order.Police investigated at 1:24 p.m. Thursday a report of a theft at 904 W. Harrison Ave., Apt. 11. Sometime between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 1 p.m. Thursday, ...
Fairfield Economic Development Association gifted approximately 11 acres to the Jefferson County Conservation Board for public use.The land borders Jefferson County Park and includes the Prairie and Pond Trail on the Fairfield Loop Trail, which can be accessed at 23rd Street and West Tyler Avenue in Fairfield Industrial Park.FEDA Board of Directors approved the gift of the pond and the surrounding land at its ...
Making the holidays happy for residents of the SunnyBrook Assisted Living Center in Fairfield is worth working for, according to manager Judy Qualters.?We want our residents to have the best Christmas ever,? she said. ?We create that for them with the lights, the decorations, the music, the smell of someone making pumpkin pie when you walk into the building and the spirit of Christmas itself.?Christmas trees ...
More than 2,000 people at Pearl Harbor and many more around the country are marking the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack that killed thousands of people and launched the United States into World War II.The USS Michael Murphy, a recently christened ship named after a Pearl Harbor-based Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan, sounded its ship?s whistle Friday to start a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., marking the ...
Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office served a warrant in the jail at 10:42 p.m. Thursday on David Beebe of Washington, Iowa, for failure to appear for a revocation hearing on a charge of third degree burglary.
SOLON, Ohio ? Cequent Consumer Products, a market leader in automotive aftermarket products and household cleaning tools, announced today the asset purchase of Harper Brush Works Inc. in Fairfield.?Acquiring Harper, who has a strong brand name in the cleaning tool business, gives us an opportunity to add to our cleaning tool product offerings,? said John Aleva, president of Cequent Consumer Products. ?We have ...
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