Fairfield News

Sgt. Joseph A. Richardson, 23, of Algonåa died Nov. 16 serving on active duty in the U.S. Army during a patrol in Paktika province, Afghanistan, åhen enemy forces attacked his unit with an Improvised Explosive Device and small arms fire.Also killed in the attack was Sgt. Channing B. Hicks, 24, or Greer, S.C. They were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry ...

Saturday is opening day of deer hunting season.City officials of Maharishi Vedic City remind hunters it is illegal to hunt within its city limits.All hunters are required to have a license before going hunting.

The City Council has scheduled a discussion on whether Iowa City should ban plastic grocery bags.The council is expected to take up the proposal during a work session Tuesday.Officials say several groups have approached the city over the years, seeking the ban for environmental reasons. The latest group to do so is 100 Grannies for a Livable Future, whose members mostly are older women interested in environmenta...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office reported a deer accident at 6:01 a.m. Friday. Dean Cory Klehm, 39 of 2348 Middle Glasgow Road was driving a 1998 Dodge Ram 150 east on 189th Boulevard when he struck a deer in the road. His truck had an estimated $2,500 in damages.The sheriff?s office served a warrant at 3:48 a.m. Friday on Randy Gridley for failure to appear.Matt Henry Allsup was arrested at 12:35 a.m. Friday ...

Cindy Hill, a laid-off office manager who lives in a small town in Missouri, called her husband Thursday with urgent news that would change everything: ?We won the lottery.??What?? he asked.?We won the lottery,? she repeated. But Mark Hill, a 52-year-old mechanic who works at a meat processing plant, is the kind of person who carefully checks the prices for everything he buys, and he needed proof. This is the ...

Fairfield Fire Department responded to a call of a gas smell at 5:24 p.m. Thursday at Fairfield Middle School. Firefighters used a gas detector and were on the scene for 36 minutes and found nothing.Firefighters responded at 2:38 p.m. Thursday to a possible gas leak at 603 E. Adams Ave.

Jefferson County supervisors each reported Monday on progress and improvement from the many committees each sits on apart from the board of supervisors.Supervisor Lee Dimmitt was enthusiastic about Project Lead the Way, a national program providing rigorous and innovative curriculum for middle and high schools in science, technology, engineering and math.?Fairfield High School is one of the high schools ...

The assets of Fairfield?s Harper Brush Works Inc. were bought for $3.45 million by Cequent Consumer Products during an auction Nov. 19.According to the Bloomberg Briefs dated Nov. 21, ?there were six bidders, 22 bids and an ultimate high bid of $3.45 million? from Cequent ?for the family-owned brush maker?s assets.?Cequent of Solon, Ohio, is an auto aftermarket products and accessories company. It is owned by ...

Fairfield Police Department investigated a report at 11:13 p.m. Tuesday of 4th degree theft at Fairfield High School.Fairfield police arrested Daniel Gonzalez, 33, of Fairfield at 306 W. Broadway Ave. on a warrant for probation violation at 10:47 p.m. Tuesday.

DES MOINES (AP) ­? Iowa has launched a new program to help children, parents, school workers and others get help in preventing bullying and youth suicides.Gov. Terry Branstad announced the program called Your Life Iowa Tuesday at his Bullying Prevention Summit in Des Moines.The Iowa Department of Public Health has set up Your Life Iowa in partnership with other organizations, including the Iowa Education ...

The Fairfield City Council unanimously authorized McClure Engineering Company to complete a water and wastewater fee rate study for $23,745 Monday night at city hall.The study will help the city determine what sewer improvements it can tackle at a palatable cost to the community, said city administrator Kevin Flanagan.The task may prove difficult, he said, as the city enters into a new era of sewer improvements ...

With no rain for the past couple of weeks and none predicted until the first of next week, now is a good time to do any outdoor tasks-Christmas decorations, field work or yard work. One might even have to mow the grass one last time! Kevin Heston Jr., owner of Green Carpet Lawn and Landscaping wasn?t doing any of that, but a little shrub pruning was in order this morning.