A late morning dog walk on South Main Street by Jerry Deprey of Fairfield turned out to be a fashion statement for his pugs Pookie and Cassie. Pookie opting for the sleeveless, red nylon shell, and Csssie staying warm in a plaid fleece jacket. Midday temperatures in Fairfield were closer to real winter weather at a chilly 34 degrees.
Less than three months after he stood as a groomsman in the wedding of two friends he had known since college in Texas, Micah Moore walked into a suburban Kansas City police department and unloaded a dark secret: He had taken the woman's life at the request of her new husband, a charismatic prayer group leader.Police said Bethany Deaton's death initially appeared to be a suicide. Officers found a note and empty ...
Iowa State Patrol reports an accident in Keokuk County Nov. 21. Keaton Eugene Winn 14, of Ollie, was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer west on Highway 78 when the vehicle drifted off the road onto the right shoulder at 8:50 a.m. The driver overcorrected, trying to get back onto the road. The vehicle entered the north ditch where it rolled, coming to rest on its driver?s side. The vehicle was totaled. Winn was ...
A busy crew lay pavement in front of the Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store on Burlington Avenue Tuesday afternoon where a new 4,300-square-foot convenience store and five-pump Hy-Vee gas station will soon beckon customers with gas discounts for Hy-Vee customers and Caribou Coffee. Crews began work in September, demolishing the old Pizza Hut building on the grounds, and say they?re on track to open shop by ...
LIBERTYVILLE ? Libertyville?s fourth annual Holiday Lighting Ceremony will be held Saturday evening.The ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m. at City Park and will include Christmas carols, an invocation from the Rev. Peggy Ellingson, pastor of Faith United Methodist Church, and the lighting of the city tree.Following the lighting ceremony, Faith United Methodist Church will be hosting a cooperative soup supper. ...
Iowa State Patrol reported an accident in Jefferson County Monday. Bruce Dwaine Carter, 63, of Fairfield, was driving a 1997 Subaru Outback north on Pleasant Plain Road; at 7:35 p.m. Monday, he came to a deer in the road. Carter lost control of his vehicle near Lakeview Drive, and entered the east ditch. His vehicle rolled over and ended facing south on its driver?s side. Carter, wearing a seatbelt, was not ...
DISTRICT COURTAshley Jane Vaughn, 22, of 907 W. Jefferson Ave., pleaded guilty and received a deferred judgment for possession of a precursor with intent to use product to manufacture a controlled substance, methamphetamine. She was given three years probation and ordered to comply with evaluation and/or treatment recommended by the Eighth Judicial District Department of Correction Services. She was ordered to ...
Nancy Morrissey, left, executive director of the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce, helps Staci Wahl and Dennis Lopp from the Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store unload gingerbread houses at the chamber Monday. The houses are sold to area businesses as a fundraiser for the December 1st Fridays Art Walk. The art walk?s theme is Gingerbread Extravaganza. Chamber administrator Lori Knox said that as of noon today, ...
A traffic stop made by a Fairfield policeman Wednesday morning resulted in the arrest of two Fairfield men on felony drug charges.Arrested were Rafael Israel Taylor McAnally, age 26, and Daniel Diaz Gonzalez, age 33, both of 306 W. Broadway Ave.According to a press release from the Jefferson County Attorney?s Office, based on the stop of McAnally?s vehicle and items found in the vehicle, he was arrested for ...
Absentee voters were in the majority for the first time in Jefferson County history in the general election earlier this month.A total of 54 percent of county voters cast their ballots early ? by mail or in person ? during the month before the Nov. 6 election, surpassing the 47 percent who did so in 2008. Voter turnout fell by 122 votes to a total of 8,584.In Iowa, early voting broke the state record, reaching ...
Unemployment in Jefferson County declined from 5.8 percent in September to 5.7 percent in October.According to Iowa Workforce Development figures, in September, Jefferson County had a labor force of 7,560, with 7,120 employed and 440 unemployed. In October, the county had a labor force of 7,880, with 7,430 employed and 450 unemployed.The Iowa Workforce Development figures show a decrease in unemployment in Van ...
Neville L. Wiggins, 40, of Fairfield was killed in a vehicle accident Tuesday on Highway 34 east of Cedar Avenue.According to the Iowa State Patrol report, Wiggins was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Suburban east in the right-hand lane on Highway 34 at 3:20 p.m. Tuesday.He collided with the back of a 2006 Ford F150 pickup, driven by Fred A. Clubb, 52, of Batavia, who also was driving east in the right-hand lane on ...
Fairfield Police Department arrested William Thomas Slack, 18, of 507 E. Lowe Ave., at 12:31 a.m. Tuesday, at D Street and Washington Avenue. He is charged with driving while suspended, revoked, canceled or denied.Zachary Christian Simons was cited at B Street and Burlington Avenue for speeding 35 mph in a 25 mph zone at 9:25 p.m. Monday.Police investigated a report at 9:30 p.m. Monday at Maharishi University ...
The United States and Mexico are rewriting rules on how to share water from the Colorado River, capping a five-year effort to form a united front against future drought in their western states.The far-reaching agreement to be signed Tuesday gives Mexico rights to put some of its river water in Lake Mead, which stretches across Nevada and Arizona, giving it badly needed storage capacity. Mexico will forfeit some ...
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