Fairfield News

Fairfield City Councilwoman at large, Susan Silvers announced her resignation from city council today, three years before her election term is complete in 2015.She will continue her position until the end of the year.?It is with much regret I am submitting my resignation,? she said.Silvers said while she wishes to continue her work for the city, new developments at her workplace at Cambridge Investments will ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office is participating in the upcoming Step Wave Enforcement program for the Thanksgiving holiday.Deputies will begin heightened enforcement Monday through Nov. 25, for intoxication, seat belt use, speed, suspended driving, narcotics searches and other traffic violations as well as assisting motorists. Iowa man sentenced in federal heroin caseCEDAR RAPIDS (AP) ? A federal judge has ...

The Fairfield City Council approved a payment of $15,400 to reimburse AmericInn for a utilities extension with an increased capacity to the hotel to allow for future development.Former city manager Jeff Clawson entered an agreement with the hotel upon review of the engineering design to pay for additional material costs to increase the size of the water and sewer line.General contractor, True Line Design built ...

Fairfield Police Department arrested Stacey Rebecca Sisomphone, 31 of 1104 Sunset Drive in the 100 block of West Burlington Avenue at 2:35 a.m. Friday, charged with assault, simple.Nikhom Leo Sisomphone 38 of 1104 Sunset Drive was arrested in the 100 block of West Burlington Avenue at 3:19 a.m. Friday, charged with assault, simple.Gregory Thomas Lane, 26 of 505 W. Madison Ave., was arrested at 8:20 p.m. ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to a vehicle accident with a deer at 5:16 p.m. Thursday. Brian Herman Holthus was driving a 1994 Chrysler Concord south on Brookville Road when he struck a deer in the road around the 1800 block. His vehicle sustained functional damage to the bumper, front grill, headlight, radiator, hood and passenger door, estimated at $1,500.Sheriffs received a report at 7:33 p.m. ...

Peyton McCabe works on her writing at her desk while Brookelynn Silvers, left, and Ellie Stever work together on theirs. It was a free period in Rachel Myers? second-grade classroom at Libertyville Elementary School this morning, followed by work on their poetry journals. Meyers said the poetry journal, which is a year-long project, is something the children enjoy and it helps them with their fluency of language.

A free, community Thanksgiving dinner will be served for the eighth year at First United Methodist Church in Fairfield.Serving begins at 11:30 a.m. Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, at the church. It is open to everyone, regardless of need. No collection or free will offering is asked. Take-outs are available.Anyone is welcome to help out. Volunteers begin preparing around 8:30-9 a.m. Nov. 22, and there is no set ...

WASHINGTON, Iowa (GTNS) ? A recently approved amendment to a 28E agreement between Washington County and the Regional Utility Service Systems to cover the cost of additional expenses of a proposed Richmond sewer system has drawn a lawsuit from a community group seeking to nullify the change.In the suit, filed Nov. 6 in Iowa District Court for Washington County, the group Residents for a Better Richmond is ...

The Fairfield City Council will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Nov. 26 in city hall to discuss an urban revitalization plan to offer tax breaks for residents investing in improvements to commercial, industrial or residential property.The city has sent copies of the proposed plan to all residents who pay water and sewer bills. The plan also is available in the city clerk?s office at city hall and online at ...

MOUNT PLEASANT (GTNS) ? The Regional Utility Service Systems board of directors finalized and approved a call-in procedure policy for its employees at its meeting Wednesday.?With the new technology, we need to have something in place. Emails and text messaging and stuff like that isn?t as usual. You may text somebody and an hour or two later they receive it. So I want to make sure if someone is calling in that ...

Jefferson County Sheriff arrested William Joseph Valdez III, 21, of 506 South D St., at 10:36 p.m. Tuesday at 1200 W. Grimes Ave. He is charged with operating while intoxicated, first offense.

Fairfield Police Department cited William Thomas Slack, 18, of Milton at 2:29 a.m. Sunday on D Street, south of Broadway Avenue, for driving while suspended/revoked/canceled or denied.Thomas Carl Selleck, 58, of 2064 Libertyville Road was cited at 10:30 p.m. Saturday for excessive speed in the 900 block of South Main Street.Jeremy Wayne Kaska, 33, of Brighton was arrested at 10:58 p.m. Friday at Oakwood Nursery ...