Fairfield News

The autopsy report on Jesse Harl, who drowned July 13 at the beach at Waterworks Park, has been released.An autopsy was performed by the Iowa Department of Public Health, Office of the State Medical Examiner on July 14, determined the cause of death was freshwater drowning and the manner of death was by accident.Pursuant to Iowa Code section 22.7(41), no further information contained in that report will be made ...

Dan Clemmons of the Fairfield High School maintenance crew goes about the task of spray painting the white numbers, sidelines, hash marks and yard markers this morning at Trojan Stadium in preparation for Friday night?s football game against Washington. He estimated the job takes about nine, 5-gallon buckets of paint.

Roger Elliott and his wife Norma of Fairfield set up their collection of Louden pieces in the window of Johnny?s Place for the Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk, which has a harvest theme. The display includes bottles from the Fairfield bottling plant, and other Fairfield-related items, including a Dexter calendar showing many of the old washing machines.

Laboratory tests show that globs of oil found on two Louisiana beaches after Hurricane Isaac came from the 2010 BP spill.Tests run by Louisiana State University for state wildlife officials confirmed that oil found on Elmer?s Island and Grand Isle matched the biological fingerprint of the hundreds of millions of gallons of oil that spewed from BP?s Macondo well.On Wednesday, BP PLC said oil from its spill had ...

HAMMESTo Trent and Crystal Hammes of Libertyville, a girl, Abbie Irene Hammes, 7 pounds, 4 ounces, born Friday, Aug. 24, 2012,? at Washington County Hospital, Washington, Iowa.? ?She has one sister, Allie, 2.?Grandparents are Mike and Judy Nicholson of Batavia and John and Rhonda Hammes of Fairfield. ?Great-grandparents are Norbert and Marie Hammes of Fairfield, Richard and Naomi Bolden of Marion, the late ...

Fairfield Police Department arrested Amber Raylynn Wilson, 23 of 200 N. 28th St., No. 57, at 2:11 p.m. Wednesday at 309 W. Washington Ave. She is charged with fourth degree criminal mischief and criminal trespass.Benjamin Wade Williams, 29 of 803 W. Harrison Ave., was arrested at home at 10:06 a.m. Wednesday and charged with domestic abuse assault (simple).

MAGISTRATE COURTEdward Thomas Fudge, 37, of 1000 N. Fourth St., Building 141, was found guilty of public intoxication and fined $147.50. DISTRICT COURTShad Lavern Heckart, 41, of Ottumwa, pleaded guilty in Count I to eluding or attempting to elude while operating while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty to the lesser of Count II, possession of a schedule I controlled substance, marijuana. In Count I he was ...

The following marriage certificates were returned to the Jefferson County Recorder/Registrar?s office:Brent Joseph Reck of Fairfield and Shelby Marie Moothart of Fairfield, married Sept. 1, 2012.Dillon James Champ of Fairfield and Makenzie Grace Kessel of Fairfield, married Aug. 31, 2012.Matthew Austin Leathers of Fairfield and Denisse Rossana Rodriguez of Fairfield, married Aug. 30, 2012.Adam Burs Copeland ...

Drug shortages are more severe than a year ago at Jefferson County Health Center according to hospital pharmacy director Carri Pumphrey.Although Pumphrey said the hospital is in an exciting time of expansion and has hired a new pharmacist to help her keep up with demand, drug shortages have reached new levels this summer, forcing her to ration an important medication in one instance.?Other hospitals are hit ...

Jefferson County Chief Deputy Gregg Morton told the board of supervisors Tuesday he had prepared a letter to Maharishi Vedic City Mayor Bob Wynn, with a fee schedule for misdialed 911 emergency calls.Supervisors discussed options and agreed to ask for a meeting with officials from Vedic City and the pandit project to talk about the situation face-to-face. A meeting date was not set Tuesday.?We sent a letter in ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson will be on the Iowa ballot in November after a district court judge ruled Tuesday that supporters fulfilled state requirements.The decision ended a maze of legal battles over Johnson?s candidacy, which had been challenged by two Iowa voters ? Gloria Mazza, of Clive, and Dean Montgomery, of Urbandale.Libertarians had said they held a caucus at the ...

D.O.T. schedules meeting on bridge replacement DOUDS ? The Iowa Department of Transportation will have a public information meeting 5-6:30 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Van Buren elementary school in Douds to discuss a proposed bridge replacement on Iowa 98 over the Des Moines River.The bridge is 1.5 miles south of the Iowa 16/Iowa 98 junction between Douds and Leando in Van Buren County.All interested people are ...