Fairfield News

This is about half the number of turkeys recently seen in the early morning strutting across a pasture. Apparently, the hot dry weather didn?t diminish this rafter of turkeys. Presumably, some of them are this spring?s hatch, though it is difficult to determine from a distance.

Big pickups carried U.S. auto sales to their highest level in three years.Demand for full-size pickups jumped 16 percent in August, helping to make it the strongest sales month since August 2009. Overall auto sales increased 20 percent from a year earlier to nearly 1.3 million, according to Autodata corp.The rising demand shows that businesses need to replace aging trucks and feel more confident about the ...

More A-listers have signed on to support the third Stand Up to Cancer telethon.Organizers say Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Justin Timberlake, Sofia Vergara, and Olympic gold medalists Gabrielle Douglas and Missy Franklin will participate in the hour-long TV special. It is set to air Friday on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and more than a dozen cable channels.The slate of stars announced Wednesday also includes Eric Stonestreet,...

A chance encounter at a restaurant in a Denver suburb led to the arrest of an Ethiopian immigrant who authorities say tortured political prisoners decades ago in his home country, according to testimony from a Department of Homeland Security official Tuesday.The man authorities identify as Kefelegn Alemu Worku pleaded not guilty to U.S. immigration charges and denied that he is a former guard at a prison know ...

Jefferson County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve Burgmeier shared two of three proposals received last week for a new private ambulance service in the county with his two fellow supervisors; Burgmeier is the county liaison on the ambulance board.?We have two credible applications, one from our local provider and one from Midwest Ambulance,? he said. ?I?d like you two to review them and provide me with ...

Fairfield Police Department took a report at 7:46 p.m. Tuesday at 506 W. Depot Ave. of a missing juvenile. Police confirmed the juvenile attended school today and the parent was informed.

Five-year-old Josiah Gerdes waited patiently, then not so patiently, for his sister, 3-year-old Hannah, to stop swinging so he could take a turn. The children were enjoying some playtime in their yard this morning.

DES MOINES (AP) ? State records suggest higher interstate speeds have proved fatal for more Iowa motorists.The Des Moines Register reports rural interstate fatalities are up about 10 percent since the speed limit was raised to 70 mph from 65 mph.Iowa records show 250 people were fatally injured on the rural interstate system between July 1, 2005, and Dec. 31, 2011. The figure was 227 fatalities for the 6.5 ...

Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store Director Alan Shank presents a donation of $555 in school supplies to be distributed across the Fairfield Community School District to Tara Johnson from the Fairfield High School.

Webster?s preliminary hearing delayed The preliminary hearing for Tyler James Webster was rescheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Jefferson County Courthouse.Webster, 33, of 2104 185th St., is charged with first-degree murder, a Class A felony, in the Aug. 25 shooting death of Buddy Lee Frisbie, age 32, also of Fairfield.Webster has been confined in the Jefferson County Jail since his arrest Aug. ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Tabatha Jeanne Boughner, 21 of Libertyville at home at 12:05 a.m. Friday. She was charged with domestic abuse assault.Sheriff deputies arrested Buck Young Bibby, 24 of Libertyville at home at 12:22 a.m. Friday. He is charged with domestic abuse assault.

KEOKUK ? Fairfielders Denyce Rusch and Jeff Fitz-Randolph of the Fairfield Cultural Alliance attended ?Renewing the Power of Downtown,? the 26th annual Iowa Downtown Summit Aug. 2-22 in Keokuk.During the summit, prominent and knowledgeable downtown and commercial development experts from Iowa and across the United States provided educational sessions focused on best practices. Participants received valuable ...