Fairfield News

The Fairfield City Council Economic Development Committee and Ways and Means Committee are holding special meetings to reevaluate business and residential tax breaks for property improvements.Currently commercial and industrial buildings are eligible for three years of tax exemption on a maximum of $40,000 in renovations. The goal of the program is to create incentives for citizens to grow their businesses, ...

With summer winding down ? at least for youngsters starting back to school next week ? today found many outside enjoying the free time they still have. Summer Canaday was bouncing on a pogo stick while friends Erin Harlan, directly behind her, and Kali Gorsuch rode their bikes. The weekend is predicted to be a great one for any type of outdoor activity, not too hot with partly cloudy skies.

Fairfield High School juniors Kara Greiner and Brett Scott pose for photographer Makayla Kessel during Meet the Trojans festivities Thursday night at Trojan Stadium. The evening started with lots of pictures and a booster club dinner before fans were treated to scrimmages featuring the 2012 Fairfield Trojans? football and volleyball teams as well as a watermelon feed. More photos of Meet the Trojans are on page 5 ...

The hallways and classrooms at Fairfield High School are quite safe according to principal Aaron Becker, but he?s not so sure about the online terrain students have become immersed in of late.Becker and Associate Principal Brian Stone said cyberbullying ? harassment via electronic media such as text message, email or Facebook ? has surfaced as students? number one complaint within the last several years.?As far ...

Fairfield High School Principal Aaron Becker, second from left, accepts a $50,000 check from Chad Thompson on behalf of Fairfield Trojan Athletic Boosters during Meet the Trojans Thursday at Trojan Stadium. The $50,000 came from the club?s capital projects fund to help rebuild the new restrooms on Trojan Stadium?s home side as well as construct a press box at the varsity baseball field. Associate Principal Brian ...

Fairfield Economic Development Association is administering a new program for Jefferson County homeowners, businesses and agriculture operations to borrow funds to upgrade energy efficiency and/or install renewable energy projects.?FEDA has been working on this for several months,? said Tracy Vance, executive director. ?FEDA has received $1 million for this project.?The loan program will run for 15 years, Vance ...

According to the Iowa Workforce Development, Iowa?s nonfarm employment increased by 2,300 jobs in July, raising the monthly total to 1,492,400.The increase halts two consecutive months of drops. However, the job gains in July were narrow in scope, occurring only in wholesale and retail trade, other services, local government and health care. An increase of 5,200 in government led the July job gain, and was ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Anthrax has killed more than 100 animals on ranches in Colorado and Texas within the past two weeks, and experts say the risk of infection may be greater with drought covering much of the United States.Anthrax outbreaks happen occasionally in livestock herds and wild animals in the U.S., usually west of the Mississippi River. Animals typically contract the disease by ingesting or inhaling ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Authorities say one person has been killed and another injured during a shooting involving two undercover officers in Iowa City.The Iowa Public Safety Department says in a news release Friday that neither of the officers was injured. They work for the state?s Division of Narcotics Enforcement and are assigned to the Johnson County Drug Task Force.The department says the officers were conducting ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Ashley Mountain, 37, homeless of Fairfield, at 3:01 p.m. Friday at 1200 W. Grimes Ave., on a warrant for failure to appear for driving while revoked.

An emergency layover in Syria?s capital was bad enough. Then passengers on Air France Flight 562 were asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough cash to pay for more fuel.The plane, heading from Paris to Lebanon?s capital, diverted amid tensions near the Beirut airport on Wednesday. Low on fuel, it instead landed in Damascus, the capital of neighboring Syria, where a civil war is raging.An Air ...

Fairfield Fire Department responded to a report of smoke, possible structure fire at 10:31 p.m. Thursday at 315 S. 15th St. Firefighters found a makeshift fire pit made with cinder blocks at a mobile home residence where residents were burning wood scraps intentionally. Residents were warned against burning after dark.