MASON CITY (AP) ? Utility officials say it was a duck that caused a brief power outage for more than 400 customers in Mason City on Friday.The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that a southwestern segment the city in north-central Iowa was without power for nearly an hour.Alliant Energy spokesman Ryan Stensland says power went out Friday around 9 p.m., as night was falling. It was restored just before 10 ...
Four MBA teams from Maharishi University of Management finished in the top 10 out of 97 MBA teams participating in the international CAPSIM Foundation simulation during the six-month period ending July 1.M.UM.?s Chester Team finished at the 97th percentile, the Digby Team finished at 95th percentile, the Baldwin team finished at 93rd percentile, and the Andrews Team finished at 90th percentile. This performance ...
Fairfield Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at 2:07 p.m. Friday at Optimae, 301 W. Burlington Ave.Firefighters investigated a sparking air conditioner unit at 9:08 p.m. Saturday at 1300 W. Jackson Ave. No. 13.
Fairfield Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store director Allen Shank presents a check to Sally Denny for the Lord?s Cupboard. Customers at the store donated funds for the Thanksgiving in July fundraiser, and the store held a cookout with proceeds going to the local pantry. The total amount raised was nearly $2,200.
Iowa State Patrol reports an accident in Jefferson County at 9 a.m. Aug. 3. Stephen Everett McCalister, 21, of Wayland, was driving a 2004 Dodge Stratus north on Germanville Road. He lost control of his vehicle around a curve near 110th Street, entered the north ditch on Germanville Road, the vehicle rolled and ended on its top. The vehicle was totaled. McCalister was taken to Washington County Hospital by ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? President Barack Obama?s campaign is targeting Paul Ryan in a new online video, two days after the Wisconsin congressman became Mitt Romney?s vice presidential pick.The spot features Florida seniors talking about how Ryan?s Medicare plans could affect them. The president?s re-election campaign is releasing the video on the same day Romney campaigns in Florida.Seniors in the new video portray ...
Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office investigated a report of a burglary/breaking and entering at 5:17 Sunday in Batavia. Vandalism and destruction/damage of property and loss of property is reported: $100 damage to a steel entry door and $555 worth of tools taken.
CHICAGO (AP) ? Laws strictly curbing school sales of junk food and sweetened drinks may play a role in slowing childhood obesity, according to a study that seems to offer the first evidence such efforts could pay off.The results come from the first large national look at the effectiveness of the state laws over time. They are not a slam-dunk, and even obesity experts who praised the study acknowledge the ...
Fairfield Police Department took a report of vandalism at 10:57 p.m. Saturday about a vehicle parked near Building 106 on Maharishi University of Management campus. Two white males, ages 18-20, were seen approaching a vehicle while holding a piece of rebar. They used the rebar to break a rear window and tried to break the rear passenger window but only scratched it. They left a dent in the vehicle?s side quarter ...
OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) ? Hundreds of people streamed into a Wisconsin high school Friday to pay their final respects to six worshippers gunned down by a white supremacist at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee. Somber, tearful mourners, most wearing scarves on their heads in the Sikh tradition, greeted victims' family members with hugs at the Oak Creek High School gymnasium. Flowers adorned the six open caskets ...
Contractors for the D Street road project Shipley Construction Co. finished laying pavement from Burlington to Madison avenue Monday, but are far from finished with sidewalks and driveways, project officials say.?All of the main line pavement is done and is drying,? said project engineer Jerry Long of French-Reneker Associates.?But we will keep it closed so it is safe for contractors to work on sidewalks and ...
The Jefferson County Green Band doesn?t have a tour bus, but thanks to the generosity of fans, they do have a 15-passenger Chevy van.Seventy-nine Green Band fans recently pledged $14,050 to help the band purchase the van - $1,550 more than the band needed.?We are so grateful,? said founding band member Steve McLain.Using Kickstarter, it took only a month to raise the funds necessary to purchase the vehicle ...
Jefferson County Health Center closed its fiscal year June 30 with a net income more than 100 percent more than anticipated.In his operating statement highlights to the board of trustees July 23, Chief Financial Officer Gene Irwin said the health center?s net income was $2,252,808, 129 percent more than the budgeted $982,910.?We?ve had a lot of growth in about every area,? Irwin told the trustees.A few of the ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? Authorities on Tuesday identified the person killed by a pickup truck that sped through a crowded Kalona Sale Barn auction as 70-year-old Donald L. Breed of Freeport, Ill.Breed was pronounced dead at the scene of Monday morning?s accident, according to a statement from the Washington County Sheriff?s Office. Five others were injured.The statement said Breed was walking near the barn when a ...
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