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Fairfield Fire Department was called at 9:30 p.m. Friday for an automatic alarm at the Co-ed Theater, 119 W. Broadway; the call was cancelled.
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Fairfield Fire Department was called at 9:30 p.m. Friday for an automatic alarm at the Co-ed Theater, 119 W. Broadway; the call was cancelled.
The most common type of obesity surgery may increase patients? chances for alcohol abuse, according to the largest study to demonstrate a potential link.Patients who had gastric bypass surgery faced double the risk for excessive drinking, compared with those who had a less drastic weight-loss operation.Gastric bypass surgery shrinks the stomach?s size and attaches it to a lower portion of the intestine.That ...
The Fairfield Police Department arrested Jamie Dawn Huffman, 33, of Batavia 9:22 p.m. Sunday in the 100 block of West Burlington, charged with public intoxication, third and subsequent, enhanced.
Approximately 1.89 inches of rainfall in Fairfield Saturday resulted in about 38,016 gallons of sanitary sewer overflow from the collection system into Crow Creek.Fairfield has a serious inflow and infiltration problem as shown by these sanitary sewer overflows.A sanitary sewer overflow is defined as a discharge of wastewater to the environment. Overflows occur when there is too much water for the sewer system ...
This special eight-page section inserted in today?s edition of The Fairfield Ledger includes the stories of area retirees Ray and Laurie Woody and Judy Bailey, as well as other helpful information for area senior citizens. Click below to see the section.
Prairie stewards working Sunday at WaterworksPrairie stewards are seeking volunteers to work at the Waterworks Park prairie Sunday morning.The prairie stewards are planning management work on the native prairie at the park from 9 a.m. to noon.The primary task will be to follow up on the ongoing black locust tree removal project by cutting small-diameter black locust re-sprouts. The workers also will take out ...
WASHINGTON, Iowa (GTNS) ? As the ceremony to honor the arrival of The Wall That Heals in Washington began, American Legion Riders? chaplain Barb Duder approached the podium to ask the crowd of people who had gathered at the All-Veterans? Memorial Thursday to join her in prayer.During the ceremony held by the American Legion Riders, the numbers of people who lost their lives in Vietnam was made clear as rider Ron ...
The Fairfield school board reviewed and renewed its contract with Superintendent Art Sathoff Thursday evening.In a closed meeting, allowed for discussion of personnel, the board gave its annual evaluation of the one school district employee the board actually hires.The school board added a third year to his current contract, the 2014-15 school year, at a salary of $144,000.His original contract will pay him ...
The Fairfield Police Department reports the arrest of Dustin Lane Canaday at 8:47 p.m. Thursday at his residence, 800 Sunset Drive. He is charged with domestic abuse assault.
PACKWOOD ? Pekin Community School District Superintendent John Dotson is retiring from education in Iowa, but has secured a new job as school superintendent in southwest Minnesota, he said.The Pekin school board learned of his retirement/resignation at Monday?s meeting and this morning, the board and administrators met again to approve a search process with Ray and Associates to replace him.?The board tabled ...
Expectant parents enrolled in the Jefferson County NEST program are doing just that: they?re feathering their nests in anticipation of the arrival of their new babies. At the same time, they are acquiring the necessary skills to be effective parents.Founded on the premise that prenatal care and education are the most important factors in ensuring the birth of a healthy baby, NEST is an incentive program geared ...
Fairfield tile layer Bob Saturley completes installation of the fifth mural for Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk project Maze of Murals. ?Tea and Scenery? by Karla Christensen is a 10-foot by 6-foot mosaic of recycled materials on the side of Revelations Cafe, The mural is sponsored by the Iowa Arts Council, owners of Revelations and local donors. ?I saw this as an opportunity to promote cleaning up and beautifying ...
A new retail store is planned to open in late August in Fairfield, a Family Dollar store.It will be housed in the former Hy-Vee Drug Store building at Sixth Street and Burlington Avenue.?We send a store-opening and store development team into a new location and also hire local contractors to ?Family-Dollarize? an existing building,? said Joshua Braverman, communication director at Family Dollar.Hiring for ...
MAQUOKETA (AP) ? A fungus that causes a deadly disease in bats has been detected inside Maquoketa Caves State Park despite years of efforts to prevent it from reaching there, wildlife officials said.A low level of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome was found in a hibernating big brown bat in one of the caves that was tested in March as part of a national study aimed at stopping the spread of the disease, ...
