Fairfield News

This beautiful creature is a Luna Moth (Actias luna), a very strong flier attracted to lights. The pale green wingspan measures 3 to 4 inches, with a transparent eyespot on each wing and a pinkish outer margin. The hind wings have long curving tails. They are not often seen due to their nighttime activities. Lunas mate after midnight and begin laying their eggs on host plants by evening. The large green caterpilla...

Home care aides, certified nursing assistants, direct support professionals, hospice aides, and other direct care professionals, who provide hands-on, personal care and support in nursing homes, client?s homes, assisted living, group homes, hospitals, hospices and other settings, are invited to attend the free Iowa CareGivers Association?s ?A Call to Leadership? from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 8 at Indian Hills ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to an accident Thursday at Harrison Avenue and Fourth Street. Hsin-Chio Liang Tseng of Ankeny was cited for failure to obey a stop sign. She was driving a 2004 BMW south on Fourth Street and collided with a 2007 Toyota Camry traveling west on Harrison Avenue, driven by Julie Anne Harvey. Each vehicle had an estimated $3,000 in damages.E. B. Joshua Jaurique III, 23, ...

The Fairfield Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 7:05 p.m. Saturday at 2233 256th Street. The department stayed on the scene until 10:30 p.m., extinguishing the fire. Steve Dickson occupied the home that burned. The fire is under investigation.

Fairfield Police Department investigated an accident at 12:02 p.m. Thursday at West Burlington Avenue and North 22nd Street. Helen Jean Nicholson, 76, of Brighton, was cited for failure to yield while turning left. She was driving a 1995 Chevy Lumina, turned left across the highway. Louis Joseph Testa Jr. of Ottumwa, was driving a 2004 Chevy Trailblazer. Both drivers sustained minor injuries according to the ...

President Barack Obama flies Air Force One when he leaves town. So does Candidate Barack Obama.Either way, taxpayers are on the hook for a hefty amount.The souped-up Boeing 747 that typically serves as Air Force One costs $179,750 an hour to operate, according to the latest Pentagon calculations, meaning that expenses for presidential travel mount quickly.And, no matter what the reason for the president?s ...

Janet Miller was busy in her garden this morning, planting succulent varieties in a pot that will sit in a sunny place in her yard, or, perhaps on the deck. Miller called this plant ?Hearts of Flowers,? also known as ?ice plant.? The botanical name is aptenia cordifolia, and is native to South Africa. This vining plant also makes a good ground cover in an open spot and has showy pink or red starburst flowers. ...

In a historic ruling, an international court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor today of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting notoriously brutal rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone in return for ?blood diamonds.?Taylor is the first head of state convicted by an international court since the post-World War II Nuremberg military tribunal.?Today is for the people ...