Using a Handyman Jack, Harold Munson works to remove a steel fence post from the yard of the recently purchased home he plans to move into next month. Munson said some of the posts could be pulled by hand, while others were a bit tougher to remove. ?They are easier to get out with a tractor,? he said.
Eleven members of the community, asked to serve on the School Improvement Advisory Committee, spent a few hours Tuesday discussing information about the Fairfield Community School District.Superintendent Art Sathoff and Fairfield High School Principal Aaron Becker headed the discussion about school programs. Sathoff outlined two new programs being added next school year, the Career Academy and the Young House ...
More than 30 residents attended Monday?s Fairfield City Council meeting due to safety concerns about the city?s new water meters that are read from a transmitted wireless radio signal.The city?s Environmental and Franchise Utilities Committee met Monday afternoon and discussed an opt-out program that would allow residents an alternative to the radio-read meters. About one-third of city residences have had the ...
A recommendation last week by the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department Board of Directors to close the beach at Waterworks Park wasn?t approved by the Fairfield City Council Monday night.Frank Wintroub, who served as the organizer of a volunteer group doing maintenance at the beach for several years, pressed the park and rec board for support with lifeguards and maintenance due to the closing of the city?s ...
The following marriage certificates were returned to the Jefferson County Recorder/Registrar?s office:James Alan Sines of Richland and Ashley Kathryn Pedrick of Richland, married March 24, 2012.Olen James Brown of Abington and Kendell Regen Frescoln of Ottumwa, married April 4, 2012.Bruce Edward Franke of Fairfield and Diana Lynn Burnett Townsend of Fairfield, married April 7, 2012.Leagh Feinberg Janell of ...
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers? fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian?s curves or Brooke Burke?s toned tush.Skechers USA Inc. will pay $40 million to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that the footwear company made unfounded claims that its Shape-ups shoes would help people lose weight and strengthen their butt, leg and ...
It?s a tight squeeze. The small flag at lower left indicates where telecommunications lines are buried, which doesn?t leave any room for error in digging a hole. The Alliant Energy crew digs a bit, then stops to check and make sure they aren?t too close to a buried cable, and continue until the hole is deep enough. Alliant is in the process of putting in new poles on South D Street, which will be further back ...
Concrete ice cream cones serve up fun at Iowa State Fair DES MOINES ? The 2012 Iowa State Fair will celebrate its ?Fairlicious? foods with a limited number of 3.5 foot tall concrete ice cream cones on display throughout the grounds during the fair Aug. 9-19.Individuals, clubs and companies are invited to showcase their artistic talents and love of the fair by painting one of the sculptures.To enter, submit an ...
IOWA CITY (AP) An environmental research center at the University of Iowa has received a $7.9 million grant to help support research of rural health issues.The Iowa City Press Citizen reports the Environmental Health Sciences Research Center is getting a five-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to help local researchers study the effect on health of rural and agricultural ...
The Fairfield Police Department responded to two accidents Monday.At 12:21 a.m. Ashley Williams was traveling north from Hy-Vee toward Burger King in the parking lot. Williams entered the lane; Damian Blaise collided with Williams on private property. Estimated damage is $1,000 to each vehicle.At 3:30 p.m. Ezra Shaner proceeded from the stop sign at B Street, traveling south, and collided with Ryan Hill, ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Travis Earl Householder, Packwood, speeding.Shane Michael Vice, Libertyville, darkened windows.Joseph Edward Raines, Brookston, Ind., manner of conveyance (assembled, unloaded gun).Cameron Leeallan Niner, Ottumwa, failure to obey sign and yield right-of-way.Matthew Jason McBride, Coralville, speeding.Mitchell Edwin Fulton, Richland, ...
The Obama administration declared Alzheimer?s one of the country?s biggest health challenges today, adopting a national strategy that sets the clock ticking toward better treatments by 2025 ? along with help for suffering families today.?What we know is a lot more needs to be done and it needs to be done right now, because people with Alzheimer?s disease and their loved ones and caregivers need help right now,? ...
Two-year-old Annabella Anderson, at left, adds a double handful of sand to her bucket of sand and water while her sister, 4-year-old Aurora, gives her directions. The girls were happily playing in the sand and water Friday morning, making a concoction that only they could describe. Their mom, Alura, was working nearby in the garden and said, ?If the children are happy, then everybody?s happy.?
Round Prairie Park closed for camping Round Prairie Park southeast of Fairfield will be closed for camping for about a week beginning today.Jefferson County Conservation director Dennis Lewiston explained an Access Energy crew will be working in the camping area this week installing a new, upgraded electrical service. He expects digging to begin Tuesday.Access Energy has offered to renovate Round Prairie ...
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