Fairfield News

MOUNT PLEASANT (GTNS) ? Regional Utility Service Systems will no longer be billing customers based on metered and non-metered rates; all billing will be a new flat rate for each community with a RUSS waste water system in place.The flat rates for each community will be made available to system customers in June, explained Kathy Dye, finance manager of RUSS.During the regular session board meeting Wednesday ...

LOCKRIDGE ? Calls of an old barn burning with no one apparently attending the fire Thursday morning in Lockridge created 911 calls from concerned passers-by, said Lockridge Fire Chief Jeremy Loving.?When we get 911 calls, we have to investigate,? he said. ?I called the property owner, and I found out it was on purpose, a controlled burn, it just happened to involve an old structure and drivers going by didn?t ...

Iowa lawmakers wrapped up the 2012 legislative session Wednesday and State Representative Curt Hanson of Fairfield said progress was made this year to create jobs and grow Iowa?s skilled workforce.?Our top priority this year was to work together to find common ground and create jobs to grow Iowa?s economy so middle class families can get ahead. When legislators put politics aside this year, we made good progress ...

Mother?s Day is Sunday in case you have missed all the indicators.Rita Vandersnick is, of course, happy to see her son Jim Shank and his wife Diane from Woodbury, Minn., anytime, but this week they came to give her the gift of their time for Mother?s Day.?Isn?t this the most wonderful Mother?s Day gift?? Rita asked rhetorically. ?Jim is cleaning out the bird nests from the gutters, and Diane is planting flowers ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Consumers could see some relief from higher food prices by late fall, if the latest government crop forecast holds up.The U.S. Agriculture Department predicted Thursday that corn production will total a record 14.8 billion bushels. That compares with 12.4 billion bushels a year ago and it?s 11 percent higher than the previous record crop in 2009. The government also predicts a record yield of ...

The Fairfield Fire Department responded at 1:58 a.m. today to 300 W. Fillmore, where an electrical fire was extinguished. The dwelling did not have smoke detectors. Firefighters returned to the station at 3:21 a.m.Fairfield Fire Department was called at 9:50 a.m. Thursday for mutual aid at a structure fire at 203 W. Maple, Lockridge. Lockridge fire chief canceled the call in two minutes.

Advocates: HIV prevention pill could save livesA pill to prevent HIV infection is already being given to some healthy people, but without government approval, it remains out of reach and too costly for many who need it.Doctors, patients and advocates say that would change if the Food and Drug Administration takes a landmark step and allows the pill, Truvada, to be marketed for prevention. The drug has been used ...

The Fairfield Police Department arrested a 15-year-old juvenile male at 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, at 605 E. Broadway, Fairfield High School, for fifth degree theft.Nicholas Hill, 20, of Fairfield, was arrested at 4:44 p.m. Wednesday for simple misdemeanor domestic abuse.

AMES, Iowa ? May 9, 2012: 4 p.m. ? Communications at the Iowa Department of Transportation are being restored following a temporary outage that started around 1 p.m. today. Services are now available at a majority of locations (Iowa DOT and county treasurers? offices) statewide; however, temporary interruptions may continue to occur throughout the day as service is restored. Customer services that were affected ...

DES MOINES ? Corn planting in Iow is 64 percent complete according to the Iowa Crops and Weather report released Monday by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service.The weekly report is available April through October on the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship?s website at www.IowaAgriculture.gov.According to Monday?s report, Iowa?s planting progress was slowed by persistent rain and ...

LIBERTYVILLE ? The Libertyville City Council Tuesday unanimously approved the $240,000 purchase of the Roto Fab building from Hickenbottom Inc. to become the new home of the Libertyville Fire Department.The closing on the transaction will take place on or before June 1, and the fire department will move into the facility at 500 N. Main St. with few alterations to the site. The current building is located next to ...

Thirty years ago, the U.S. ranked No. 1 in academic achievement and the number of college graduates in the world, and Iowa was the No. 1 state in the nation, said Jason Glass, director of the Iowa Department of Education in Fairfield Tuesday.?We were at a pinnacle,? he said as the featured speaker at the fifth and final in a series of colloquia on educational change hosted by the department of teaching at ...