Session report for week 16As the 2012 Legislative Session grinds on, we are desperately in need of Monty Hall to bring the House and Senate conferees together for an adult version of ?Let?s Make a Deal.?Anything I would tell you today regarding the progress being made in the negotiations could be totally wrong within 24 hours.Policy bills are being passed as we sit and patiently wait for agreements to be ...
Session report for week 16 We returned to the Capitol on Monday without staff and without pay, as the per diem pay expired last week. I hope this will cause the body to reach a compromise that will bring this session to a close.However, I was not encouraged as the House and the Senate seem to be about $40 million apart in overall spending. Until agreement can be reached on the overall budget number, individual ...
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office reports the arrest of Tia Marie Boyles, 29, of Brighton, at 10:01 p.m. Monday in the 1300 block of South Main Street. Boyles is charged with driving while license suspended, revoked, canceled or denied.
OLDS ? The death of John A. Harville was ruled a suicide according to a press release from Iowa Department of Public Safety.Wednesday afternoon at approximately 4:30 p.m., Debra Layton-Harville, 50, of Olds called 911 to report she had been badly beaten by her husband, Harville, 43, of Olds. She indicated to the dispatcher that Harville was still at the residence and had a gun.While Layton-Harville was speaking ...
Sheriff?s office collects 47 pounds of drugsForty-seven pounds of potentially dangerous, expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs were collected Saturday by the Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office.?I was a little shocked to get that,? said Sheriff Jerry Droz this morning.He said several people who took advantage of the free, anonymous, no-questions-asked service offered thanks because they hadn?t known ...
Goodwill?s veteran services recognizedIOWA CITY ? Goodwill of the Heartland?s services to veterans through the Homeless Veterans? Reintegration Program recently were included in the Best Practices Profiles of Employment Assistance Program to be published by the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans and the National Vets Technical Assistance Center led by the Burton Blatt Insitute at Syracuse University.Goodwi...
Fairfield?s Howard Park will be receiving a new look courtesy of the Build with Bags grant program.The plastic bag recycling program being led by Iowa grocers announced the Fairfield Farmers? Market is one of 20 recipients of a Build with Bags grant award in 2012 and will receive a grant of $1,400.Build with Bags grant funds will be used to obtain park benches and trash receptacles to help beautify the park and ...
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. ...
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