This special 20-page section included with today?s edition of The Fairfield Ledger recognizes outstanding area senior class students.Read the profiles of seniors nominated for their participation in co-curricular activities, citizenship and leadership. Included are students from Fairfield High School, Cardinal High School, Pekin High School, Van Buren High School, Maharishi School and more.
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Tanner Evan Metcalf, Batavia, speeding.Sandra Kay Miller, Ottumwa, speeding.
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Amber Marie Timmons, 31, 2561 Salina Road, at 2:26 p.m. Wednesday at 1200 W. Grimes Ave. for a probation violation.
Fairfield?s new Walmart, 2701 W. Burlington Ave., will open May 9.A grand opening is planned on opening day, but an exact time is not yet set.The current store will remain open for business until the new store opens, said manager Kevin Mehaffy.?Our new store will be open 24 hours,? he said. ?The two biggest new areas will be the full grocery section and our seasonal, garden center area.?The grocery store will ...
Cardinal High School?s zero tolerance for missed homework assignments, the Ketchup Program inaugurated at the beginning of this spring semester, has data showing the program?s results.?I truly didn?t know what this new program would do for our students,? said superintendent Joel Pedersen. ?Wow, the initial data is in and look at these numbers.?Cardinal, grades nine through 12, has 229 students.Pedersen reports ...
Local efforts were rewarded this morning with the news Fairfield has been named a Blue Zones Project finalist among communities under 10,000 in population.City administrator Jeff Clawson received notification from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Healthways today, but site visit details are not yet ready for release. Healthways will officially announce the 10 small cities that have been chosen for site ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Elizabeth D. Quarles, 1855 Crystal Springs Lane, speeding.Tad Scott Christenson, Eldridge, speeding.Kirya Denyse Louth, 55 Wilson Blvd., dark windows.Lacie Faustine Wray, Centerville, speeding.Shannon June Capper, Mount Pleasant, speeding.Shawn A. Nelson, Lockridge, speeding.Ignacio Pascual Marcos, Ottumwa, failure to maintain ...
ANKENY ? The Iowa Department of Transportation, in cooperation with Iowa?s 99 county treasurers, will implement a 10-year vehicle license plate replacement cycle beginning Monday.The IDOT is not implementing a new license plate design; the design of the replacement plates will be the same as the currently issued plates. IDOT plans to retain and use this design well into the future.The IDOT recognizes, however, ...
ASSOCIATE DISTRICT COURTJesse Torres Jr., 29, of Davenport pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated-first offense and was ordered to enroll in a course for drinking drivers. All but two days of a 30-day jail sentence was suspended, and Torres was put on probation for two years. Torres also must pay a $1,250 fine and a $10 drug abuse resistance education surcharge.Mandy Dawn Greiner, 36, 100 N. 16th St., ...
Kaitlyn Daugherty concentrates on her basket-weaving project at the Jefferson County Park Nature Center this morning. Participants have a choice of making either a slotted-base basket or a melon basket. The project doesn?t go quickly ? each takes about four hours to make.
Dante Cingire makes his move to the basket at the Fairfield Middle School basketball courts Tuesday morning. Fairfield students are on a week-long break from classes, and the weather is more than cooperating for outdoor activities.
Cable television provider Mediacom says customers whose televisions are not yet digital ready have been given a two-week extension before analog reception is fully eliminated. The company still has 48 cable channels located between 23 and 78 operating on older television sets.A phase-out of analog reception began two weeks.The upgrade to all-digital channels will be complete on April 10.For the past six years, ...
Bus drivers in some of Iowa?s largest school districts face charges or have been convicted in the past decade of offenses including drunken driving, operating a vehicle with a suspended license and careless driving.The Des Moines Register reported Monday that a review of public records in the Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Dubuque districts shows most drivers had clean records or just minor traffic ...
Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of climate scientists said in a new report issued Wednesday.The greatest threat from extreme weather is to highly populated, poor regions of the world, the report warns, but no corner of the globe ? from Mumbai to Miami ...
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