Fairfield News

Jefferson County Treasurer Terri Kness hands a property tax payment receipt to Jean Brown of rural Stockport this morning at the Jefferson County Courthouse. Kness explained the spring deadline for payments is April 2 because March 31 falls on a Saturday. ?The next business day is a Monday, so that becomes the final penalty-free day for property tax payments,? said Kness.

European security officials warned today of the emergence of a new, decentralized jihadist threat, a day after French police shot a homegrown extremist who killed seven people on a hate-fueled rampage.?It is concerning us,? Europol chief Rob Wainwright told The Associated Press in an exclusive telephone interview from The Hague.?We have a different kind of jihadist threat emerging and it?s getting stronger. It ...

Undercover NYPD officers attended meetings of liberal political organizations and kept intelligence files on activists who planned protests around the country, according to interviews and documents that show how police have used counterterrorism tactics to monitor even lawful activities.The infiltration echoes the tactics the NYPD used in the run-up to New York's 2004 Republican National Convention, when police ...

The Fairfield Fire Department cleaned up antifreeze at 5:55 p.m. Thursday at 1000 W. Burlington Ave.

DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa may have fewer road maps in the future.The Iowa House voted Tuesday to cut funding for printed state maps, a move that will save about $240,000 in the $351 million state transportation budget. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Scott Raecker, an Urbandale Republican, says the savings are small but significant.Officials say demand for the maps is declining with a growth in the use of ...

Lauren Steigleder, daughter of Troy and Amy Steigleder of Libertyville, uses a magnet to move a ?caterpillar? up the bottle to eat some fruit as in the Eric Carle book ?The Very Hungry Caterpillar.? More than 80 parents and children attended the PAT a Cakes Family Literacy event Tuesday evening at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. The event was presented by Southern Iowa Economic Development Association Parents ...

The Fairfield Police Department arrested David Esquivel, 30, 404 W. Broadway Ave., at 10:14 p.m. Wednesday at his residence for domestic abuse assault.

Families canceling vacations. Fishermen watching their profits burn up along with their boats? gasoline. Drivers buying only a few gallons of gas at a time because they can?t afford to fill the tank.From all corners of the country, Americans are irritated these days by record-high fuel prices that have soared above $4 a gallon in some states and could top $5 by summer. And the cost is becoming a political issue ...