Fairfield News

Dubuque is moving on a plan to cut the use of plastic shopping bags by 90 percent by 2017.The Telegraph Herald says the City Council on Monday approved the first reading of an ordinance requiring businesses to report the number of plastic bags they use. The issue will return for more discussion after a motion to waive subsequent readings failed.Councilman David Resnick says at least one retailer is worried ...

Supporters of an effort to put a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Iowa?s statewide ballot pressed Tuesday for lawmakers to take up the issue before the legislative session ends, but the Senate?s Democratic leader said he will block debate on the measure.Bob Vander Plaats, a former gubernatorial candidate who led the campaign to oust three state Supreme Court judges after their decision to allow ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Ashley Mountain, 37, of Ottumwa at 11:01 a.m. Tuesday at 1200 W. Grimes Ave. for driving while revoked.Joseph Michael Siemers, 21, 1203 S. Sixth St., was arrested at 3:47 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Sixth Street and Hempstead Avenue for violation of his pretrial release.

Four people have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine as a result of search warrants executed at two Hedrick addresses.Wesley Allen Muntz, 33, and Heather Marie Muntz, 31, both of 16241 First St., Hedrick, and Ray Allan Conrad, 52, and Amy Jeananne Beletti, 43, both of 28631 125th St., Hedrick, have been charged with the class B felony.Officers from the Wapello County ...

The United States says it?s suspending efforts to recover remains of thousands of fallen service members in North Korea.The United States was in the process of resuming operations, suspended in 2005, to trace remains missing from the 1950-53 Korean War. That had been been seen as a sign of easing tensions between adversaries.But last week North Korea announced plans to launch a rocket to fire a satellite into ...

The U.S. suspect in the slaughter of 16 villagers in Afghanistan has a trail of shaky financial dealings ? from working in penny-stock boiler rooms that drew numerous client complaints, to an unpaid $1.5 million fraud judgment, to a failed investment partnership with a former high school football teammate, records show.Staff Sgt. Robert Bales joined the Army in 2001 after a Florida investment business failed and ...

These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Harry Richard Blodgett, 1545 Jasmine Ave., speeding.Brett Dylan Kappel, Eldon, speeding.Cecil C. Hughart, 607 W. Broadway Ave., No. 2, expired plates.Gabriel Paul Krechmer, 1000 N. Fourth St., failure to stop at a stop sign.James Alan Moland, Bondurant, speeding.James C. Turner, 708 E. Lowe Ave., speeding.Jerrod Wayne Bier, Hannibal, ...

Session report for week 10. The weekend of March 10-11 was filled with constituent contacts and county conventions. I was able to attend the Davis County, Jefferson County and Van Buren County Conventions where I met many friends and supporters.March 12, the Capitol was visited by FFA chapters of many Iowa schools. The rotunda was a sea of blue FFA jackets. I was pleased to meet Fairfield, Harmony, Pekin and ...