Fairfield News

When the birds sing, gather nesting materials and daffodils bloom, spring must officially have arrived although the calendar says it won?t begin until next Tuesday. Many daffodils around town are just about ready to burst forth in bloom, but this little patch was already in full flower this morning, while a nearby robin was gathering bits of grass for a nest.

Jefferson County Engineer Tom Goff will be reducing his hours to three days per week until the end of the fiscal year or a replacement is hired, whichever comes first.The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors discussed the hiring process this morning and made plans for Goff, supervisor Steve Burgmeier and county auditor Scott Reneker to collaborate on a job posting. Goff is retiring after 15 years as county ...

LIBERTYVILLE ? A new fire station and water tower are two of the changes Libertyville Mayor Darryl ?Jack? Davison foresees completed in the next two years.?I think we?ve got a pretty good spark,? Davison said. These projects have been in discussion and planning, and now it?s time to move forward, he said.A couple different locations for the fire station are under consideration, including the former Roto Fab. ...

Brady Gros, CEO of Harper Brush Works, receives financial assistance checks from the state of Iowa, city of Fairfield and the Fairfield Economic Development Association March 2. From left, representing FEDA is Tracy Vance; Gros; Rep. Curt Hanson representing the state; and Mayor Ed Malloy representing the city. This was from the approval of the assistance in September. Harper Brush received $160,000 from the ...

Daylight saving time will begin at 2 a.m. Sunday.Following the old saying ?Spring ahead; fall back,? all clocks should be turned ahead one hour.Clocks can be reset at bedtime Saturday night, upon waking Sunday morning, or, for sticklers, at 2 a.m. Sunday.A federal law, administered by the Transportation Department, specifies daylight saving time applies from 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March until 2 a.m. on ...

Authorities say no one was injured when part of a historic building collapsed in downtown Albia in south central Iowa.Police Chief Jay Andrews says part of the roof and a wall gave way at 8:15 a.m. on Thursday. He says no one was in the building at the time.The two-story building on the town square was built in 1875. Andrews says the section of the building that collapsed was vacant. The other side houses an ...

Two bodies found in the charred debris of a house in Moravia have been identified.According to Des Moines television station KCCI, the Appanoose County Sheriff?s Office says they were identified as 50-year-old Sheila Ellison and her husband, 50-year-old George ?Bird? Ellison.The two bodies were found Wednesday. The explosion and fire occurred at the two-story farmhouse about 10 p.m. Tuesday.Autopsy results are ...

The United States added 227,000 jobs in February, again surprising economists with the breadth and brawn of the economic recovery. The country has put together the strongest three months of pure job growth since the Great Recession.The unemployment rate stayed at 8.3 percent. It was the first time in six months that the rate did not fall, but that was only because a half-million Americans, perhaps finally seeing ...