Fairfield News

ASSOCIATE DISTRICT COURTTamara Dee Peck, 21, of Libertyville pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated-first offense and was ordered to pay a $1,250 fine and a $10 drug abuse resistance education surcharge. All but two days of a 30-day jail sentence was suspended, and Peck was placed on probation for two years. She must complete a course for drinking drivers.Tracey William Simmons, 31, of Birmingham pleaded ...

These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Deanna Mae Higdon, 1726 165th St., speeding.Alyssa Dawn Moore, Batavia, dark windows.Nicholas Dardeno, 806 W. Briggs Ave., speeding.Carl David Vincent, Keota, maximum hours of service violation.Justin Eugene Toben, Birmingham, speeding.

The Fairfield Police Department responded to an accident at 9:28 a.m. Friday on Grimes Avenue near Howard Park. According to the accident report, a 1999 Toyota Camry driven by Rob Lewis Hubler, 68, 1303 Little Fawn, was backing out of a parking stall and failed to see a westbound 1997 Pontiac driven by Courtney Cecelia Harkins, 33, Mineral Wells, Texas. Contact was made. No injuries were reported. Hubler was ...

Workers and politicians in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo praised the U.S. Postal Service?s decision Thursday to back off plans to close mail processing plants and eliminate hundreds of jobs in their cities.For mail clerks and other postal workers, the announcement clears up months of uncertainty about whether they?d have to move, change jobs or be laid off. For the cities, it means they?ll retain good-paying jobs ...

A northern Iowa lawmaker has introduced a measure to overturn a ban on guns at the state?s public university campuses, but the proposal came too late to be considered during this session.Rep. Tom Shaw, a Republican from Laurens, introduced the bill Thursday. It was sent to the House Public Safety Committee, which won?t meet again before a deadline for bills to win approval in order to remain eligible for ...

Friends of Lake Darling is planning several events in the coming months to celebrate the improvements that have been made to Lake Darling State Park while turning an eye to the future.Friends president Fay Vittetoe anticipates opening a short camping season in the late spring. During the summer, she said, the park will be closed for work on the road systems.Friends meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at ...

Officers of the Jefferson County Health Center Auxiliary gather Wednesday morning to observe the removal of the old Bargain Box sign and the installation of the newer updated version. The Bargain Box, which accepts and re-sells used items, is the primary source of funding for the auxiliary, which uses those funds for health center items, such as patient lifts, new testing equipment and other needs. The new sign ...

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The battle of the bulge has been a big, fat failure for U.S. drugmakers. But that hasn?t stopped them from trying.For nearly a century, scientists have struggled to make a diet pill that helps people lose weight without side effects that range from embarrassing digestive issues to dangerous heart problems.But this week, federal health advisers endorsed the weight loss pill Qnexa even though ...