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 ...
Iowa State Patrol responded to an accident at 9:55 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Dewberry Avenue and Highway 34. According to the accident report, a 1991 International liquid fertilizer cargo tank driven by Gary Lee Watson, 75, of Mount Pleasant, stopped southbound on Dewberry and then pulled into the path of a westbound 1998 International semitrailer driven by George Robert Thibault, 61, of Albia. As he ...
The Fairfield Police Department responded to the theft of a weed eater at 3:37 p.m. Tuesday at the Dairy Bar.
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to an accident at 1:07 p.m. Tuesday on Key Boulevard, north of Libertyville Road. According to the accident report, a 2005 Dodge Grand Caravan driven by Beth Ann Canaday, 800 Sunset Drive, was northbound when Canaday reached down to retrieve a CD. Her vehicle crossed the centerline and made contact with a southbound 2008 Dodge Avenger driven by Calvin Wayne Steemer ...
Session report for week 11. The unseasonably warm weather has inserted a sense of urgency into the legislative process.Be they gardeners or farmers, legislators are ready to get into the dirt.Old hands were encouraged to see the first sign of the ?Legislative Wind-down? this week, when both the House and the Senate didn?t debate on Thursday because there were no bills eligible for debate.A few eyebrows were ...
Session report for week 11. March 16 included several meetings with constituents.It is exciting to learn of the new ideas that are being discussed to meet the challenges we face as world competition drives up the price of energy. Reducing our heating and cooling costs at home and work, as well as reducing the cost of our transportation, will increasingly become more important.The United States is now producing...
The Fairfield Fire Department cleaned up an accident with oil dry at 1:18 p.m. Tuesday near 2181 Key Blvd.
Jefferson County Health Center is planning to apply for a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the hopes of funds to buy distance-learning and telemedicine equipment.Hospital administrator and CEO Deb Cardin explained to the board of trustees Monday evening the equipment would allow local physicians to consult with others hours away from Fairfield, such as those at the University of Iowa Hospitals ...
Burning of yard waste, leaves and brush is allowed during the daylight hours only in the months of April, October and November.Burning is only allowed Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.Such burning is allowable only when wind conditions are appropriate and must be contained and supervised at all times. Burning is not allowed in streets or alleys.Burning of trash and household garbage and scrap ...
The east side of the Jefferson County Courthouse third floor is in the ?tearing out? phase of the remodeling project. County supervisor Steve Burgmeier watches Robert Kiefer take out old wiring while John Baxter uses a crowbar to rip off old trim boards. Three rooms will be completely re-done and ready for occupancy, ?probably by late July,? Burgmeier said.
Iowa lawmakers said Tuesday the have reached an agreement to maintain funding this year for 36 workforce development centers that help unemployed people around the state.The policy agreement will uphold the $8.67 million spending approved by the Legislature last year and prevent the closure of any more centers this year. The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to approve the package later this week.Rep. ...
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