Fairfield News

These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Teodoro Raygoza Ramirez, Ottumwa, speeding, improper use of registration and violation of financial liability coverage.Rob Lewis Hubler, 1301 Little Fawn, unsafe backing on highway.Jeremy Lee Lindley, Central City, fail to maintain safety belts.Phillip S. Dunn, Mount Pleasant, operation by unqualified driver.Dalton Michael Jacobus, ...

The Fairfield Police Department investigated a theft reported at 4:54 p.m. Thursday at Fairfield High School.

A pair of Canada geese have been warning away people who get too close to the three goose eggs sitting in a big planter outside a restaurant in Urbandale.The Des Moines Register reports that the two geese took up residence about three weeks ago outside Isla Cozumel Mexican restaurant. Then the female laid eggs in the planter.The papa goose been very protective, sometimes biting or pecking at passers-by and ...

Iowa cities that take in millions of dollars a year from automated traffic enforcement cameras are mulling over their options if lawmakers force them to shut off the devices.Legislation that would require the cameras to be removed by July 1 passed out of the House Appropriations Committee, moving it to the list of measures that can be called up for full House debate this year.The proposal nearly died earlier in ...

State refinances to save money DES MOINES ? State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald announced today the refunding of Iowa?s school infrastructure bonds. Iowa issued school infrastructure bonds in 2001 to provide $50 million in grants to help fund the renovation and repair of existing school facilities and the construction of new additions.The bonds will be paid off with proceeds of new bonds issued at a lower ...

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.