Fairfield News

The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to an accident at 5:14 p.m. Thursday on Highway 34. According to the accident report, a 2000 Ford Aerostar driven by Deseree Dawn Tully of Batavia was eastbound when Tully signaled to pull into the left lane and turn left onto Dewberry Avenue. A 2011 Toyota Sienna driven by Stephen Keith Kirk of Burlington also was eastbound. Kirk was following a truck when he ...

These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Jennifer Lynn Richmond, Fort Madison, operation without registration.Randy Alan Tedrow, Douds, speeding.Ethan Landon Davis, Promise City, speeding.Christopher S. Trotter, Marion, Ill., failure to comply with safety regulations.Sara Lyne Conrad, Knoxville, operation without registration.Jeremy Dustin Upton, Yucaipa, Calif., financial ...

A Davenport man has been arrested in Des Moines, accused of passing counterfeit $100 bills.The Des Moines Register says 31-year-old Anthony Cole was arrested early Thursday on a charge of forgery.A bartender told officers that Cole bought drinks with one bill and then bought another round with another bill. The bartender says the bills didn?t feel right, didn?t have water marks and had the same serial number.Th...

KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren Community School District Board of Directors met Feb. 29 for a work session and two closed-session employee discussions.During the work session, the board outlined many of its priorities on repairs to Douds and Keosauqua facilities and placed them into a tentative 10-year plan, according to Superintendent Lisa Beames.Repair work identified at the elementary center in Douds includes: ...

Kaye Gilbert has worked part-time for two years as Van Buren County?s 4-H youth coordinator and since Feb. 15, has expanded her responsibilities, filling the same position in Jefferson County.?The previous Jefferson County 4-H youth coordinator resigned and rather than hire a new person and expect them to get up to speed less than four months to fair time, I was hired for six months to get 4-H through fair ...

The Fairfield Community Education Association is proposing a total package increase of 6 percent for the 2012-13 Master Contract between teachers and the Fairfield Community School District.The association, with head negotiator Kevin Hosbond, presented its initial proposal for next year?s master contract to the school board Monday evening at the ~ Center.The association?s proposal would increase the wages and ...

The Fairfield High School track runners have yet to attend their first meet, but there?s already an unmistakable new spring in their steps.A new six-lane running track at FHS?s Trojan Stadium, completed in September to replace a two-decade-old track surface, is the source of the spring.?The kids that have trained on the old surface ? which was hard and didn?t have a lot of bounce to it ? they noticed right away ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to an accident at 6:56 a.m. Monday on Jefferson-Van Buren Avenue, Birmingham. According to the accident report, a 2007 Ford pickup driven by Ronald Regan Boyd of Keosauqua was westbound when it hit some potholes, snow and ice. Boyd lost control of the vehicle, which rolled onto its top in the north ditch. Estimated damages are $8,000 to the vehicle.The sheriff?s ...

The mostly mild winter has afforded Fairfield?s street department more time for tasks such as trimming trees.Without snow to haul, public works superintendent Darrel Bisgard said his crew has been able to police overgrown trees.According to city code, trees hanging over sidewalks need to leave 7 feet of clearance and not encroach on the width of the sidewalk. Additionally, trees along the street must be behind ...

Stanley Gene Heckethorn, 58, of Brighton was arrested Wednesday evening in rural Washington County and charged with possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture, a class D felony punishable by up to five years in prison.Heckethorn also was charged with violating pseudoephedrine purchase restrictions, a serious misdemeanor that could bring up to one year in prison. He is being held in the Washington ...

Fairfield Wastewater Superintendent Ellen Myers has submitted her resignation.Myers plans to retire at the end of June. She said this morning she submitted her letter before becoming aware of city administrator Jeff Clawson?s upcoming resignation.?There?s a lot of work that I accomplished, and there?s a lot that still needs to be done,? Myers said.The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has mandated roughly ...

What was unlucky for a trumpeter swan is benefiting Jefferson County Park Nature Center?s species collection.?A trumpeter swan was found dead in a farmer?s field,? said Therese Cummiskey, naturalist.Three swans were seen to fly in and only two flew away a couple days later. The dead swan was turned over to Jefferson County Conservation which had taxidermists Clark Hays and Beau Mead from Mount Pleasant preserve ...