Fairfield News

The Fairfield Fire Department responded to an alarm at 1 p.m. Wednesday at 904 W. Harrison Ave.

ATLANTA (AP) ? A new government study suggests a lot of teenage girls are clueless about their chances of getting pregnant.In a survey of thousands of teenage mothers who had unintended pregnancies, about a third said they didn?t use birth control because they didn?t believe they could pregnant.Other studies have asked teens about their contraception use and beliefs about pregnancy. But the new report is the ...

Seven staff members from the Fairfield school district led seminars for other educators at the Iowa Technology Education Connection Conference in Des Moines in October.?Not only did we have seven people presenting, but staff from other districts wanted to attend our presentations,? Tina Breen, district technology specialist, told the school board Monday.Fairfield Community School District carries a good ...

By ROBERT JABLONAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Los Angeles homicide detectives are searching a Hollywood wilderness park for clues after a severed human head was found in a bag there.Police Cmdr. Andrew Smith says a dozen robbery-homicide detectives and a coroner?s cadaver dog began searching the brush in the Bronson Canyon area Wednesday morning.Two dog walkers called authorities Tuesday afternoon ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin Community School District welcomed neighboring school districts to a day of instructional professional development Jan. 9.Staff members from Cardinal, Sigourney and Tri-County school districts, as well as representatives from Fremont/Eddyville and New London attended.The crowd started the morning off with table talk by content/grade level discussing the successes and struggles of being a 1-to-1 ...

Search continues for missing Lockridge manLOCKRIDGE ? The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office is still asking anyone who has seen or heard from 61-year-old Duane Hinkle to contact to the law enforcement center.Hinkle of 3410 160th St., rural Lockridge, remains missing. He was officially reported missing at 8 a.m. Thursday and was last heard from at 4:15 a.m. Wednesday when he left a message for Lt. Jerry Marcellus...

DES MOINES ? Iowa Workforce Development is rapidly deploying access points across the state to bring workforce services closer to Iowans.Nearly 200 of the 520 access points across Iowa are in libraries. More libraries will add access points this year. With Iowa Library Services supporting libraries as they add access points, the partnership with libraries across the state is strengthened for the benefit of all ...

The Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce will kick off its 2012 Legislative Breakfast series at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the Best Western Fairfield Inn.The chamber is taking reservations from members, members? employees, spouses and guests through Friday for the first of three scheduled breakfasts, ?but the sooner the better so we can get a headcount to Best Western,? said Lori Knox a the chamber.Reservations can be ...