It?s the dreaded sound at any live performance ? a ringing cellphone.That?s what happened Tuesday night at Lincoln Center?s Avery Fisher Hall during the final movement of Gustav Mahler?s Ninth Symphony by the New York Philharmonic. Maestro Alan Gilbert stopped the orchestra until the phone was silenced.The Wall Street Journal (http://on.wsj.com/xvTkcr) reports that when an iPhone?s distinctive ?Marimba? ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Donya Lanae Allen, Altoona, speeding.Daniel Dejesus Lopez Mosales, Mount Pleasant, no valid driver?s license.Beth Anne Vittengl, Cedar Rapids, speeding.Dalton William Brown, 1829 Brookville Road, speeding.Tyrel J. Moran, Kirksville, Mo., three maximum gross weight violations.Charles Elliott Lewis, Ames, speeding.Cheyne M. Laughlin, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) ? U.S. employers stepped up their hiring in November, though they advertised fewer jobs for a second straight month. The mixed data suggest the job market has strengthened but employers remain cautious.Until this fall, most of the improvement in the job market since the recession ended has been largely because of a sharp drop in layoffs.The jump in hiring reported Tuesday suggests companies are ...
This special 16-page section included with today?s edition of The Fairfield Ledger looks back on 2011.January to December, this special section recalls the headlines and features some of the more memorable photos. Top stories include Oprah?s visit to Fairfield, the Depot Avenue fire, the opening of a new Hy-Vee, February?s crippling snowstorm, the re-opening of the Waterworks Park beach, Robert Nady?s donation ...
The disrepair of Brookville Road?s seal coat west of Packwood Road was a hot topic at this morning?s Jefferson County Board of Supervisors meeting.Residents complained about the hazardous number and size of potholes and requested the road be restored to its previous quality.County engineer Tom Goff expressed plans to tear up the road this spring and try alternative stabilization techniques, such as fly ash. The ...
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to an accident at 7:13 p.m. Friday, 4 miles southeast of Fairfield on Glasgow Road. A 2006 Chevy HHR driven by Linda Diane Vanfleet, 66, of Stockport was southbound when it struck a deer. Estimated damages are $4,000 to the vehicle.The sheriff?s office responded to an accident at 5:46 p.m. Saturday on Highway 34. A 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by Martin John ...
Bryce Haynes appears to have a dangerous job holding the wedge for Nathan Ford as he wields the mallet to split a log. In the background Shannon Capper stacks the split wood while co-workers and family members Will Pilkington and Jason Nichols sawed and split more logs. The group works with various farmers, businesses and Van Buren County to clean up dead wood, which they use themselves and sell the excess.
Marilyn Nance takes advantage of unseasonably warm temperatures this morning to give her mini van a thorough cleaning. Temperatures crept close to the 60-degree mark by midday, and the warm spell is forecasted to hang around until early next week. Snow isn?t mentioned until Jan. 14.
RICHLAND ? The identity of an individual killed in a farming accident this morning is not being released until all the family has been notified.The Richland Fire Department and Richland First Responders responded to the accident just outside of Richland around 7 a.m.An individual became trapped in the grain while emptying a grain bin.The Sigourney Fire Department and Keokuk County Ambulance Service also ...
Legislators will be returning to Des Moines Monday for the start of the 2012 legislative session.Hot topics will likely include the state budget, commercial property tax reform and education reform.After last year?s extended session, Sen. Sandy Greiner expects an agreement between the chambers to move the funnel up one week will keep the session on track. The number of ?really caustic ? really contentious ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? A debate over increasing Iowa?s gas tax is looming at the Legislature.The Gazette in Cedar Rapids says lawmakers who see a need to raise revenue to fix the state?s aging roads system predict there will be support for a phased increase of up to 10 cents a gallon.Sen. Tim Kapucian, a Keystone Republican, is the ranking member of the Senate Transportation Committee. He says the plan is loosely ...
Art student Andrzej Sobiepan didn?t want to wait decades for his work to appear in museums. So he took matters in his own hands, covertly hanging one of his paintings in a major Polish gallery.By Wednesday, the young artist was getting plenty of attention after a nationwide TV channel reported on his stunt at the National Museum in the southwestern city of Wroclaw. He told reporters he hoped galleries would give ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Ashley Lois Clark, Des Moines, speeding.Eric Lynn Dodson, Ottumwa, speeding.Shelby Lauren Mauck, Batavia, possession of alcohol under the legal age.Jerod Daniel Koelling, Union, Mo., failure to maintain control.Sultan Sami Salah, 702 Orchard Drive, failure to wear a seat belt.Edwin Alan Fox, Ottumwa, speeding.Pamela Lynn Ledger, ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? A New York lawyer representing a trust that turned in a lottery ticket hours before the one-year deadline for a $14.3 million jackpot said Wednesday he will come to Iowa to explain the mysterious circumstances, including who will get the money and why they waited to claim it.In his first comments on one of the nation?s biggest lottery mysteries, Crawford Shaw of Bedford, N.Y., told The Associated...
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