These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Kevin T. Forward, Bedfordhills, N.Y., speeding.Kathryn Rada Hoskins, 2052 140th St., speeding.Norman Kenneth Lux, 2209 W. Burlington Ave., speeding.Christopher W. Strube, Centerville, speeding.Kyle A. Nett, Payson, speeding.Elizabeth Ann Hektoen, Janesville, speeding.Chad Michael Benedict, 2535 Union Ave., passing too ...
Jefferson County Health Center will soon be getting a new eye microscope for cataract surgeries following the board of trustees? approval to spend $50,000 on the equipment.Joneane Parker, vice president of clinical services, told the trustees during the board?s regular monthly meeting Monday evening a new eye microscope is necessary because the technical support for the one currently being used has dwindled to ...
The Fairfield school board Monday gave school district administrators the go ahead to recommend a Fairfield-based classroom and program for students with behavioral issues.Superintendent Art Sathoff provided a written outline comparing two programs under review: Christamore and KeBecca.The total expenditure for the Christamore services last year ? tuition plus transportation, including the bus overhead ...
Proceedings in the Iowa House will be streamed live over the Internet when lawmakers begin the legislative session next month.House Speaker Kraig Paulsen says six high-definition cameras have been placed in the chamber, offering people direct access to debate.Paulsen, a Republican from Hiawatha, called it ?an openness, transparency issue.?Video won?t be streamed when the House is recessed or in the midst ...
The Van Buren County Board of Supervisors approved the renewal of the Master Matrix Monday.The matrix is a scoring system through the Iowa Department of Natural Resources that can be used to evaluate the siting of permitted confinement animal feeding operations. Counties that have adopted a construction evaluation resolution can use the Master Matrix in determining whether or not a confinement should be built. ...
The Fairfield Iowa Convention and Visitors Bureau?s grant program was recently featured as a best practice in Midwest Meetings magazine.The article, ?Did You Know: Grant Programs for Events, Are you taking advantage?? was featured in the Winter 2011 issue.The article, which featured an interview with Terry Baker, assistant director of the bureau, focused on Midwest convention and visitors bureaus grant ...
A historic building near the Iowa Capitol will serve as the meeting space for Occupy Wall Street activists coming to Iowa before the first-in-the-nation caucuses.Activists announced Tuesday the Teachout Building in Des Moines? East Village will be available for protesters during a week of actions tied to the caucuses. The building can hold 650 people.Occupy Des Moines is planning a People?s Caucus on Dec. ...
A semitrailer that was loaded with $50,000 worth of margarine when it was stolen from an Iowa truck stop has been found in Michigan, but the margarine and the people who took it are nowhere to be found, authorities said Wednesday.The trailer was parked awaiting delivery to a Target warehouse in Cedar Falls when it was stolen Dec. 10 from a parking lot in Elk Run Heights near Waterloo. It was found Dec. 15 in a ...
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office cited Cassie Rene McClaran, 27, of 2226 152nd St., Friday for driving while barred.
Jefferson County supervisors today discussed funding, bonding and assessments to pay for the estimated $850,000 costs of road improvements and a building project.Jeff Heil, vice president of public finance with Northland Securities, Haverhill, said the county can go with general obligation bonds, but he also addressed assessment bonds, in response to board inquiries.?I don?t think you want to do assessment ...
Santa parade set Saturday eveningSanta Claus will make his annual Christmas Eve visit to Fairfield, sponsored by the local Rotary Club, Saturday evening.Just as he has almost every year for the past 80, Santa and his entourage will arrive in Central Park between 5-5:30 p.m. to pass out treats to children and to take their last-minute gift wishes.The Christmas Eve ritual begins about 4:15 p.m. when ...
AMES? Average Iowa farmland value is estimated to be $6,708 per acre, an increase of 32.5 percent from 2010, according to results of the Iowa Land Value Survey conducted in November.This is the highest percentage increase ever recorded by the Iowa State University annual survey. The increase matches results of other recent surveys of Iowa farmland value ? the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank?s estimated 31 percent ...
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Brian Craig Small, 35, 1005 First St., Batavia, at 8:27 a.m. Friday in the 1900 block of West Jefferson Avenue, Fairfield, for possession of marijuana with intent to deliver more than a half ounce; possession of drug paraphernalia; possession with intent to deliver 5 grams or less methamphetamine; and a drug tax stamp violation.
Alexander graduates from auctioneer schoolCol. Jeffry Alexander, a partner with Jefferson County Realty, recently graduated from the World Wide College of Auctioneering in Mason City.Alexander is a 1999 graduate of Fairfield High School and attended Indian Hills Community College. He and his four children, Joey, Jacob, Joshua and Ashlynne, reside in Fairfield.Alexander as been conferred with the title of ...
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