Authorities have identified a man found dead in a fire at a motel in Ottumwa.The Ottumwa Courier says firefighters found 48-year-old Frederick Eaton, of Ottumwa, inside a room at the Royal Rest Motel on Wednesday.Eaton?s name was released on Thursday.Firefighters found a small, smoky fire inside the room. They say it appears an improperly discarded cigarette started the fire.An autopsy is pending, but ...
A land sale in northwest Iowa set a new state record this week when someone paid $20,000 per acre for a 74-acre parcel.Farmland prices have been soaring across the region this year because of high crop prices and low interest rates.Iowa State University economist Mike Duffy says the price at Wednesday?s sale was exceptional.KCCI television reports the previous record was set in October at another sale in ...
A Polk County judge ruled Thursday that Gov. Terry Branstad?s line-item veto of a bill that closed 36 unemployment offices in the state was unconstitutional.Branstad in July vetoed portions of a bill that would have prohibited the closure of the offices. He argued it would have prevented Iowa Workforce Development from developing a more efficient system for helping the unemployed.The American Federation of ...
The gunman who walked up to a police car and shot a Virginia Tech officer to death fled to nearby university greenhouses, where he changed clothes. Despite his attempt to throw off a police manhunt, a patrolling sheriff?s deputy spotted him and the gunman killed himself.State police on Friday laid out their most detailed account so far of the shooting that locked down the campus for several hours. It was the ...
The Maharishi Vedic City City Council is considering an ordinance that would ban the sale of firearms within city limits.The issue appeared on last week?s council agenda after Jefferson County Sheriff Jerry Droz inquired about firearm regulations in the city. Droz was completing local review of an application for a federal firearms license.Droz said an individual with a Vedic City address has applied to ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Mona Elaine Pilcher, Douds, speeding.Kevin Adonay Gonzalez Ulloa, Ottumwa, speeding, failure to have a valid license or permit while operating a vehicle.Tyler Ray Crow, Ottumwa, speeding, failure to secure a child.Patrick Jesse Brown, Melcher, speeding.Larry Duane Kerr Jr., Oskaloosa, speeding.Melissa Lynn Brown, Libertyvil...
Jefferson County has been chosen to receive $3,105 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county.The selection was made by a national board chaired by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security?s Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from American Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; The Jewish Federations of ...
The Fairfield school board approved another five years of the Instructional Support Levy at a special public meeting Monday.?This is not a new tax,? said Superintendent Art Satoff.The state first offered the Instructional Support Levy in 1993, and Fairfield was one of the original three districts in the state to take advantage of the levy 18 years ago. It started with a mix of state aid and district taxes ...
Fairfield resident Martha Rasmussen is sharing part of her collection of Scandinavian tomtes, adding colorful holiday cheer at the Fairfield Public Library.In the glass display case near the Fairfield Volunteer Center, red and white dressed Danish gnome or sprite-like figures are engaged in several holiday, daily and winter activities. A smaller group of Swedish tomtes, dressed in that country?s flag colors of ...
Jefferson County Fair Board member Mike Filson holds a steer?s eye open while his co-worker uses a digital camera to take a retinal image of the eye during the 4-H beef weigh-in Saturday morning at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. The steer, named Smurff, belongs to Penn Workers 4-H Club member Kelly Lacey, who is watching in the background. The image is electronically sent to Ames as permanent identification of ...
VORHIESTo Brandy and Mike Vorhies of Marion, a girl, Alison Coleen, 6 pounds, 3 ounces, born Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids.She has one sister, Karlee, 2.Grandparents are Harry and Julie Westfall of Donnellson, Mona Westfall of Donnellson, Gary and Vickie Glover of Keosauqua and the late Bob Vorhies.Great-grandparents are Vern Vorhies of Birmingham, Arlene Lyon of Birmingham ...
Man charged with 6 counts of sexual abuse; police seek informationFairfield Police Department officers conducted an investigation that led to the arrest of 35-year-old Joshua Wade Hendricks Nov. 8 in Washington County.Hendricks is currently charged with five counts of third-degree sexual abuse, a Class C felony, and one count of second-degree sexual abuse, a Class B felony.Jefferson County Attorney Tim ...
House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday he?s confident that Republicans are ready to move on legislation continuing a payroll tax cut, but the GOP remained on a collision course with President Barack Obama over a side issue.Republicans want to couple continuation of the Social Security payroll tax cut with a provision that would assure construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to Texas ? a move Obama has ...
DISTRICT COURTColtin Ninja McRoy?s probation was revoked for a probation violation. McRoy, 21, of Batavia was ordered to complete the five-year sentence issued Sept. 6.Graham York Thatcher, 22, 1811 Granville Ave., No. 3, pleaded guilty to conspire to possess marijuana with intent to deliver or possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. He received a deferred judgment and was put on probation for five ...
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