Fairfield News

A former Colorado lawman with a record so distinguished he was once honored as the nation?s sheriff of the year now finds himself in a jail that was named for him, accused of offering methamphetamine in exchange for sex from a male acquaintance.Patrick Sullivan, 68 ? handcuffed, dressed in an orange jail uniform and walking with a cane ? watched Wednesday as a judge raised his bail amount to a half-million ...

The Fairfield Police Department arrested Frances Elaine Gaskell, 33, 52 N. Morgan St., at 3:13 a.m. today at 1102 E. Madison Ave. for interference with official acts and two counts of simple assault.Candace Faye Humphreys, 24, El Campo, Texas, was arrested at 3:13 a.m. today at 1102 E. Madison Ave. for interference with official acts and two counts of simple assault.

MAGISTRATE COURTStephanie Jean Turner, 39, 51 N. Sixth St., pleaded guilty to allowing a dog to run at large and was fined $65.Lucas Taylor James, 20, 1848 Prairie Rose Circle, pleaded guilty to possession of alcohol under the legal age and was fined $200.Peter Chilton Arnold, 20, 414 N. Main St., pleaded guilty to possession of alcohol under the legal age and was fined $500.

Doug Smith waits for passengers to climb into the horse-drawn wagon during the holiday lighting dedication ceremony Friday. Smith and his horses will be back to give rides during the 1st Fridays Art Walk back and fourth from Central Park to the Fairfield Public Library. Mark Shafer, Dick Reed and Gene Luedtke will be riding on the wagon to chat with passengers and share stories about Fairfield?s history. More ...

Iowa Economic Development Authority Director Debi Durham accompanied by members of Fairfield Economic Development Association, including executive director Tracy Vance, and Fairfield Mayor Ed Malloy, went on a whirlwind tour of Cambridge Investment Research Inc. Tuesday afternoon.Appointed director by Gov. Terry Branstad a year ago, Durham said this was her third visit to Fairfield.?I spend three days of ...

The Maharishi Foundation USA Inc. has sued Meditation House LLC, alleging infringement on the foundation?s trademark covering the teaching of transcendental meditation.The Des Moines Register reports the federal lawsuit was filed Monday in Des Moines. It says Meditation House lied in its advertising about the benefits of ?Vedic Meditation.? It also says claims about the value of those techniques are false and ...

Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff on Friday in honor of a U.S. Marine from Iowa who was killed in Afghanistan.Twenty-two-year-old Cpl. Zachary Reiff of Preston, was injured in a roadside bombing on Nov. 18. He died three days later at a hospital in Germany.Branstad issued the order Tuesday to fly flags in the state at half-staff from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, the day of ...

Charity workers hunted through piles of donated clothes at an Iowa warehouse Wednesday, hoping to find $13,000 that an elderly man says he mistakenly left in the pocket of a suit he gave to a Goodwill store in Moline, Ill.The 80-year-old Illinois man notified Goodwill of the Heartland last week of his mistake, said Dana Engelbert, vice president of marketing for the charity. Engelbert said the man?s wife has ...