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 ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:David Allen Moran, 2405 Salina Road, financial liability coverage violation.Miguel Angel Martinez Marron, 407 S. 14th St., failure to maintain control.Kelly Joe Skiltz, Cincinnati, speeding, failure to maintain control, failure to obey stop sign and yield the right of way.Tammy Lynn Delever, 307 E. Briggs Ave., unlawful passing ...
MAGISTRATE COURTJeremy Kaska, 32, of Brighton, pleaded guilty to contempt of court and was sentenced to seven days in jail.ASSOCIATE DISTRICT COURTRussell Lawrence Pameticky, 48, of Batavia pleaded guilty to fifth-degree theft and was fined $65. He also must pay a $125 law enforcement initiative surcharge.Jason Lee Black, 23, 809 Grand Park Drive, pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated-second ...
The fifth or sixth ? no one is quite sure ? annual Christmas Day community dinner will be served up from noon to 1 p.m. Dec. 25 in Packwood.The dinner is open to anyone and everyone, free of charge. It is held at the Packwood Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), because the couple who started the dinner attend church there.?It?s their gift to the community,? said Harlan ?Frosty? Van Voorst, speaking ...
A 10-year Everybody?s Whole Foods? holiday tradition brings smiles to customers, employees and business owners alike.The Fairfield grocery store, has ?decked the halls? and then some. Co-owner Paul Praither displays part of his toy trains collection just inside the store?s entrance.?Growing up [in Kentucky] I had trains,? said Praither. ?My dad was really into trains and we had a train room in our home.?T...
The Fairfield Fire Department investigated a smoke alarm set off at 12:49 a.m. Saturday at 409 S. Silver Lakes; a bad battery was determined to be the cause.
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