DISTRICT COURTSergio Ricardo Stewart, 19, of Libertyville was found in contempt of court for a probation violation. He was ordered to complete treatment at an Iowa Residential Treatment Center. The terms of his probation were continued.
State Rep. Curt Hanson of Fairfield is asking educators, parents and community members in all area school districts to share their ideas and concerns with him regarding the recent education reform proposal at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Fairfield Public Library meeting room and at 4:30 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Bloomfield Public Library.Incorrect times and dates were published Monday in The Ledger.
Fairfield School District Superintendent Art Sathoff presented three scenarios for Fairfield High School building?s future at Monday?s school board work session.? Do nothing and continue patching maintenance issues.? Build an addition for a new science and technology center, at an estimated $2 million to $3 million, plus work on climate control and accessibility at additional costs.?The $2 or $3 million ...
Congressman Dave Loebsack has announced a total of $23,492,632 in Federal Emergency Management Agency funding from the Hazard Mitigation Program for three electrical cooperatives across eastern and southern Iowa.The funds will be used to help strengthen Iowa?s rural electrical supply. FEMA?s Hazard Mitigation Program is designed to help reduce the impact of future disasters.TIP Rural Electric Cooperative ...
Jefferson County Park?s cabins were filled 207 out of 370 available slots this past summer ? weekend occupancy was 71 percent.?We turn a lot of people away on the weekends,? Jefferson County Conservation Director Dennis Lewiston told the board of supervisors during his annual report Monday. ?We have two cabins. We could probably have two more.?If the park were to add cabins, Lewiston said they would likely ...
The Fairfield Police Department responded to an accident at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Court Street and Lowe Avenue. According to the accident report, a westbound 1996 Toyota Corolla driven by Lisa M. Marell, 57, 610 South D St., stopped at the stop sign and then proceeded into the intersection, making contact with a southbound 2002 Lincoln Continental driven by Peter Dollive, 62, 605 N. Court St. ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Jose J. Casillas, Chicago, Ill., speeding.Cody Wyatt Fett, Salem, speeding.Uriah Lee Schneider, Burlington, speeding.Nicholas Taylor Boley, Mount Sterling, speeding.Joe Herman, Batavia, speeding.Joshua Todd Lunsford, Stockport, speeding.Timothy Allen Bevins, Ottumwa, speeding.Karen Elizabeth Anderson, Mount Pleasant, ...
A survey of participants in an education summit held last summer showed broad agreement that Iowa?s school system needs an overhaul, Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday as he built his case for education changes he?ll propose in the next legislative session.?There is a clear consensus that Iowa?s education system should be elevated,? Branstad said at his weekly news conference.The governor sponsored an education...
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Time and again, Texas Gov. Rick Perry picked up his office phone in the months before he would announce his bid for the presidency. He dialed wealthy friends who were his big fundraisers and state officials who owed him for their jobs. Perry also met with a Texas executive who would later co-found an independent political committee that has promised to raise millions to support Perry but ...
TEDROWTo Jill and Rodney Tedrow of Fairfield, a boy, Bentley Lyle, 7 pounds, 7.5 ounces, born Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, at Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa.Grandparents are Scott and Rhonda Niederhuth of Stockport, Tim and Mary Tedrow of Fairfield and Sherry and Terry Vogel of Douds.???
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Kara M. Anastasio, 1950 Mansion Drive, failure to carry a registration card.Travis James Cubbage, 807 S. Fourth St., failure to yield to a vehicle on the right, financial liability coverage violation.Morgan Elizabeth Danley, Runnells, speeding.Barry J. Schmidt, Palos Verdes, Calif., speeding.Justin Luciano Chapa, Cedar ...
A media campaign targeting binge and underage drinking in Jefferson County through television ads, billboards and social media is being launched this month.The campaign focuses on middle school youth, the age group at which alcohol experimentation most often begins, and on college-age adults, the Iowa population with the highest binge drinking rates.Jefferson County is one of 23 counties chosen for the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Border Patrol says arrests of illegal immigrants along the U.S. border with Mexico are at the lowest level since the Nixon administration.Agents made 327,577 arrests along the Mexican border in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30. It?s the sixth straight year that arrests at the border have dropped. Meanwhile, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials deported a record 396,906 people ...
The Jefferson County Conservation Board is encouraging residents to ?Join the Jefferson County Park ?Swingers?? in a fundraising effort to replace the park?s swinging bridge.Installed in 1986, the swinging bridge spans a shallow ravine on a hilly trail, linking a playground in the Jefferson County Park campground to a playground near the original shelter houses on the hilltop.According to Dennis Lewiston, ...
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