Many area businesses, financial institutions and government offices will be closed Friday in observance of Veterans Day.No mail will be delivered. The Fairfield Ledger will, however, be published.Garbage collection and curbside recycling collection will not be affected.The Fairfield Public Library will be closed for staff development. The Roosevelt Community Recreation Center also will be closed.Fairfi...
ANKENY (StateNewsWire) ? A new Iowa nonprofit group has been formed to educate people about the hazards of lead poisoning for the health of both humans and wildlife. The ?Lead is Poison Coalition? includes individuals and groups from the fields of conservation, human health and community action.The coalition formed after a recent decision to allow lead-based ammunition in hunting mourning doves. Iowa?s ...
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to repeal a federal law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, but the legislation lacks vote for passage in either House.The vote was 10-8, with all committee Democrats favoring appeal and all Republicans opposed. The only immediate effect is political: Democrats can show part of their liberal base of backers that they strongly support equality in ...
Approximately 0.52 inch of rainfall in Fairfield Tuesday and Wednesday resulted in about 354 gallons of sanitary sewer overflow from the collection system.The overflow from one manhole went to Crow Creek.Fairfield has a serious inflow and infiltration problem. A sanitary sewer overflow is a discharge of wastewater to the environment. Overflows occur when there is too much water for the sewer system to ...
The Fairfield Police Department investigated a disturbance between Tim Fluharty and Andrea Berry at 8:57 a.m. Wednesday at 115 N. Main St., No. 70. Two marijuana bongs, rolling papers, scales and bong attachments were seized. Charges are pending lab results.
A majority of baby boomers say they have taken a financial hit in the past three years and most now doubt that they will be financially secure after they retire, according to a new poll.So much for kicking back at the lake house, long afternoons of golf or pretty much anything this generation had dreamed about in retirement. The Associated Press-LifeGoesStrong.com poll found a baby boom generation planning to ...
Two-year-old Mya Schele and her adult friend Toni Labagh enjoy the fine weather this morning looking for pretty leaves to take home for a project the two had planned. In the photo, Mya looks over an acorn cap before deciding whether it was worthy of becoming an elf hat. That cap, along with a few others seemed to delight the child, who dropped them into her little bag along with the many leaves.
A special legislative election today could give Republicans a big boost toward their efforts to overturn Iowa?s gay marriage law and change the state?s tax system, but the candidates maintain that they?re focused on local issues and the economy.The special election in Linn County?s 18th Senate District will be between Republican Cindy Golding and Democrat Liz Mathis.A win by Golding would leave the state ...
Fairfield Park and Recreation Department employee Mike Gearhart was in Central Park this morning sweeping up the fallen leaves as the city prepares to install holiday decorations in the park and around the square. Thanksgiving is only three weeks and a couple of days away and the lights are traditionally turned on the day after Thanksgiving.
Oct. 31, the first day of David Goodman?s marketing class at Maharishi University of Management, students got a Halloween surprise ? a project inspired by the finale of ?The Apprentice? TV show.This year?s marketing class had to manufacture and market the Nanaimo bar, a Canadian dessert.Students had from about 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 31 to get ingredients, make the bars and corner markets for a product they ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? Occupy Des Moines organizers are making plans for large-scale demonstrations surrounding the Iowa caucuses.One of the organizers, Stephen Toothman of Des Moines, told the Register that many arrests are expected, so demonstrators will be trained for encounters with police.The Iowa group hopes to attract protesters in the Occupy Wall Street movement from across the United States to its ...
There?s a distinct difference in looking for a job and having a career focus, said Tom Rubel representing Indian Hills Community College at a meeting of regional school administrators Thursday.?To get a job in advanced manufacturing for instance, takes education and training,? he said.No one disagreed with him. Everyone at the table was there to discuss the feasibility of offering more career path education ...
MOUNT PLEASANT (GTNS) ? Washington County Supervisor Wes Rich, the county?s member of the Regional Utility Service Systems board said Friday that a lawsuit filed last week in Washington County court will not halt a project to install a new sewer system in Richmond.With the possibility of being fined up to $5,000 per day by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources due to Richmond not being in compliance with ...
Veterans Day programs plannedFairfield?s annual Veterans Day program will begin at 10 a.m. Friday in the Fairfield High School Auditorium.Lane Bush, one of the organizers, pointed out the ceremony starts 30-minutes earlier this year. Doors open at 9 a.m., and students will be seated at 9:45 a.m.The guest speaker will be Fairfield native Maj. Gen. (Retired) Warren G. ?Bud? Lawson.Details of the ...
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