Keosauqua is one of five Iowa communities competing for four slots to become a Main Street Iowa Community.Competing with Keosauqua for the four Main Street Iowa Community slots are Jefferson, Marion, Lansing and Chariton, according to Terry Poe Buschkamp, urban district consultant with Main Street Iowa.A town hall meeting, with a question and answer session, Nov. 22 at the Roberts Center was attended by ...
The Iowa Department of Transportation is closely monitoring forecast and precipitation models as the agency prepares for a wintery mix of rain, freezing rain and snow across the state.Snow, and perhaps a period of freezing rain, is expected across portions of the state tonight into Saturday as a storm system lifts through the Central Plains. There remains some uncertainty regarding the track of this system, ...
The Fairfield Art Association will add four wooden gingerbread houses to the annual display in Fairfield?s downtown garden nodes for the Gingerbread Extravaganza this holiday season. From left, Suzan Kessel, Nancy Horras and Holly Moore each created one house this year, adding to their creations from 2010. The fourth ? a glittery snowflake house with photo details in the windows ? was decorated by first-timer ...
Iowa?s pension fund for retired public employees faces a long-term shortfall of nearly $5.7 billion, according to a consultant?s report, which also said changes made by the Legislature last year were a step toward fixing the problem.The Iowa Public Employees? Retirement System, or IPERS, has about 325,000 members. A report issued Thursday by Cavanaugh Macdonald Consulting LLC said the fund ended the fiscal ...
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Small businesses that were skittish about the economy this summer started hiring in bigger numbers this fall, helping drive the unemployment rate down to 8.6 percent in November, the lowest in two and a half years.The country added 120,000 jobs in November, the Labor Department said today. The economy has generated 100,000 or more jobs five months in a row ? the first time that has happened ...
The almost completed Sustainable Living Center on Fourth Street, just north of the campus library at Maharishi University of Management, meets ? and exceeds ? 2030 goals for reducing energy use by 60 percent.The building will be open to the public for a tour and refreshments at 2 p.m. Saturday.?It will be finished enough to show,? said Keith Lindauer, a subcontractor from Colorado whose team was applying ...
RICHLAND ? Dixie Richardson of Ottumwa and formerly of Richland is asking for information to include in a book she is writing as a fundraiser for the Richland Friends Cemetery.?Obits, memory folders, tombstone photos, stories from families of people buried there ? we?d be glad to have those,? Richardson said.Richardson asked for information to be submitted to her either by mail or email before Feb. 1 so ...
Garden Club Division of the Fairfield Women?s Club turned out Monday to decorate the grand old McElhinny House for Christmas. Lou Snead on the ladder makes final adjustments to the greenery wrapped around one of the front columns while Kay Unkrich, at right, offers advice from below. Barb Smith worked on the railing while Donna Clark was on the balcony and others worked inside to prepare the house for Christmas ...
Census: Iowa fifth for residents age 65, olderDES MOINES (AP) ? An analysis of new census data shows Iowa is fifth in the nation for residents 65 or older.The Des Moines Register reports nearly 15 percent of Iowa?s 3 million residents are 65 or older. The oldest state is Florida, with 17.3 percent of its residents 65 or older, followed by West Virginia, Maine and Pennsylvania.The analysis of the data ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Cathleen Ann Marshall, 406 North D St., No. 3A, expired license.Cathi June Hampton, McAlester, Okla., speeding.James Willis Sutherland, 1901 Guild Drive, financial liability coverage violation.Trevor Lee Curry, Bloomington, Ill., speeding.Beng Nam Khoo, Des Moines, speeding.Megan Nicole Kyle, Libertyville, possession of ...
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 ...
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