This morning it WAS rocket science in the front yard of Fairfield High School as science teacher Gordon Hacket, manning the pump, had his students attempting to blast off their homemade rockets. Tyler Krumboltz held the string as Hacket pumped and the rest of the class stood out of the way in case of a misfire. The camera missed the rocket blasting into the air and only captured the water trail left behind.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) ? When farmers need to check honey prices so they can decide whether to sell, there?s been a report for that. And when catfish and sheep farmers want to check production in their industries, there?ve been reports for that, too.The U.S. Agriculture Department has kept tabs for decades on a wide range of agricultural industries that generate billions of dollars for the U.S. economy. But that?s ...
If Jefferson County residents didn?t receive their monthly payments from the Social Security Administration, 7.1 percent of total personal income in the county would be lost, a total of $39,118,187 in 2009.Jefferson County is more dependent on Social Security payments than is the rest of the country. Nationally, 5.5 percent of total personal income in 2009 came from Social Security payments. In Iowa, 6.6 ...
KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren Community School Board has offered to gift the Stockport school and ball field to the city of Stockport.The district closed the Stockport school, which had held the middle school, at the end of the 2010-11 school year due to declining enrollment and budget pressures.The abstract was recently brought up to date. According to the abstract, the property is in two parcels: one with the ...
By LACEY JACOBSLedger staff writer LIBERTYVILLE ? Libertyville cat and dog owners will soon be required to license their pets each year.The Libertyville City Council will hold the second reading in November of an ordinance requiring each cat and dog older than 6 months to be licensed annually. The fee per animal will be $5 for each of the first three and $25 for each additional animal.Any household ...
The Fairfield Police Department responded to a robbery at 8:40 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Fourth Street and Lowe Avenue.
It?s a fine day for a yard sale and many folks were checking out the wares on East Broadway Avenue this morning. The good weather is expected to continue through the weekend offering plenty of opportunity for those looking to shop the garage and yard sales.
In the harsh, remote wilds of the Canadian tundra, a wolverine scampers up to a polar bear snoozing near the shore of the Hudson Bay. The bear rises and makes a half-hearted charge, driving away the fierce, badger-like animal.The brief encounter Thursday was streamed live to computers around the world through a new program that aims to document in real time the annual migration of hundreds of polar bears ...
Keokuk Police Chief Thomas Crew plans to return stolen items to Fairfield football team members Friday afternoon at Fairfield High School.?There?s no reason for them to come down here and be inconvenienced,? said Crew.Plus, he continued, although the cell phones, clothing and other evidence recovered from the burglary will be photographed Friday morning, he still needs to document what belongs to whom.The...
Reni Pappin helps her son Isaac color a picture with crayons after preschool story time at the Fairfield Public Library this morning. Preschool story time is held from 10-10:45 a.m. every Thursday.
Head coach Mike Schenck, alongside his coaching staff, speaks to the Fairfield football team Wednesday following a season-ending 56-21 loss to A-D-M in Adel. The Trojans made it to the substate round of the playoffs for the third straight season, finishing 5-5 overall, as Schenck returned to the sideline after taking a one-year hiatus.
Dressed up like a puppy and Buzz Lightyear, Irie, left, and Ronin Simpson of Charlotte, N.C., take a shopping-cart ride through Hy-Vee this morning with grandmother Linda Simpson of Fairfield. The children are visiting Simpson and grandfather Jim along with great-grandmother Irene Stagers for a few days and will be heading to the Libertyville Halloween parade Saturday.
Jefferson County has been awarded a multi-year federal grant to combat underage and binge drinking.The county is one of 23 identified as ?highest need? by the Iowa Department of Public Health to share a $10.5 million Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant.?Of the 23 counties that fall in this category, Jefferson County is second highest in the state, only behind Appanoose County, in underage ...
More online pledges needed for Blue ZoneCommunity support has propelled Fairfield into fourth place among cities seeking to become one of Iowa?s 10 Blue Zone communities.City administrator Jeff Clawson estimates another 275 to 300 online pledges to support the project are needed from citizens to move Fairfield into third place. He estimates 23 percent of the community have already registered.Oelwein ...
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