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 ...
CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) ? A Cedar Rapids minister who was arrested in a prostitution sting in Marion has resigned but some members of his church want him back.The Rev. Jonathan Offt, 41, was among nine men arrested Oct. 15 after police said they responded to an online advertisement and offered money to an undercover female officer posing as a prostitute.Offt had been the senior pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church ...
Over opposition from the Columbus zoo, a woman planned Thursday to reclaim three leopards, two primates and a young grizzly bear that have been cared for by the zoo since her husband freed dozens of exotic animals at their farm and killed himself.The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said it took the six surviving animals with Marian Thompson?s permission but has no legal rights to the animals. Her lawyers notified ...
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to an accident at 1:23 a.m. Wednesday on Pleasant Plain Road. A 2004 Chevy Malibu driven by Sean Lee McConnell of Brighton was northbound when it struck a deer. Estimated damages are $2,500 to the vehicle.The sheriff?s office responded to an accident at 9:22 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Fourth Street and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad tracks. ...
The richest 1 percent of Americans have been getting far richer over the last three decades while the middle class and poor have seen their after-tax household income only crawl up in comparison, according to a government study.Average after-tax income for the top 1 percent of U.S. households almost quadrupled, up 275 percent, from 1979 to 2007, the Congressional Budget Office found. For people in the middle ...
The Fairfield Police Department arrested Keith Owens Robinson, 46, 406 W. Stone Ave., at 1:32 a.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of West Stone Avenue for operating while intoxicated-first offense, no proof of insurance and driving while revoked.John Kesterson reported a burglary at 4 p.m. Tuesday at 205 E. Harrison Ave. A laptop, estimated $2,000 value, and an estimated $48.51 in cash were stolen.The theft of ...
In an effort to make information more easily available and government operations more transparent, the city of Fairfield launched a re-designed website Tuesday.The new site, still at www.cityoffairfieldiowa.com, includes several enhancements and interactive features. Citizens now have the ability to ?Report a Concern? online and track the response. Licenses and permits also may be paid for online.Citizens ...
State orders rollback on property valuesToday the Iowa Department of Revenue issued an Assessment Limitations Order, or ?rollback,? on property values in Iowa.The order adjusts the property values used by local governments to compute property taxes for agricultural, residential, commercial, and industrial property used by local governments to compute property taxes. State law allows no more than a 4 percent ...
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