Promotions made at CambridgeRecent promotions have been announced at Cambridge Investment Research Inc.?s headquarters in Fairfield.Anna Wiseman has been promoted to a senior partner support representative. Wiseman joined Cambridge in 2005. Wiseman is responsible for helping Cambridge rep-advisors with any questions and concerns regarding the operational processes and procedures of the firm?s performance ...
One might be tempted to ask why this turkey vulture is perched on the roof of an abandoned house instead of soaring in the air where they are most often seen. Vultures are raptors that ride on thermals in the sky and use their keen sense of smell to find fresh carcasses. Perhaps this particular vulture lives in the house and is merely guarding his home.
Hy-Vee part of salad recallWEST DES MOINES (AP) ?Hy-Vee is part of a voluntary recall of bagged salads by a California company because of possible contamination of listeria.The Iowa-based grocery store says the recall is by River Ranch Fresh Foods of Salinas, Calif.Hy-Vee says the possible contamination was found during routine tests by the Ohio Department of Agriculture in a bagged salad product for the ...
The Fairfield Fire Department investigated a hot smell at 12:09 p.m. Sunday at 1103 S. Fourth St.The fire department responded to a porch fire at 7:42 p.m. Saturday at 302 Broadway Ave.
The Jefferson County Health Center Community Team and employees pose Wednesday before cleaning up the health center?s section of Highway 34. In just one mile, they picked up more than 300 pounds of trash. From left are: Jen Larsen, Stacey Munson, Tony Webb, Ryan Ford, Joneane Parker, Gaila Oschwald, Terry Wells, Tracie Durflinger, Nanette Conger, Julie Ostby, Pat Davis and Matt Hobbs. Community Team member and ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Marlyn Kay Deao, Fairfield, handicapped parking violation.Val Gene Farmer, Wildwood, Mo., speeding.Joanna L. Elliott, 2959 248th Blvd., speeding.Timothy J. Kruse, Brighton, speeding.Joseph Adam Stever, 2026 Libertyville Ave., speeding.Blake Britton Davis, Ankeny, failure to display registration plate.Michael Wayne Roe, ...
Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. has named Carla Stone as vice president and controller. In her new role, Stone will directly contribute to the formulation of the company?s strategic objectives and tactical initiatives while continuing to direct, supervise and maintain all operational aspects of the accounting and finance teams.Stone joined Cambridge in 1998 as an accounting assistant and has served as ...
Keota mansentenced for meth, guns DAVENPORT ? Chad Kindred of Keota, age 34, was sentenced Thursday to 90 months imprisonment for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.Chief United States District Judge Robert W. Pratt ordered Kindred to serve five years of supervised release ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a disaster declaration for 27 Iowa counties, including Jefferson and Van Buren, affected by a wild range of weather this year from floods and tornadoes to excessive heat and drought.The USDA said Wednesday it has designated the counties as natural disaster areas due to crops losses that began on April 1. Thirty-three contiguous counties also are covered.The ...
Libertyville Elementary School third-grader Bailey Hird uses a magnifying glass to get a closeup view of grass roots. Third graders in the Fairfield school district have been learning how to use magnifying glasses to study roots from different plants. The activity is a part of the science unit on plants. The students are comparing how roots are different on radishes and grass.
Correction: Johnson not on Richland City CouncilIn the article ?Packwood looks at sharing Richland?s part-time law officer? published Wednesday on the front page of The Fairfield Ledger, Larry Johnson was misidentified.Johnson is not a member of the Richland City Council. He is a candidate for the Richland City Council in the November election. Trick-or-treating hours announcedSeveral area communiti...
DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa Department of Education officials have notified their federal counterparts that the state will seek a waiver from requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.State officials have criticized the law as being too rigid and argued it relied too heavily on standardized test scores. They also said it?s one-dimensional and doesn?t accurately measure how well schools are performing.E...
House Democrats are advising Congress? supercommittee to create jobs, raise revenues and avoid damaging cuts to crucial public works, education and health programs as the panel searches for ways to curb the government?s growing debt.A day ahead of a deadline for submitting advice to the supercommittee, minority Democrats from 16 House committees released letters they are sending the panel with their recommendat...
Members of Congress are asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Bank of America and other major banks improperly worked together to charge customers new monthly fees for using their debit cards.Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., and four other Democrats said Thursday that they?ve asked Attorney General Eric Holder to open a probe into possible collusion by the banks.Welch said the lawmakers had no ...
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