PLEASANT PLAIN ? Fall harvesting gathered more than corn for combine driver Don Peck Tuesday. The Brighton Fire Department responded about 1:30 p.m. when the combine caught fire and spread flames to the field.No one was hurt in the afternoon blaze that covered an estimated 80 acres near 136th Street and Redwood Avenue, a little more than 10 miles north of Fairfield on Pleasant Plain Road.?The field was ...
The Jefferson County Trails Council will celebrate the completion of a 14-year undertaking Saturday with a dedication ceremony for the Fairfield Loop Trail.?We had no idea it would take this long or be this extensive,? trails council president Ron Blair said. ?The whole trails council is proud of the accomplishment. We were constantly cheered on.?Speakers during the 1:30 p.m. ceremony, to be held where the ...
A diverse group of powerful unions joined demonstrations near Wall Street on Wednesday, lending some focus, credibility and potentially hundreds of participants to a group that started out with a few camped-out college students.Among those planning to join the clamor were members of the Chinatown Tenants Union and the Transit Workers Union, the liberal group MoveOn.org, and community organizations like the ...
The Maasdam Barns gift shop is stocked and ready for the weekend.The three restored barns and welcome center will open to the public at noon Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday.Visitors will have the opportunity Saturday to watch plowing demonstrations by teams of horses and tour the property by wagon.Though Saturday?s event is not the barns? grand opening, Maasdam Barns Preservation Committee Chairman Larry ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Stormy Darlene Wallace, Lockridge, speeding.Lilliea Brookman, Batavia, operation without registration.Yole Yogi Raam, 2000 N. Court St., 19A, speeding.Jesse Mark Keller, 2938 239th St., manner of conveyance.Clint Allen Reeves, Ottumwa, speeding.Troy Donald Adam, Packwood, speeding.Randall W. Calhoun, Lockridge, maximum ...
OTTUMWA (AP) ? A soup kitchen and emergency shelter for homeless men in Ottumwa has until the end of the week to raise $3,500 or it will close, according to the community group that operates the shelter.Yvonne Baldwin-Greene, the director of the Ottumwa Community Outreach Ministry, said the shelter requires $11,000 per month to operate but is several thousand dollars short, and that she?s hoping individuals, ...
DES MOINES AP) ?The Judicial Nominating Commission is starting the process of selecting a new judge for the Iowa Court of Appeals.Chief Judge Rosemary Sackett is retiring in January due to the mandatory retirement age for Iowa judges, which is 72.The 15-member commission says Monday that it will accept applications for the bench until Oct. 31. The board will have 60 days to send a list of nominees to Gov. ...
The loud hissing noise heard uptown Monday came from this structure that looks like it could be part of an incomplete rocket to outer space. Investigation proved it to be nothing so alien to Fairfield, but is instead the shroud-covered water tower at B and Washington streets. The hissing noise is presumably from the paint-removal equipment at work beneath the protective cover. Carl Chandler explained the tower ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday unveiled an education reform plan that focuses on tying teacher pay to performance and will form the centerpiece of a legislative package he intends to introduce before lawmakers convene early next year.Branstad said his long-term goal is to make Iowa the top performing state in the nation in education, and among the top 10 in the world. That goal can be ...
The city has ?declared war on potholes,? according to Fairfield City Councilman Ron Adam. Leo Schafer looks on as Wayne Swafford operates Fairfield?s new spray injection patching machine Monday afternoon to repair a large eroded patch on North Court Street. Public works superintendent Darrel Bisgard said the city has been using the machine since July and already has refilled the 220-gallon tank of emulsion, ...
Fairfield High School marching band took second place in Division 3A competition of the Davis County Festival of Bands Saturday in Bloomfield.According to FHS band director Jim Edgeton, the band?s 64.8 score and second place is the highest ranking the band has ever reached in its 23 years of marching in the competition.In addition, the FHS band?s drumline scored 98 points to take first place in Division 3A, ...
A couple of months ago Joanne Ancell hired a contractor to do some drainage work in her backyard. This hole was dug, then left open long enough ago that a velvetleaf weed sprouted and grew. With the upcoming Halloween season drawing near, Ancell decided to have some fun with the grave-sized hole. Always finding humor in a situation, Ancell cracked, ?I hope I don?t stumble into the hole and make it my final ...
The Roosevelt Community Recreation Center will have an open house, with free use of its equipment and free classes, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.?We want to give the public a chance to try it out and see what we have to offer,? Park and rec director Derik Wulfekuhle said. It?s the perfect opportunity for anyone who has been pondering a membership to check out the offerings for free, he added.During the ...
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to an accident at 7:54 a.m. Thursday on Hemlock Avenue. A 2003 Ford Expedition driven by Ashley Ann Kimble, 24, of Batavia was northbound when it struck a deer. Estimated damages are $1,500 to the vehicle.
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