Pancakes and Saturday?s Fairfield Kiwanis Kids? Day parade go hand-in-hand.The Kiwanis Club event organizers usually plan for about 2,100 pancake breakfast servings.Who oversees the task of Kids? Day food preparation??I?m afraid that would be me,? said Kiwanis member Dick Bogner this morning.Bogner usually gets to the white and yellow-striped tent on the east side of the square at 4:30 a.m. on the day ...
Myron Gookin of Fairfield, center, is sworn in as an 8th Judicial District judge Friday afternoon by Judge Michael Mullins as his wife Ann Gookin holds the Bible.
The 2011 Maharishi School graduates met and exceeded state and national averages in English, math, reading and science on the ACT exams.The Maharishi School students? average composite score was 27.9 out of a possible 36.Iowa?s average composite score was 22.3, and the national average was 21.1. Iowa?s score was just behind No. 1-ranked Minnesota?s 22.9 average.The Maharishi School students had an ...
Jefferson County Health Center and Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store are leading Fairfield?s participation in the Iowa Start Somewhere Walk, a 1-kilometer walk planned at noon Oct. 7 with the goal of 250,000 participating Iowans to break a world record.Although local schools have been asked to organize participation in their neighborhoods, health center media relations coordinator Ginny Hughes said the main event is ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Paul Michael Taylor, Washington, D.C., speeding.Michael Jon Tinker, 207 E. Burlington Ave., Apt. 1, speeding.Erin Jo Chung, Austin, Texas, speeding.Levi Scott Vaughn Wolfe, 806 W. Briggs Ave., expired license.Larry Wayne Angstead, 2007 Pine Ave., failure to wear a seat belt.Winter Marie Taylor, Birmingham, failure to wear ...
The Fairfield City Council extended Mickey Elston?s license for Horseshoe Court, formerly Ranch Trailer Park, through the end of the year.?There?s no question that more progress has been made in the last two months than there has been in the last 4.5 years,? Mayor Ed Malloy said during Monday?s council meeting. ?I think everybody?s in agreement that more is desired to take place out there, but certainly a ...
Boyer must run in election to fill Gookin?s termFairfield Mayor Ed Malloy confirmed Thursday the appointment of Connie Boyer to complete the remaining two years of at-large city councilman Myron Gookin?s term will instead need to be determined by Fairfield voters in the Nov. 8 election.?The deadline [to fill unexpired elected office positions] was a little further out from the election than we were aware ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? The Iowa Department of Corrections will have to reinstate and award back pay to some prison supervisors laid off in 2009 after a state board ruled last month they should have been able to displace union workers, attorneys said Wednesday.The Iowa Public Employment Relations Board ruled Aug. 29 that 18 supervisors at correctional institutions around the state should have been given ?bumping ...
The Obama administration Wednesday proposed banning the use of electronic cigarettes on airline flights, saying there is concern the smokeless cigarettes may be harmful.?Airline passengers have rights, and this new rule would enhance passenger comfort and reduce any confusion surrounding the use of electronic cigarettes in flight,? Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a statement.The ban would ...
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Jimmie Carl Krouse, 51, of Ottumwa at 1:40 p.m. Tuesday in Birmingham for criminal mischief.
The Fairfield Fire Department responded to an automatic alarm at 4:17 a.m. Monday at 2200 W. Burlington Ave.The fire department investigated a gas leak at 4:46 p.m. Friday at 1703 Padmavani Lane.
A man accused of throwing his 7-year-old son overboard during a sightseeing cruise around California?s Newport Harbor said Tuesday they were just ?horse playing? and talked about jumping in the water together.?I was not trying to kill my son. We were playing in the shallows,? Sloane Briles told KTLA-TV. ?I discussed it with him. We?d jump in together and just thought it would be funny, ha ha.?Two of 85 ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? The dog who touched hearts all over the world by lying next to the casket of a slain Navy SEAL earlier this month might lead the Iowa Hawkeyes onto the field during a game this season.Iowa?s athletics department announced Tuesday that it will honor Jon Tumilson at one of two home games in November as part of a commemoration of Veteran?s Day. The department said it will work with Tumilson?s ...
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Robert Martin Brooks, 31, of Ankeny at 3:40 p.m. Tuesday at 1200 W. Grimes Ave. for a probation violation.
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