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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 ...

These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Tony Melvin Huston, Winfield, speeding.Christopher Brian Vevle, Pinson, Ala., speeding, no valid driver?s license.Scott Alan Keck, Danville, excessive height.Bethany Lynn Hemm, Batavia, speeding.Christina Ruth Nedbalek, 1801 Guild Drive, speeding.Tobin Matthew Kenneth Donald Walker, 58 1/2 S. Main St., expired license.Ka...

The Fairfield Police Department arrested Susan Alexandria Kraft, 23, 606 W. Monroe Ave., Apt. 16, at 8:23 p.m. Tuesday at 808 S. Sixth St. for possession of marijuana.

Jefferson County trails Council president Ron Blair, second from left, checks his notes Saturday during the dedication ceremony for the Fairfield Loop Trail. The ceremony recognized 14 years worth of contributions by people participating in the building of the trail. Also pictured under the tent near Maasdam Barns are artist Donna Colby, left, Iowa Great Place Citizens Advisory Board chairwoman Terry Lynch, ...

The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors denied a property tax abatement this morning, but will reconsider the request after gathering additional information.The property in question was purchased mid-year from the state by Sapphire Holdings. Sapphire Holdings has been assessed property taxes for the full year although the roughly 13.5 acres were owned by a tax-exempt entity for five of the months.During ...