DES MOINES (AP) ? Gov. Terry Branstad launched an effort Wednesday to make Iowa the nation?s healthiest state by 2016, an effort he acknowledged would be difficult but one he said could result in big cost-savings and better lives.Branstad introduced the ?Healthiest State Initiative,? which will be funded by $25 million from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield.The effort will focus on 10 Iowa cities over ...
As an incentive for residential development, the Fairfield City Council Water and Sewer Utilities Committee is recommending the city contribute $30,000 toward construction of a sewer line to serve a new condominium development along Walton Road.The committee met with Amhurst developer Terry Lavery Wednesday to review the sewer line?s proposed location and estimated expense.The roughly $54,000 sewer line ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? Des Moines has opened its first dog park, but owners must buy permits before they can let their pets frolic in the new area.The Des Moines Register reports that the 8.5 acre dog park is within Ewing Park, on the city?s southeast side.Those who want to bring their dog to the park must first buy a permit, costing $10 per dog for the remainder of this year and $20 for next year. They also ...
In parched West Texas, it?s often easier to drill for oil than to find new sources of water.So after years of diminishing water supplies made even worse by the second-most severe drought in state history, some communities are resorting to a plan that might have seemed absurd a generation ago: turning sewage into drinking water.Construction recently began on a $13 million water-reclamation plant believed to ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Jeremy Eric Viccari, 305 North D St., violating conditions of restricted license.Carolyn O. Jones, St. Louis, Mo., speeding.Dorthe Kristiane Noergaard, 306 E. Burlington Ave., failure to obey stop sign and yield the right of way.Kevin Ray Murdock, Mount Pleasant, maximum gross weight violation.Herbert Paul Clubb, Sigourney, ...
Joy Salmon, left, who has been a vendor at the Fairfield Farmers Market for two years, pours watermelon juice for a customer Wednesday in Howard Park. Salmon, known for her apple crisp and numerous fruit juices, sells only organic products.
IOWA CITY (AP) ? A supervisor at an Iowa City half-way house says they must refine their policies following an arrest of a resident for escape.Sam Black, the residential supervisor at Hope House, says the facility also must work to balance securing residents with helping former inmates re-enter society.The Iowa City Press-Citizen is reporting that at least five people have escaped or didn?t return from ...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi?s appointment Thursday of three Democrats to Congress? new debt-reduction supercommittee completes the roster of a panel whose members are already being tugged in competing directions.Pelosi selected Reps. James E. Clyburn of South Carolina and Xavier Becerra of California, who both are members of the party?s House leadership, and Maryland?s Chris Van Hollen, the top Democrat ...
Fairfield Community School District Activities Director Jeff Courtright helps with paperwork at one of the stations set up for the district?s registration and fee payment day Tuesday in the Fairfield High School Commons. Anyone who missed the registration and fee payment day should contact the ~ Center at 472-2655 as soon as possible. The first day of school in Fairfield will be Aug. 24, with the first three days ...
Presidential hopeful Ron Paul campaigned for personal and economic liberty Tuesday evening on the Fairfield square.?My approach is different [from other candidates]. I don?t want to run your life. I know I can?t run the economy, and I don?t want to run the world either,? the Texas congressman declared before a cheering crowd.During his speech, U.S. Rep. Paul criticized the nation for abandoning the gold ...
School in Fairfield begins Aug. 24Students in the Fairfield Community School District will return to class Aug. 24.The students will have an early start and an early dismissal the first three days of school. School will start at 8 a.m. and end at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 24, 25 and 26.The school district will have induction for new teachers Aug. 17 and 18. Aug. 19, 22 and 23 will be teachers? workdays. Hours ...
AMES (AP) ? There?s a hefty dose of circus mixed with deadly serious politics in the Iowa Republican straw poll.The event Saturday will mark the first time Republicans in Iowa indicate publicly whom they want as their 2012 presidential nominee. It?s a test vote of sorts that comes months before the precinct caucuses that kick off the party?s presidential nomination fight. And it could send an early signal ...
Boy or girl? A simple blood test in mothers-to-be can answer that question with surprising accuracy at about seven weeks, a research analysis has found.Though not widely offered by U.S. doctors, gender-detecting blood tests have been sold online to consumers for the past few years. Their promises of early and accurate results prompted genetics researchers to take a closer look.They analyzed 57 published ...
A group of attentive children listen to a fairy tale read by Tena Nelson as Mother Goose, far left, during story time this morning at the Fairfield Public Library. At several points in the story, the children were encouraged to act along.
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