DISTRICT COURTSpencer Jonathan Haynes?s probation and deferred judgment for child endangerment resulting in bodily injury were revoked. Haynes, 23, of Stockport, was sentenced to five years in jail. MAGISTRATE COURTClark Ann Gingrich of Brighton pleaded guilty to parking where prohibited and was fined $50.Simo Jootanan Lahtinen, 21, 1000 N. Fourth St., pleaded guilty to public intoxication and was ...
The Fairfield Police Department arrested Mandy Dawn Greiner, 35, 100 N. 16th St., Lot 32, at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday at 1200 W. Grimes Ave. for contempt of court, violation of a restraining order and criminal trespassing.
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Earl L. Schwartz, Rock Island, Ill., speeding.David Earl Murray, Hedrick, failure to wear a seat belt.Ryan James Fritz, Birmingham, expired plates.Tara Ashely Pickens, Ottumwa, speeding.Maurice Francois Seguin, 2000 N. Court St., 8G, failure to stop at a stop sign.Crystal Dawn Leverne, Ottumwa, speeding.Colton Marcus ...
President Barack Obama said Thursday the government should continue to give loan guarantees to help clean energy companies compete with China and other countries that spend billions to subsidize solar panels and other renewable energy manufacturing.Fighting back against GOP criticism of a $528 million loan to a solar energy company that later collapsed, Obama said he strongly disagreed with a Republican ...
Pekin students participating in statewide walk PACKWOOD ? More than 700 students in Pekin Community School District will be participating in the Start Somewhere Walk Friday afternoon.Kindergarten through senior stdents will be walking on the school?s runway and track starting at 1 p.m. At about 1:20 p.m., they will assemble on the football field for a group photo.Start Somewhere Walks are planned in ...
Though Taryn Ryan?s kindergartners haven?t started their unit on fire prevention, they knew just what to do Tuesday morning.Pence Elementary School teacher Ryan, associate Shannon Price and their class of 22 were walking through the neighborhood looking for numbers ? on street signs, houses and license plates ? when they spotted smoke coming off the roof and gutters at 907 Fairview Drive.Ryan knocked on ...
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 ...
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