Fairfield News

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.

Complaints about one distinctly different colored stone in the new Fairfield sign along Highway 1 South has prompted a revision.According to engineer Jerry Long of French-Reneker-Associates Inc., all of the stone in the 8-foot by 20-foot sign was handpicked from the Anamosa quarry by the Country Landscapes Inc. mason and approved locally before construction.Long said he liked the darker stone because it ...

Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors discussed the role of a school board and learned about financing during a work session Monday evening.Superintendent Art Sathoff opened the session by asking the board, including new members Amy Miller, Jeremy Miller and Jerry Nelson ? Rich Metcalf was absent due to the death of his father ? what rules they thought were important so that the board functione...

The fake alligator head placed in Reservoir No.1/Bonnifield Lake by volunteer Frank Wintroub to deter the geese from the beach in July seems to have lost some of its scare factor as several Canada geese swam near it Wednesday afternoon.Wintroub and other volunteers had been stretching a line across the beach at the water?s edge to keep the geese away. Wintroub also looked into obtaining a flashing white light, ...

DES MOINES ? Somewhere, perhaps tucked away in a car?s glovebox or in a sock drawer at home, is a Hot Lotto ticket worth a whopping $16.5 million ? and time is running out for the winner to claim the prize.Nearly nine months have passed since the jackpot-winning ticket was purchased during the holidays at a Des Moines convenience store along the interstate. No jackpot winner in Iowa Lottery history has ever ...

M.U.M. recycles 4 tons of e-wasteFor the fourth year in a row, Maharishi University of Management collected old computers, monitors, fax machines, printers, and more this summer and took advantage of a free service from Apple that responsibly recycles this e-waste.This year 10 pallets of e-waste were collected, adding up to some 4 tons.E-waste should no longer be left at Verrill Hall, but as an option, ...