LIBERTYVILLE ? A machine shed in rural Libertyville was destroyed by fire Wednesday night.The Libertyville Fire Department was called to 1465 250th St., the property of Tim Warner, shortly after 11 p.m.?It was a pretty nasty fire,? said Gerrad Goodrich, assistant chief of the Libertyville Fire Department.Goodrich said the building?s roof caved in about 20 minutes after the firefighters arrived, and the ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Dennis E. Johnston, Grande Pointe, Manitoba, Canada, speeding.Stanley Edward Lehman, Lincoln, Neb., speeding.Barbara L. Rheinecker, St. Louis, Mo., speeding.Brandon Michael Coleman, Batavia, speeding, maximum gross weight violation.Neysa Nicole Baker, 304 South C St., failure to wear a seat belt.Jennifer L. Schlemmer, ...
Computers, like humans, can learn. But when Google tries to fill in your search box based only on a few keystrokes, or your iPhone predicts words as you type a text message, it?s only a narrow mimicry of what the human brain is capable.The challenge in training a computer to behave like a human brain is technological and physiological, testing the limits of computer and brain science. But researchers from IBM ...
Staff Sgt. Nicholas Lanier has entered what he calls the ?vast unknown.? A combat veteran and father to four daughters, he can?t remain in the military because of a serious back injury earned in Iraq.But he can?t yet accept a civilian job because he doesn?t know when the military will discharge him. He has no clue how much the government will pay him in disability compensation related to his injury, so he ...
When word reached Camp Lawton that the enemy army of Gen. William T. Sherman was approaching, the prison camp?s Confederate officers rounded up their thousands of Union army POWs for a swift evacuation ? leaving behind rings, buckles, coins and other keepsakes that would remain undisturbed for nearly 150 years.Archaeologists are still discovering unusual, and sometimes stunningly personal, artifacts a year ...
City removing political signsThe city of Fairfield is removing the political signs popping up all over town.Tom Baker, the city?s code enforcer, said the signs are being removed for two reasons. ?The first is that most are being placed on city/state right of way, which is illegal,? Baker said. ?And the second is that the Iowa code forbids any political signs to be displayed before 45 days before an election ...
Kassia Honeycutt of Fairfield finds a comfortable place for some lunch-hour reading on North Main Street in downtown Fairfield today. The Fairfield weather forecast shows a 30 percent chance of rain tonight and Friday.
The Fairfield Police Department responded to an accident at 3:56 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Main Street and Fillmore Avenue. According to the accident report, a 2001 Ford truck driven by Jonathan Anderson, 16, 405 E. Fillmore Ave., stopped eastbound and then proceeded into the intersection into the path of a northbound 2000 Mazda driven by Eric Schroder, 23, of Rock Island, Ill. Anderson said he did not ...
The trophy case by the front entrance is nearly empty. Classroom walls are largely bare, and unopened boxes of textbooks, computer monitors and other equipment remain scattered throughout the building.Signs of unfinished business remain at what is now Joplin High?s upper-level campus ? a converted big-box retail store at the city?s mall, well outside the worst-hit areas from a late May tornado that killed 160 ...
The Fairfield Police Department responded an accident at 5:19 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Burlington Avenue and 14th Street. According to the accident report, an eastbound 2004 Volvo driven by Richard Herman, 46, 1102 Wedgwood Circle, was slowing for another vehicle when it was rear-ended by a 1992 Toyota Camry driven by Justin Shaw Darby, 22, of Oxford. Darby was cited for no insurance, fraudulent ...
Construction crews were working today on the last section of the Fairfield Loop Trail. This 2-mile stretch extends east from Brookville Road to the driving range on Eighth Street. The trail in this section is 8 feet wide with reinforced concrete.
A Secret Service agent on assignment in Iowa to help with presidential security has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.Forty-year-old Daniel L. Valencia was arrested Saturday in Decorah. The northeast Iowa city was visited by President Barack Obama on Monday as part of his three-day bus trip through three Midwestern states.Decorah Police Chief Bill Nixon told Cedar Rapids television ...
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to an accident at 3:43 p.m. Monday, 4 miles north of Stockport on Stockport Road. According to the accident report, a 1997 Chevy Blazer driven by Trent Joseph Hootman of Stockport was southbound when Hootman lost control. The vehicle struck a guardrail, continued south and struck the middle of the guardrail. Estimated damages are $4,000 to the vehicle and $500 to ...
The Fairfield Fire Department cleaned up at the site of an accident at 4:44 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of Main Street and Fillmore Avenue.
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