Fairfield News

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ? Security will be paramount when Casey Anthony is released from jail Sunday.Security experts say it would be best if Anthony is released at an odd hour. And they say multiple vehicles should leave the jail at the same time, so no one knows which one she is in.A safe house and round-the-clock security will probably be needed for at least several days, if not weeks because of the threats ...

With Batavia Days just around the corner, members of the Batavia Fire Department, from left, Greg Adam, Ethan Eakins and Dennis Davis took to the streets Tuesday night with the proper tools to spruce things up a little. The Batavia Days celebration is scheduled for July 8-10. Friday July 8thCardinal Archery Club serving spaghetti dinner-community center 5-7pmSoftball tournament beginsComedians and ...

KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren County Hospital is celebrating 60 years of serving Keosauqua and the surrounding area June 26.Events will kick off at 4 p.m. with a groundbreaking for the new community center and daycare being constructed behind the hospital. A birthday celebration with music by Tarnished Brass, games and free pork sandwich dinners will follow on the front lawn.Festivities will continue through 7 ...

OTTUMWA (AP) ? Former state Sen. Donald Gettings, who served in the Senate for 22 years, has died.Gettings died Monday at Ottumwa Regional Health Center. He was 87.Reece Funeral Home, which is handling funeral arrangements, confirmed Gettings? death.Gettings was a 1942 graduate of Ottumwa High School and the Ottumwa Courier says he worked at John Deere Ottumwa Works for 38 years. He served in the Iowa ...

Greece?s economy is small but the shock waves from a default on its debt could be amplified by links in the global financial system to hurt stocks, banks and entire economies far from the epicenter in Athens.In Greece, banks could go bust, overwhelming the government?s ability to bail them out, and lenders in France, Germany and elsewhere in Europe could suffer serious losses.And the resulting market ...

MUSCATINE (AP) ? The printed word is powerful enough, but the spoken word can bring Civil War history alive.That?s why, as the centerpiece of the Muscatine Art Center?s upcoming Civil War exhibit, something like a hologram representing Muscatine soldier Daniel J. Parvin will be shown reading from the more than 100 surviving letters Parvin wrote to his wife and family.?Muscatine and the Civil War: A Sesquicen...

The Fairfield Police Department arrested Dawn Denise Dunn, 35, 807 1/2 N. 10th St., at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday at home for contempt of court for illegal resistance to an order or process ? failure to pay child support.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad was in Fairfield Tuesday afternoon, appearing at Revelations Book Store and Cafe where he spoke to and answered questions from a gathering of approximately 30 people.The governor spoke primarily about responsible budgeting and property tax reform and relief as well as creating an atmosphere to attract jobs to the state. Following the main points of his presentation, the floor was ...