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The Fairfield Fire Department investigated a possible carbon monoxide problem at 6:49 p.m. Wednesday at 803 N. Ninth St.
Washington Evening Journal
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The Fairfield Fire Department investigated a possible carbon monoxide problem at 6:49 p.m. Wednesday at 803 N. Ninth St.
Fairfield firefighters were called to a vehicle and house fire at 401 North D St., the home of Frasier Jones, at 1:41 a.m. today.According to incoming fire chief Scott Vaughan, the fire was an accident.?The guy was working on a vehicle next to the house ? and accidentally set it on fire, and it spread to the house,? said Vaughan.?It?s pretty bad,? said Vaughan about the damage. ?I don?t have a dollar ...
The Fairfield City Council laid out the conditions for granting a three-month temporary license to Ranch Trailer Court Monday evening.Mickey Elston has until Thursday to purchase the property and provide the city with proof of ownership and a $1,500 deposit for water service to the north side of the mobile home park. Elston then must meet several deadlines for bringing the trailer court into code for the park ...
Silk paint artist and teacher Irma Braun-Hampton, left, shows Rosemary Lucente how to use a paper towel to absorb excess dye from the edge of her scarf while Nancy Huebner continues to paint her scarf. Braun-Hampton came from Oklahoma City to Iowa to visit a friend in Cedar Rapids and to teach silk painting. Monday afternoon she taught a class of seven women how to paint on silk with each of them completing a ...
The 2011 commencement ceremony at Maharishi University of Management is set for 1 p.m. Saturday in the Maharishi Patanjali Golden Dome of Pure Knowledge.This year, 275 students from 44 countries are receiving graduate and undergraduate degrees from M.U.M. Many of them will be in attendance to receive their diplomas during the ceremony.The commencement speaker will be Norman Rosenthal, a distinguished ...
DAVENPORT ? Ryan Nicholas Zasareti, age 22, of Charleston, Ill., was sentenced Friday to 57 months imprisonment in connection with three bank robberies in southeast Iowa, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt.United States District Judge John A. Jarvey also sentenced Zasareti to three years supervised release following imprisonment and ordered payment of restitution to the victims.On April ...
Hope is still alive for the residents of roughly 16 trailers still inhabited at Ranch Trailer Park.With the June 30 deadline to move out of the unlicensed mobile home park quickly approaching, the Fairfield City Council Property Committee met Wednesday to consider a compromise with an interested buyer.The committee will recommend the full council give Mickey Elston until the end of the month to finalize the ...
The Iowa National Guard?s 34th Army Band, headquartered in Fairfield, will perform in the Adjutant General?s Summer Concert Series at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Camp Dodge in Johnston.The concert at the historic Camp Dodge pool complex is free and open to the public. Visitors should enter Camp Dodge through the NW 70th Avenue gate. Photo identification, like a driver?s license, is required for admittance for anyone ...
Mike Schenck will be returning as head coach for the Trojan?s varsity football team this fall.Following the recommendation of district activities director Jeff Courtright, the Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors voted 5-1 to hire Schenck on the Level 1, Step 7, pay scale.Business manager Kim Sheets explained it is an ?at-will contract,? so it is not renewed each year as it would be for a ...
Robinson Brothers Environmental of Waunakee, Wis., was awarded a $393,106.28 contract by the Fairfield school board to complete the asbestos abatement project at the middle school.Fred McElwee, the district?s director of auxiliary services, said the asbestos removal project will be completed in two steps, with work on the first floor set for this summer, and work on the upper floor set for next summer.?Logis...
Blame the potato chip. It?s the biggest demon behind that pound-a-year weight creep that plagues many of us, a major diet study found. Bigger than soda, candy and ice cream.And the reason is partly that old advertising cliche: You can?t eat just one.?They?re very tasty and they have a very good texture. People generally don?t take one or two chips. They have a whole bag,? said obesity expert Dr. F. Xavier ...
Daredevil Nik Wallenda said it?s been his dream to walk a tightrope across Niagara Falls so he was overwhelmed Wednesday when New York lawmakers voted to let him give it a try.?You go there and look and seeing them alone they?re breathtaking,? Wallenda, a seventh-generation member of the ?Flying Wallendas,? said of the waterfalls straddling the United States and Canada. ?I almost tear up thinking about being ...
The Fairfield Fire Department cleaned up a gas leak with oil dry at 3:19 p.m. Wednesday at 205 E. Buchanan Ave.The fire department responded to a gas smell at 10:23 a.m. Wednesday at 58 E. Burlington Ave.
The Fairfield Police Department responded to an accident at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Fourth Street and Kirkwood Avenue. According to the accident report, a southbound 2003 Chevy Tahoe driven by Carolyn Jean Louden, 53, 905 E. Adams Ave., ran a stop sign and was sideswiped by an eastbound Waste Management 2000 Mack truck driven by Michael Lee McMurrch, 26. Louden was cited for failure to obey a ...
