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The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to vandalism reported by Jesse Holder at 4:37 p.m. Wednesday at 2288 Marigold Blvd.
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The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to vandalism reported by Jesse Holder at 4:37 p.m. Wednesday at 2288 Marigold Blvd.
Attentive residents, like John Connet, may have noticed the absence of the Jefferson County Courthouse clock tower bell?s hourly clang during the past few weeks.After Connet brought the bell?s silence to Jefferson County Supervisor Steve Burgmeier?s attention, the two investigated Memorial Day and discovered a break in the hammer?s arm.The hammer, imprinted with a mysterious ?40? and assumed to be original ...
This special eight-page section included with today?s printed edition of The Fairfield Ledger lists the Greater Jefferson County Fair?s schedule of events, highlights the free entertainment on the show arena stage, as well as the grandstand events. The 64th Jefferson County Fair runs Tuesday through June 27 on the fairgrounds along West Burlington Avenue.The special section also will be inserted in next week's ...
The Greater Jefferson County Fair will open for its 64th run next week, with new events and attractions alongside annual favorites ? and all for free gate admission.The fair, with 4-H?er AJ Greiner?s theme ?Cows, pigs and sheep Oh My! Whirl on thru the Jefferson County Fair,? is scheduled to open Wednesday and continue through May 27.Although the fair doesn?t officially open until Wednesday, that doesn?t ...
DES MOINES ? Iowa?s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.0 percent in May, but was down slightly from the year ago rate of 6.1 percent.Nationwide, the unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent in May from 9.0 percent in April, while U.S. employers hired only 54,000 workers, the fewest in eight months.?Iowa outperformed the nation in May by posting its strongest job growth for the year,? ...
Hundreds of dogs and cats peer out from their cages at the Joplin Humane Society, some with cuts, infections and broken bones from the deadly tornado that turned their lives, like those of their owners, upside down.Since the tornado, the Humane Society has found itself overflowing with animals, with about 900 now calling the shelter home ? three times its usual inventory. One way or another, the pets became ...
The Fairfield Police Department cited three youth between 10-11 p.m. Thursday at 1200 W. Grimes Ave. for criminal trespassing: Tanner James Rooney, 11, 802 W. Burlington Ave.; Zachary Dylan Burk, 12, 802 W. Burlington Ave.; and Spencer Tyler Kerr, 12, 300 E. Adams Ave.
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.
