Iowa City and the University of Iowa want to tap the city?s landfill where acres of garbage are rotting for energy to power and heat laboratories and research centers.The city, the university and MidAmerican Energy are partnering on a project to pipe methane gas from the landfill to the university?s Oakdale Campus, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported. Methane is created when the garbage breaks down, and ...
Average retail gasoline prices in Iowa have risen 3.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.50 per gallon Sunday.This compares with the national average that has increased 3.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.56 per gallon, according to gasoline price website IowaStateGasPrices.com.Including the change in gas prices in Iowa during the past week, prices Sunday were 77.1 cents per gallon ...
The Fairfield Police Department arrested Mark Larry Sylvester, 46, of Richland at 7:20 p.m. Saturday in the 2200 block of West Burlington Avenue for operating while intoxicated-first offense.
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Vincent Stephen Kovacs, 21, of Libertyville at 12:52 a.m. Saturday at his residence for domestic abuse assault.
The Fairfield Fire Department responded to a garage fire at 5:04 p.m. Saturday at 2696 Highway 34.
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Robert H. Perkins, Batavia, dark windows.Paul C. Fekete, Naperville, Ill., failure to have valid license or permit.David William Sherod, Birmingham, dark windows.Steven C. Burnett, Libertyville, speeding.Catherine M. Durflinger, Cantril, speeding.Tareq Jamil Suleiman Rabadi, 1000 N. Fourth St., failure to obey traffic ...
A suspected breach in the core of a reactor at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant could mean more serious radioactive contamination, Japanese officials revealed Friday, as the prime minister called the country?s ongoing fight to stabilize the plant ?very grave and serious.?A somber Prime Minister Naoto Kan sounded a pessimistic note at a briefing hours after nuclear safety officials announced what could be a ...
The Jefferson County Fair Board has eliminated gate admission for the 2011 Greater Jefferson County Fair.?We?ve been thinking about this four or five years,? said fair board president Steve Fritchen. ?We?re trying to bring more people into the fair and the vendors.?Fair board secretary Jared Schultz agreed the intention is to get rid of something that might be holding people back from attending.Last ...
The Jefferson County Attorney is continuing to look into filing possible charges in an alleged beating of a 41-year-old Arab-American filmmaker.Usama Alshaibi of Fairfield claims he was beaten and called derogatory racial names after he walked into a party the early morning of March 6.The Ledger received information that the party Alshaibi claims to have went to was a social gathering of teenagers on the ...
Solomon Maselli clears brush from a front yard on West Fillmore Avenue this morning. Fairfield school district students are on spring break this week, and Maselli said he was on his second day of the front yard project.
Unemployment in Jefferson County rose from 7.8 percent in December to 8.7 percent in January.According to Iowa Workforce Development figures, in January Jefferson County had a labor force of 8,010, with 7,310 employed and 700 unemployed. In December, the county had a labor force of 7,820, with 7,210 employed and 610 unemployed.The figures also show there was a slight increase of unemployment in Van Buren ...
Authorities have suspended a control tower supervisor working alone overnight who couldn?t be roused to guide two airliners landing at Washington?s Reagan airport, the nation?s top aviation official said Thursday.?As a former airline pilot, I am personally outraged that this controller did not meet his responsibility to help land these two airplanes,? Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbitt ...
The Fairfield Fire Department responded to a call at 12:41 a.m. today at 703 E. Burlington Ave.
Tea party favorite and Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann is feeling pressure from the political calendar to rush a decision on a White House bid and may announce her intentions as early as May, one of her top advisers said Thursday.Bachmann, a third-term congresswoman from Minnesota, could form a presidential exploratory committee before two televised Republican debates scheduled the first week of May, said Ed ...
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