Property tax, driver?s license office closedThe property tax and driver?s license portion of the Jefferson County Treasurer?s Office will be closed Friday.The office will be moving into a space, which was formerly the supervisors? office.?We will be accepting delinquent property taxes that unless paid, will be sold at tax sale, but all other business will resume on Monday,? said Jefferson County Treasurer...
Sixty-six years after leaving Amendola, Italy, with a B-17 ?Flying Fortress? on a bombing mission bound for Berlin, Germany, Staff Sgt. Marvin J. ?Steiney? Steinford is coming home to Iowa. Steinford, a 22-year old toggelier from Keystone, disappeared between Soviet and German lines in Hungary on March 24, 1945, after bailing out of a B-17 aircraft damaged by German anti-aircraft fire.On Nov.16, 2004, Hungarian...
The Fairfield City Council Public Safety and Transportation Committee is recommending a compromise to the Iowa Department of Transportation?s request to raise the speed limit on Highway 1.During a meeting Tuesday, the committee reviewed a proposal to set the speed limit at 30 miles per hour on Highway 1 from roughly 500 feet north of Buchanan Avenue to 150 feet north of Briggs Avenue.Councilman Daryn ...
DES MOINES ? Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey said this past weekend kicked-off the prime strawberry picking season that many strawberry lovers have been waiting for all year. Reports from growers around the state show that strawberries are maturing a little slower this year due to the cooler weather, but many farmers are saying that this year?s strawberry crop may be among their best.?Mid-June looks ...
Fly shop manager Jim Bernstein was warned that hair stylists would come banging on his door, but he didn?t listen.Sure enough, less than 24 hours later, a woman walked into the Eldredge Bros. Fly Shop in Maine and made a beeline toward a display of hackles ? the long, skinny rooster feathers fishermen use to make lures.?She brought a bunch up to the counter and asked if I could get them in pink,? he said. ...
The latest round in the fight over President Barack Obama?s health care overhaul was held Wednesday in the federal appeals court in Atlanta.A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on whether to reverse a Florida judge?s ruling that struck down the law. The judges seemed receptive to arguments from critics challenging the health reforms as unconstitutional during the ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? The Republican speaker of the Iowa House accused Democrats on Tuesday of stonewalling state budget talks and pushing instead for a government shutdown.House Speaker Kraig Paulsen said Republicans have offered a compromise spending plan and have heard nothing in return.?I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that they are pushing us toward a shutdown,? said Paulsen, of Hiawatha. ?We?re 23 ...
DISTRICT COURTMark Allen Hopwood, 22, of Eldon pleaded guilty to driving while barred and was fined $625. All but 10 days of a 90-day jail sentence was suspended. Hopwood was placed on probation for two years.Lisa Marie Boatright, 32, of Batavia pleaded guilty to giving false reports to public safety entities and was fined $65. Twenty days of a 30-day jail sentence were suspended, and Boatright was placed ...
The Fairfield Police Department responded to an accident at 8:57 a.m. Tuesday on South 20th Street. According to the accident report, a northbound 2004 Chrysler Sebring driven by Hannah M. Sobaski, 16, of Libertyville attempted to turn left into a private drive and turned into the path of a southbound 2005 Toyota pickup driven by Rex L. Tarrence, 51, 804 S. 32nd St. Sobaski was cited for failure to yield while ...
The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to fraud reported by Amanda Marr at 11:23 a.m. Tuesday.
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Dudley Dean Graber, Wayland, failure to wear seat belt.Kimberly B. Kane, Kokomo, Ind., speeding.Meghann Joann Johnston, Cedar Rapids, speeding.William Irvin Smith, Batavia, financial liability coverage violation.Michele Lynn Clemmons, Des Moines, speeding.Consuelo Sanchez, Ottumwa, speeding.Jessica Dawn Lee, Fremont, ...
The Fairfield Fire Department cleaned up antifreeze at the site of an accident at 9:07 a.m. Tuesday near 204 S. 20th St.
She may grow up to enter the medical field, and then again perhaps 6 year-old Chloe Bowman will follow another interest. But for today, she gave first aid to her neighbor, 8-year-old Dylan Gerdes who got a small scratch on his leg while playing this morning. Dylan?s brother Josiah, 4, and sister Hannah, 2, also were playing and very interested in the ?medical? procedure.
DES MOINES (AP) ? State inspectors are required to check earthen basins that hold livestock waste every year, but with staff reductions due to budget cuts, inspections now occur only every three years.It?s an indication of how the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has had to respond in the face of steadily declining staff and revenue over several years, said Wayne Gieselman, who heads compliance efforts at ...
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