The Fairfield Middle School elevator project has stalled.The Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors was set to approve a construction contract for the project during a special meeting Monday evening, but tabled it instead, at auxiliary services director Fred McElwee?s request, after contractors? bids came in nearly twice as much than FEH Associates? cost opinion of $217,000.McElwee said ...
Fred Grace maneuvers the bucket between power lines and tree limbs to position himself for cutting branches while his partner Mike Schmitz stays on the ground to pull down loose limbs with a hook. Shade Tree Service Company out of Fenton, Mo., employs the men and contracts for the work with Alliant Energy. Periodically, trees that are close to power lines must be trimmed so that electrical service is not lost in ...
The Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors accepted the resignation of technology director Jason Kurth during a special meeting Monday evening.Kurth will be ending his 15 years with the district when his 2010-11 contract ends.?My 15 years with [Fairfield Community School District] has been tremendous,? Kurth wrote in his resignation letter to superintendent Don Achelpohl and the school ...
The Fairfield Police Department responded to an attempted burglary at 3:02 p.m. Wednesday at 608 W. Jackson Ave.
Dozens of tornadoes ripped through the South, flattening homes and businesses and killing at least 248 people in six states in the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years.As day broke Thursday, people in hard-hit Alabama surveyed flattened, debris-strewn neighborhoods and told of pulling bodies from rubble after the storms passed Wednesday afternoon and evening.?It happened so fast it was unbelievable,? said ...
Legal fees from assessment-based lawsuits have exhausted the Jefferson County Assessor?s budget, forcing the assessor to tap her reserves and initiate furloughs.Beginning Friday, the assessor?s office will be closed one day per week through the end of June.The Jefferson County Conference Board voted Monday to institute an austerity program and authorize spending $25,000 of the assessor?s reserve fund this ...
The Jefferson County Wellness Action Coalition has re-established its identity as a sustainable organization focused on community wellness with a new name and a new logo unveiled during a kickoff event Tuesday evening in the conference room of the Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store.The organization has become The Jefferson County Wellness Coalition, and its branding logo is ?Let?s Go JeffCo: It?s never too late to ...
Casey Griffin, who works for his uncle Ray Griffin, puts the full weight of his body behind the swing of the sledgehammer he wields to break up a portion of a damaged concrete driveway that will be replaced. After the old concrete is removed, Griffin will use bolt cutters to cut apart the old reinforcement rod before installing new rods and pouring concrete.
Libertyville residents Scott and Kibben Whitham know from experience the value of the Ronald McDonald House. Their son, Wyatt, pictured with Ronald and his best friend Grimace, was born 18 weeks prematurely. The Whithams spent 130 days at the RM House in Iowa City. Libertyville Savings Bank will be collecting can tabs during the month of May for the Ronald McDonald House.
DES MOINES (AP) ? Gov. Terry Branstad has named a Wisconsin man as the new director of the Iowa Department of Transportation today.Branstad appointed 44-year-old Paul Trombino III, of Verona, Wis., to replace Nancy Richardson, who is retiring. Richardson has been director since 2005. Her last day is Thursday.Trombino is a bureau director for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.His appointment is ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? In the mountains of Northern California, a field of radio dishes that look like giant dinner plates waited for years for the first call from intelligent life among the stars.But they?re not listening anymore.Cash-strapped governments, it seems, can no longer pay the interstellar phone bill.Astronomers at the SETI Institute said a steep drop in state and federal funds has forced the ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? Iowa tax revenues are up by 4.4 percent in the past 12 months.The Des Moines Register says the Legislative Services Agency reported Tuesday that net revenue for the 12 months ending in March for all taxes totaled $6.4 billion. That?s an increase of about $271 million compared to prior 12 months.The Register says annual revenue is now back at a level first reached in November 2007.In the ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? The health and human services budget approved by the House April 7 contained no money for smoking prevention programs.A Senate panel Monday amended the bill to include $5 million for the programs, but Peggy Huppert with the American Cancer Society says at least $5.9 million is needed. Huppert says it makes sense to invest in the programs because a lot of Medicaid money goes to treat illnesses ...
These traffic charges were filed with the Jefferson County Clerk of Court:Larry Allen Slocum, 508 W. Harrison Ave., financial liability coverage violation.El Hady Alioune, 1000 N. Fourth St., speeding.Markus Glenn Williams, Chariton, speeding.Brooke Erin Schultz, St. Louis, Mo., speeding.Mahesh Chookolingo, West Palm Beach, Fla., speeding.Timothy J. Freeberg-Renwick, 2551 New Glasgow Road, ...
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