Fairfield News

Some of Fairfield?s finest, chief of police Julie Harvey and firemen Brett Ferrel, seated, and Josh Tarrence wore prison stripes as they sat behind bars this morning at Best Western Fairfield Inn, all for a good cause. The fun, MDA Lockup gives community and business leaders an opportunity to raise funds for Jerry?s Kids by agreeing to be ?arrested? for having a ?big heart?. Donors help them ?get out of jail? by

The Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors approved purchasing a badge-printing system that could help make school buildings safer and save the district money.By purchasing the badge-printing system from Midwest Automated Time Systems at a cost of $11,246.45, the district will be able to make its own employee badges with embedded electronic coding.Superintendent Don Achelpohl explained the badges

A trial date has been set next month for the Fairfield man accused of robbing the Pilot Grove Savings Bank in Packwood and the McDonald?s Restaurant in Fairfield.A pretrial conference for 20-year-old Anthony Michael Koehlhoeffer of 505 1/2 W. Madison Ave. is set for Dec. 28, with a trial scheduled for Jan. 11.In connection with the robberies, Koehlhoeffer is charged with ongoing criminal conduct including two

The Fairfield Community School District officials are encouraging parents to review ?stranger danger? with their children after a man tried to convince students from Washington Elementary School to get into his car Tuesday.According to an e-mail sent to parents at about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, an incident occurred Tuesday after school.According to the e-mail, ?a man tried to encourage three elementary students into

The company operating the local recycling recovery center would be able to decline recyclables or charge a fee for recyclables collected by a competitor outside the Jefferson County Service Agency area under a contract established Wednesday evening.The Jefferson County Service Agency defined its area as the city of Fairfield and the unincorporated areas of Jefferson County while setting the terms of the contract

approved Walmart?s new updated plans for its proposed store and decided to uphold its earlier decision requiring trees in the parking lot during a public hearing Wednesday evening at city hall.Curt Ward, a Marshalltown attorney who does land use work for Walmart, explained the 11.9 acres at 2701 W. Burlington Ave., across the street from the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, is correctly zoned, complies with city codes

A 15-year-old Richland teen was struck by a deer slug about 11:30 a.m. Sunday while hunting deer north of Batavia in Jefferson County.According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Nazareth Rambo was hunting in a party of seven or eight others when a shotgun slug fired by another member of the party passed through a deer and struck him in the ankle.Rambo was treated and released from the Jefferson County

Revstone Industries LLC announced Wednesday its acquisition of the Dexter Foundry from Dexter Apache Holdings Inc.The company will operate as part of Revstone?s Cast Metals Group under the name Revstone Castings Fairfield.All the employees who were part of the casting business at the Dexter Foundry were offered employment, and existing leadership was retained, said Pete Borum, director of communications for