Douds Road south of Libertyville is open to traffic, according to Mark Bell of the Jefferson County Secondary Roads Department.The road had been closed since mid-April while the Lick Creek bridge, located about 1.5 miles north of the Van Buren County line, was replaced.For information, call 472-6528.For this article, see the Friday, July 23, 2010, printed edition of The Fairfield Ledger.
The almost 2.5 inches of rain that fell Monday and Tuesday on Fairfield resulted in about 794,003 gallons of sanitary sewer overflows to Crow Creek and Cedar Creek.According to information from the Fairfield Wastewater Department, the largest overflow to Crow Creek was at a manhole in the Conger hayfield with 373,346 gallons overflowing. That amount combined with other overflows caused a total overflow to Crow Creek
State Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald traveled to Fairfield today to highlight Sen. Becky Schmitz?s help in writing a fiscally responsible state budget during the 2010 legislative session.Fitzgerald said Senator Schmitz?s work to balance the budget without raising taxes was instrumental in ensuring a bright future for Iowa.?As we exit the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, things are looking good for
After 17 years as postmaster of the Batavia Post Office, Jo Dee Cottrell will retire at the end of the month.?Batavia people on the whole are just real nice people. I?m going to miss them,? Cottrell said.She got her start with the United States Postal Service as a clerk in Lockridge. Cottrell started there working part time, also helping out in Ottumwa and Fairfield, sorting mail and working the window. She was a
Republican candidate for governor Terry Branstad and state auditor David Vaudt were on the campaign trail in Fairfield Wednesday to discuss the state?s budget and fiscal responsibilities, after which the floor was open for questions. Several items of concern were discussed including health care costs, funding for education, property taxes, economic development and unemployment. Branstad said the state is now spending
A vote by the full Fairfield City Council is now all that stands between the would-be developer of an AmericInn hotel and roughly $700,000 in property tax incentives.?We want this hotel,? but the city has to be able to justify the incentives, councilman Ron Adam said Tuesday during a meeting of the council?s economic development committee. Based on figures provided by city administrator Jeff Clawson, the committee
ELDON ? The ?Lockkeeper?s House? just south of Eldon in the northeast corner of Davis county along the Des Moines River is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of this last year.The Lockkeeper?s House is a one- and three-quarter story limestone house about 18 feet by 36 feet, with two front doors on the long side. It faces the Des Moines River along the Old Iowaville Road.Locally it is said the
A lightning strike from the storm that went through Fairfield early Sunday morning set a family?s house on fire at 1010 Grand Park Drive.A neighbor, Mike Griffin, said after hearing a very loud thunder, he got up to investigate, fearing lightning could have struck his house. He didn?t find anything wrong at his home, but he did smell smoke and spotted a problem at the Jon and Heidi Grunwald home, and promptly dialed
The addition of medians at six of Fairfield?s eight railroad crossings is key to the establishment of a quiet zone under the plan recommended by Andy Mielke of SRF Consulting Group Inc.Members of the Fairfield City Council Public Safety and Transportation Committee plan to put the quiet zone proposal before the full council Monday night. Approval Monday would put the city on track to silence train horns by next
KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren Community School Board of Directors passed a resolution this week discontinuing its operation of a day care center at the Birmingham Early Childhood Center.Plans are for the day care to close Aug. 31 to allow families time to find alternative child care services.The board made the decision based on the recommendation of a subcommittee made up of parents, school board members and city
When Haley Hughes, right, planted this sunflower in mid-May it wasn?t quite 6 inches high. Wednesday morning, she and her little sister Hannah paused in their play to look up at the nearly 6-foot-tall plant. Hannah said, ?That sunflower is taller than Daddy!? The girls are anxious for it to bloom and look each day to see whether or not there is a yellow flower.For this photo, see the Thursday, July 1, 2010, printed
Each of the Fairfield and the Van Buren school boards voted to continue sharing the contract for a school-to-work supervisor in the coming school year.Van Buren will pay Julie Chapuis?s contract for the 2010-11 school year for a total personnel cost of $69,087.90 for a 197-day contract. Fairfield will contract one-fourth of the contract and pay $15,781.50 for Chapuis to provide work-related supervision/transition
Summer is the time for children to learn to swim if they don?t already have that skill. Above, lifeguard and teacher Dana Diers laughs as Gannon Scott, one of her students, takes a mighty leap from the lower diving board into the deep end of the pool. The municipal pool is busy now with lessons in the mornings ? although many of the summer swim classes are full, a few spots are still open in select groups. Fairfield
The Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors recently approved 2010-11 salaries for administrative personnel.The board members voted in December to freeze administrators? salaries the coming school year, except that the insurance package could change because of a districtwide change. The insurance savings is added to the salary.Superintendent Don Achelpohl?s salary is increasing from $127,400 to
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