Obituaries

Fairfield Fire Department responded at 9:49 a.m. Tuesday to a carbon monoxide alarm at 18A Zimmerman Drive. Firefighters returned to the station at 10:19 a.m.

People from across southeast Iowa came together Thursday in Fairfield to talk about preserving the state?s natural resources.The group met in the Fairfield Public Library and talked about the state?s Resource Enhancement And Protection program. REAP is a program that provides grants for local communities to maintain or expand the soil, water quality and vegetation of the area.Six counties were represented at ...

MOUNT PLEASANT ? The second trial for an Agency man accused of murdering his pregnant wife is set to begin Monday at the Henry County Courthouse in Mount Pleasant after a Wapello County jury failed to return a unanimous verdict.Seth Andrew Techel, 22, faces charges of first-degree murder and nonconsensual termination of a human pregnancy in connection with the murder of his wife, Lisa Marie Techel.According to ...

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) ? As they try to understand what prompted a 12-year-old boy to open fire at his school, district officials were examining an anti-bullying video that includes a dramatization of a child taking a gun on a school bus to scare aggressors.The video, which uses the scene as an illustration of the wrong way to respond, was being studied as students and faculty members prepared to return to Sparks ...

BISMARCK, N.D. ? North Dakota, the nation?s No. 2 oil producer behind Texas, recorded nearly 300 oil pipeline spills in less than two years, state documents show. None was reported to the public, officials said.According to records obtained by The Associated Press, the pipeline spills, many of them small, are among some 750 ?oil field incidents? that have occurred since January 2012 without public notification.?...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Tea party favorite Sen. Ted Cruz took nothing short of a victory lap in his state of Texas this week, appearing before wildly supportive crowds that overlooked the fact that the Republican who led the charge to kill money for President Barack Obama?s health care law had failed.Now he?s coming to Iowa, where Republicans who will have the first say in the next presidential race are certain to ...

Amid incidents of pets dying from dog treats, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing long-awaited rules to make pet food and animal feed safer.The rules stem from a sweeping food safety law passed by Congress almost three years ago. Like rules proposed earlier this year for human food, they would focus on preventing contamination before it begins.The announcement comes as the FDA says it hasn?t yet ...

Iowa business owners can begin applying for a new property tax credit that was part of a tax reform package approved by the Legislature and signed by the governor earlier this year.The property tax credit applies to certain commercial, industrial, and railroad properties.The Legislative Services Agency has estimated that the maximum first year credit amount will be about $523.Lawmakers set aside $50 million to ...

DNA tests have confirmed that a Bulgarian Roma couple are the parents of a mysterious girl in Greece known as Maria, authorities said today.Genetic profiles of Sasha Ruseva and her husband, Atanas, matched that of the girl, said Svetlozar Lazarov, an Interior Ministry official.Ruseva has said she gave birth to a baby girl four years ago in Greece while working as an olive picker, and gave the child away because ...

Oregon-based Reser?s Fine Foods is recalling pre-packaged products that may be contaminated with Listeria.The items were made at a Topeka, Kan., plant. They vary widely and include such items as cole slaw, pimento spread and potato salad. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the items also include 22,800 pounds of products containing chicken, ham and beef.The company and federal officials announced Tuesday ...