Obituaries

LITTLE COLORADO RIVER GORGE, Ariz. (AP) ? Nik Wallenda studied the plunging walls of the Little Colorado River Gorge before stepping out on a quarter-mile tightrope cable. ?Whoo! That?s an amazing view.?With that observation, the aerialist embarked Sunday afternoon on a walk without a safety net or harness, 1,500 feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge in northeastern Arizona.The successful, 22-minute walk ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office reports a deer/vehicle accident with no personal injuries at 10:21 p.m. Thursday on Highway 34 approximately 0.25 mile east of exit 210.

Fairfield Police Department arrested Matthew Ronald White, 19, of 801 S. Sixth St., at 9:01 p.m. Thursday in the 200 block of West Fillmore Avenue. He is charged with possession of a controlled substance, marijuana.Geoffrey Joshua Webb, 13, of 202 S. Fifth St., was cited at 11:55 a.m. Thursday at the law center for credit cards (credit card fraud more than $1,000) and forgery (credit card fraud less than ...

Fairfield Fire Department responded to a resident?s complaint of smoke at 406 W. Washington Ave. at 2:25 p.m. Tuesday. A firefighter was flagged down driving past for a complaint about a resident burning something in the yard. Owner was advised to put the fire out.

AMES ? The Iowa Department of Transportation is announcing that its popular ?IA Driver Test? app, a practice test for the real written exam that applicants must take to get their driver?s license, is now available for Kindle devices.The app will generate 25 questions, randomly chosen from among 69 included in the real knowledge test given at any Iowa driver?s license station. Users can repeat the test as often ...

Fairfield Fire Department responded at 9:27 a.m. Sunday to 703 E. Pierce Ave., for a limb on a power line. Firefighters stood by for Alliant, and returned to the station by 10:35 a.m.An automatic alarm sounded at 4:32 a.m. Saturday at 2057 Kiowa Ave. The alarm was called off within a minute.

The 2013 Dexter Laundry Inc. scholarships recently were presented to six students by Andy Kretz, Dexter Laundry president.The scholarships are awarded annually to sons or daughters of employees of Dexter Laundry. The scholarships are based on scholastic achievement, community involvement and on the student?s parent?s service to the company.Students receiving scholarships included Mason Carnahan, son of Blake ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? A bill designed to crack down on so-called cyberbullying failed to advance in the Legislature this year, but Gov. Terry Branstad plans to keep working to toughen Iowa's anti bullying laws.Branstad said Thursday that he plans to hold another state summit on bullying, as he did last fall, and will try to get something passed next year.?It's one of the big challenges kids have. We've had suicides....

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested three young adults from Ottumwa in Batavia at 7:57 p.m. Friday on drug charges. Michael James Conlin, 27, Britny Nicole Jackson, 23, and Michael Paul Bibby, 27, were each charged with conspiracy to manufacture more than 5 grams of methamphetamine. Jackson also was charged with driving while suspended, revoked, canceled or denied.Austin Wayne Countryman, 20, of Hillsboro,...

A judge today accepted James Holmes? plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation of the Colorado theater shooting suspect.The court clerk placed a written advisory of the ground rules of the plea before Holmes so he could follow it as Judge Carlos Samour Jr. read through all 18 points.When Samour asked if he had any questions, Holmes answered ?no? in a clear, firm ...