Obituaries

SAUGUS, Mass. (AP) ? The giant orange dinosaur seen by thousands of motorists a day on U.S. Route 1 in Saugus, Massachusetts, has been saved from extinction.Some feared the 20-foot dinosaur would disappear because the miniature golf course on which it has stood since 1958 was sold to a developer, who plans on building apartments, a hotel and retail space at the site.But project partner Michael Barsamian tells ...

With a trembling voice and teary eyes, Fairfield resident Maggie Ronan described her first-hand account of Hurricane Katrina ? one of the five deadliest storms in the nation?s history that tore through the Gulf Coast claiming more than 1,200 lives. A resident of Gulf Shores, Alabama at the time, Ronan traveled with her church to New Orleans, Louisiana, to reach out to the masses who were without the most basic ...

Jefferson County?s Special Response Team was called into action early this morning during a four-hour standoff with an armed subject believed to be dangerous. According to a press release from the Jefferson County Attorney?s Office, the incident began when the Jefferson County Law Center received a 911 call reporting a male subject, later identified as Kelley Robinson, age 45, at 2089 Libertyville Road had ...

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa paid a visit to Jefferson County Tuesday when she visited the Fairfield CoLab.Ernst met with the co-lab?s board of directors and other co-lab members. Fairfield Economic Development Association economic project coordinator Joshua Laraby guided her through a PowerPoint presentation detailing the co-lab?s history, explaining how it was renovated and what it is used for today. He said ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following incidents logged into dispatch: Tuesday8:18 a.m. ? A citizen advised of a theft occurring sometime between 5 p.m. Monday and the time of the call at the Landmark Inn on Main Street. Various tools were taken from an unlocked room that was being worked on. Officers have no suspects or leads at this time.9:41 a.m. ? A subject advised that a 2-year-old child ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? A divided Iowa Supreme Court on Friday banned judges from imposing life prison sentences without the possibility of parole on juveniles convicted of first-degree murder. The court ruled 4-3 that the sentence amounts to cruel and unusual punishment under the Iowa Constitution. Even juveniles who commit the most heinous crimes should someday have the option of proving to the Iowa Board of Parole ...

NEWTON (AP) ? An Iowa couple faces child endangerment and drug charges after police say they were caught riding in a vehicle driven by a 13-year-old. The Newton Daily News reports that 51-year-old Paul Deaton and 48-year-old Jacqualine Deaton of Colfax were arrested after the vehicle was stopped around 2:15 p.m. Sunday. Authorities say a Jasper County sheriff?s deputy noticed a heavy odor of marijuana coming ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? Johnson County officials say they aren?t surprised that a new study has recognized the county as a hot spot for organic food. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that a Pennsylvania State University study released Wednesday by agricultural economist Ted Jaenicke named Johnson County and five other Iowa counties as organic hot spots. They were identified as having high levels of organic agricultu...

DES MOINES (AP) ? A Texas company is asking utility regulators to expedite a permit to build the Bakken oil pipeline through 18 counties in Iowa, including Jefferson and Van Buren counties. Last week, the Iowa Utilities Board voted unanimously to approve plans by Dakota Access LLC for a pipeline that would transport up to 570,000 barrels of crude oil daily from North Dakota?s Bakken oil fields to Patoka, ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following incidents logged into dispatch: Thursday12:29 a.m. ? A security officer at Maharishi University of Management reported that a citizen advised him that someone is going through cars in Utopia Park just east of Utopia Way. Officers checked the area for suspicious activity, but no one was located. Campus security advised that they would contact police if ...