Obituaries

DES MOINES (AP) ? MidAmerican Energy says a wind turbine being built in southern Iowa will be the nation?s tallest. The Des Moines Register reports the utility is building the turbine in Adams County as part of a 64-turbine development that should be completed by the end of the year. Unlike regular towers built of steel, the taller tower will be concrete. The tower will rise to 377 feet, compared to a typical ...

NEW YORK (AP) ? Ask a roomful of people to take out their phones, and you?re bound to see several with cracked screens.Despite engineering breakthroughs, screen breakage has become a part of life, the leading type of phone damage.In part, we?re to blame. We want phones that are bigger, yet thinner, offsetting strides made in strengthening glass. We also want phones to be sleek: A phone that?s rugged enough to ...

OTTUMWA (AP) ? A murder trial has been delayed for a 31-year-old man accused of fatally beating another man outside a bar in Ottumwa. The trial is scheduled to begin Nov. 3 for Kendrick Jackson. It had been set to begin Oct. 6. Jackson is accused of beating Maekele Hagos outside The Elbow Room on Sept. 7 last year. Authorities say Hagos died later at a hospital in Iowa City. Jackson?s attorneys have filed ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The fabled Goodyear Blimp is retiring.But don?t fret, blimp fans. That big, cigar-shaped thing you?ve seen floating over sports events all your life will still be there. It will also remain instantly recognizable with its blue-and-gold Goodyear logo emblazoned across the side.It just won?t be, well, technically, a blimp.But that?s OK, too, because from the ground it won?t look much different ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following incidents logged into dispatch: Wednesday11:04 a.m. ? A no-injury accident occurred at 20th Street and Jefferson Avenue. Linda Mullikin, 72, admitted to running a stop sign that caused an accident with Rose Weeks. Damages to both vehicles were estimated at $1,000. Millikin was cited for the accident.2:44 p.m. ? A caller advised that a subject purposely hit ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Former President George W. Bush returned Friday to New Orleans ? the scene of one of his presidency?s lowest points ? to tout the region?s recovery from the nation?s costliest natural disaster on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. He and Laura Bush visited the oldest public school in the city ? Warren Easton Charter High School, which was closed for a year because of storm damage and ...

The Fairfield City Council approved a couple of resolutions at its meeting Monday entering into agreements with downtown business owners who have promised to renovate their building?s façades. The Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded the city up to $500,000 in matching grant funds through a Community Development Block Grant for business owners around the square to restore their façades. The city agreed to ...

?My mom and dad keep saying they are proud of me, but I?m not proud ? I?m proud that someone else is happy,? said 9-year-old Fairfield resident Carley Seeley, who single-handedly raised $1,000 this year for a non-profit organization that supports military veterans with service dogs.?I feel so good because I know that I?m helping somebody?s life,? she said.Carley has been raising funds for the Des Moines-based ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Authorities say a Des Moines police officer is recovering from injuries suffered in a collision between his patrol car and a pickup. The accident occurred around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Police say the officer was heading east to the scene of an investigation when his car collided at an intersection with the southbound pickup. A police spokesman, Sgt. Paul Parizek, says the officer was knocked out ...

A bulldozer pushes away the concrete that once constituted a parking lot on the north side of the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center. A new parking lot will be built north of the new indoor gymnasium, which is expected to open in early 2016.