Obituaries

State Rep. Curt Hanson represents Iowa House District 82, which includes most of Jefferson County and Davis and Van Buren counties, in the state Legislature.The following is his report for Week Eight of the 2015 Iowa Legislative session. Now that we have passed the first funnel deadline for legislation, the House and Senate are focused on debating through our list of eligible bills and sending those that pass ...

State Rep. Curt Hanson visits with the Fairfield Middle School robotics team at the FIRST Tech Challenge League Championship in Ottumwa on Feb. 7.

CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) ? A 24-year-old Marion man faces several charges following a collision with a patrol car being driven by a sheriff?s deputy in northeast Cedar Rapids neighborhood. The Linn County Sheriff?s Office says in a news release that the accident occurred around 4:50 p.m. on East Post Road. The release says a southbound vehicle driven by D?Andre Hicks went out of control and ran into the northbound ...

ATLANTIC (AP) ? A southwest Iowa mother convicted in a cancer hoax involving her 5-year-old daughter must make restitution totaling nearly $33,000, Seven claimants stepped forward at a restitution hearing on Wednesday in Cass County District Court to request around $10,000 total. Cass County Attorney David Wiederstein says Judge Greg Steensland didn?t rule on any of the claims. Once he rules, the total paid out ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following calls and incidents logged at dispatch: TuesdayA citizen reported that her gun permit and Iowa driver?s license were stolen last month. She advised that both went missing at different times, but the same person was at her house when she noticed they were gone.Frank Fritz, 51, was cited for speeding.The Fairfield Police Department received multiple calls ...

The Fairfield Police Department reports the following calls and incidents logged at dispatch: MondayThomas Hahn of Fairfield was arrested on his second offence of driving while intoxicated.A caller advised that a dead tree fell on a power line. Alliant Energy was advised. TuesdayA citizen reported that a young female in the street asked her for money. The subject told her that her boyfriend had kicked her ...

Agri-Industrial Plastics has steadily expanded its operations in the past 36 years, but now it?s taking a giant leap forward.The business is building a 104,000 square-foot facility south of its current office on North 22nd Street. Company president Lori Schaefer-Weaton said it is taller than most production facilities at 28 feet tall, which she said is necessary because of the size of the blow-molding machines ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? A 911 dispatcher is in trouble over his response to a mother who called for help after her 10-month-old son accidentally locked himself in her car, police said. Shana Dees said she put her son Jack in his car seat Saturday afternoon and when she went to move a shopping cart, Jack hit the lock button on the keychain remote, The Tampa Tribune (http://bit.ly/1mR1C8l) reported. She called 911 ...

Jefferson County Health Center patient and clinical care directors want to ease the minds of the public when it comes to Tenco?s new crisis stabilization home.?Anyone seen as a danger to themselves or others will not be admitted [to the crisis home],? said JCHC Outpatient Director Curtis Smith. ?Sometimes patients just need to be placed for 24 to 48 hours to help them get through a crisis they are dealing ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) ? A young man on camera names the person who?s challenged him to dump the contents of a bucket over his head. But in a twist on the ice bucket challenge, this man is soon drenched in frothy, soapy water ? part of a campaign to raise awareness about Ebola prevention in West Africa. Ivory Coast?s ?Lather Against Ebola? campaign, catchy songs and comedy are being used by West Africans to ...