Obituaries

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office is investigating a burglary/breaking and entering that occurred to a residence in Batavia sometime between 2 a.m. and 5 p.m. Feb. 10. Forcible entry on a door was used. Several tools were stolen, valued at a total of $8,447.

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded at 6:07 p.m. Saturday to a two-vehicle accident on Packwood Road, about a half-mile north of Highway 34.Raymond Steffen, 48, of Ottumwa, was driving a semi-tractor trailer south on Packwood Road.Heath Huggins, 34, of Bloomfield, was driving a Jeep north on Packwood Road. He told deputies he tried to make more room for the semi by moving right, and the Jeep fell off ...

Fairfield Police Department responded to a two-vehicle accident at 1:11 p.m. Friday at West Grimes Avenue and North 16th Street. Danny Jo Campbell, 64, of Fairfield, was driving a 2000 Dodge Caravan north on 16th Street and tried to stop at the stop sign. He was unable to stop because of ice and snow, and collided with a 1999 Fruehauf semi-tractor trailer traveling east on Grimes Avenue, driven by Gale Austin ...

Fairfield Fire Department responded at 11:54 p.m. Friday to a report of smoke in a house at 601 N. Third St. Investigation found clothes with oil burned in the clothes dryer. Firefighters ventilated the home and returned to the station at 12:35 a.m. Saturday.

After the community?s successful 500 Christmas food box giveaway, Jefferson County?s food pantry, The Lord?s Cupboard, served more people in January than any single month in its history, said Laura Cohen, director.She sent out a flier stating supplies of non-perishable foods are dwindling, and in honor of National Canned Food Month, the community is invited to ?Cram the Cupboard,? this month with food for the ...

All events sponsored by the Fairfield Parks and Recreation Department that were scheduled to take place today have been canceled.The canceled events include youth tennis, gymnastics/trampoline, volleyball and evening fitness classes.

Twenty-three hundred customers in Washington, Jefferson, and Henry counties were without power this morning.According to Ryan Stensland, spokesman for Alliant Energy, the outage happened about 8:29 a.m.?ITC Midwest has a transmission line in the area and another line either laid on top of it or sent a transmission through it and the transmission line didn?t recognize it so it shut itself off,? Stensland said. ...

MUSCATINE (AP) ? A coal-fueled power plant in eastern Iowa has closed and will be demolished to make way for green space.The Muscatine Journal reports that the CIPCO Fair Station near Montpelier burned the last of its coal on Nov. 2. The closure of the station will mean the loss of 23 jobs.Kathy Breheny, a spokeswoman for the cooperative, says the plant is closing because it was built in the 1960s and isn?t ...

Fairfield City Council member Michael Halley and Fairfield Sustainability Coordinator Scott Timm were invited by Iowa Department of Natural Resources to attend a conference in Burlington Thursday to share their expertise.?We were invited to speak to a group of more than 100 arborists, city officials and city foresters about Fairfield?s Urban Tree Plan,? said Halley. ?The DNR likes how Fairfield is conducting an ...

DUBUQUE (AP) ? The Dubuque City Council is considering applying for nearly $100 million in state tax incentives as part of a huge flood-mitigation project that could stretch over more than 20 years.City officials estimate the Bee Branch Creek restoration project, which will cost nearly $180 million, could prevent an estimated $582 million in damages over its 100-year design life. It includes enhancing sewer ...