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Jefferson County Board of Supervisors approved speed limits of 45 mph on 170th Street between Juniper and Iris avenues and on Jasmine Avenue between 170th and 180th streets.?I did a study that shows the area has the character of a suburban area and the 55 mph speed limit can be lowered to 45 mph,? said Jefferson County Engineer Scott Cline Monday at the regular board meeting.?Next summer the Department of ...

Fairfield High School senior Jorge Whitley is in the top 2 percent out of more than 250,000 000 Hispanic/Latino students and he was named a National Hispanic Recognition Scholar.?It?s based on ACT/SAT [college entrance exams] scores, GPA and rigor of courses taken in high school,? said Whitley.Students considered are from the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Mariana Islands and the ...

ELDON ? The city of Eldon held a primary election Tuesday to narrow four candidates for mayor to two.Incumbent Mayor Shirley Stacey, with 73 votes, and challenger Sean Coulter with 117 votes, will be on the Nov. 5 municipal elections ballot in Eldon.Mayoral challengers Dave Bowen had 27 votes Tuesday and Tommy Reaves received nine votes.All Eldon city council seats are up for re-election in November.City ...

Jefferson County Supervisor Becky Schmitz shared Monday about a United Way database, 2-1-1, available for anyone to access free and confidential at anytime, online at FirstCallForHelpIowa.org or by calling 211.Schmitz distributed a flier with the phone numbers and website, offering assistance in several categories. Anyone can call or visit the website to find community resources, from basic human needs ? food, ...

The September compliance check among 20 retailers selling alcohol had a 70 percent passing rate, which is too low, Don Sanders executive director of Jefferson County Alcohol Consumption Task Force told the county board of supervisors today.?It was a 10 percent improvement over the April compliance check,? Sanders said. ?But it?s still not acceptable. Six retailers were cited for serving alcohol to our underage ...

A local resident contacted The Ledger about a phone scam received from 813-882-4549 at his place of business to buy light bulbs.?The caller gave the name Michelle Hike and asked if I was the person responsible for purchasing light bulbs,? the resident emailed. ?She said I was referred by a co-worker, Phil. Our business doesn?t have anyone named Phil.?I asked for a phone number to call her back, she told me she ...

His Facebook cover photo is reminiscent of Forest Gump running across America, and that is no accident; Noah Coughlan, 29, of Vacaville, Calif., is more than halfway through his second coast-to-coast run.Unlike the movie character Forest Gump, Coughlan does not have fellow runners and for this 2013 run, he doesn?t even have a support vehicle.In his first run across America in 2011, he had a support vehicle. ...

The county has installed a double-box culvert on the gravel portion of Brookville Road.?Detour signs have been removed, the roads are open,? said Jefferson County Engineer Scott Cline Monday. ?The fencing and seeding is finished. We had to put down some more rock, which was dust-controlled. The culvert has a floodgate with float levels installed. We?ll put up corner markers with reflectors, [because] this ...

Jefferson County supervisors opened four bids today for a three-year lease of 106 acres of county-owned farmland and awarded the lease to the highest bid, an annual $36,290, or $342.36 per acre per year from J.A. Farm Enterprises.The other bids were $30,740, $26,182 and $24,011.The three-year lease ending Feb. 1 had been an annual $19,400 since 2011.?Steve Greiner had the latest contract and did a very good ...

Fairfield High School is adding a new event to homecoming this year ? an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament will kickoff Thursday Rally Night at Trojan Stadium with parents, high school students and school district staff members forming and joining teams.?The Ultimate Frisbee Tournament is replacing the jersey auction,? said Jeff Courtright, activities director. ?I met with the student council and advisors, and ...