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FAIRFIELD ? A tractor rollover yesterday in Jefferson County resulted in the death of Jordan Baker, 16, no address given, according to a press release from the Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office.At 6:15 p.m. on Monday, the Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to a 911 call, sending officers five miles south of Fairfield off of Highway 1 for a tractor rollover.Deputies responded and found that Baker was ...

WAYLAND ? The city of Wayland has made plans to celebrate the Fourth of July in a big way with events spanning the entire day.Following is a list of events with times and locations;6:30 ? 9:30 a.m. ? Lions Club breakfast at the Community Center7:30 a.m. ? Freedom Fun Run/Walk, starting at Central Park10:30 a.m. ? Parade on Main Street (?Hats off to America? theme)After parade ? Farmers and Merchants 75th ...

DEAR ABBY: My problem is my mother-in-law and her abundant use of perfume. The last time she visited, it was so bad we had to open our windows to air out the rooms. (This was in January in Minnesota.)My husband addressed the problem with her when I was pregnant, but now that the baby is here she?s back to her old habits.We are all sensitive to perfumes and get headaches when exposed to it. When she visits, we ...

By BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant News?Rex? didn?t have a chance.Steve Engberg said he was ?flabbergasted? the Mt. Pleasant City Council was even considering it.?Rex? is a seven-year-old German shorthaired pointer owned by the Mark Eads family of Mt. Pleasant. The dog has bitten a pair of people this year and the Mt. Pleasant Police Department has ordered the dog removed.Mark Eads requested a hearing on the order ...

Swedesburg hosted its annual Midsummer Celebration Tuesday night. The celebration is modeled after a similar Misommer celebration in Sweden, which marks the longest day of the year. This year's featured family was that of August and Maria Anderson. Anderson descendants are shown leading the majstang procession. Swedesburg?s event is sponsored by the Swedish Heritage Society.

Members of the Mt. Pleasant City Council will hear an appeal of the removal of a dog at a Mt. Pleasant residence.The appeal is one of the tentative agenda items for tonight?s meeting which begins at 7 p.m. at City Hall.Other business includes action on the approval of an engineering services agreement for a park sidewalk project and the awarding of a contract for a sanitary sewer lining project.

It did not take long for Henry, the five-week-old kitten rescued by Lauren Odman, a registered nurse in the emergency department at Henry County Health Center, to find a new home. After the story appeared in the News on Friday, Odman received over 30 calls and emails regarding the adoption. She said she could not have asked for a more perfect ending. Henry is pictured above with his new family, Shaena Powell of ...

DEAR ABBY: President John F. Kennedy proclaimed the ringing of the bells nationwide on Independence Day, July 4, 1963, with the words, ?Let?s ring freedom bells!? I was a White House special projects aide at the time, and I recall vividly how exciting it was when bells rang throughout the nation.I?m writing now to ask your help in getting the American people to ring bells again on this Fourth of July, and each ...