LOS ANGELES (AP) — A measles outbreak traced to Disney theme parks in California led to warnings against visiting the happiest place on Earth if tourists or their children have not been vaccinated against the highly contagious respiratory disease that has sickened 70 people.
New infections linked to the theme parks emerged Wednesday in the outbreak that has spread to five U.S. states and Mexico, though the vast ...
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Measles outbreak tied to Disneyland parks
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Police
The Fairfield Police Department reports the following calls and incidents logged at dispatch:
Monday
An officer stopped a subject who was walking in the middle of the street. The subject said that he didn’t want to walk on the sidewalk because a horse on the sidewalk had trampled him. The officer explained that he had not seen a horse in Fairfield on the sidewalk, and that it was probably safe. The officer ...
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No. 20 Northern Iowa beats Indiana State 66-60
CEDAR FALLS (AP) — Northern Iowa spent the past two weeks cruising through the Missouri Valley Conference.
Indiana State pushed the Panthers until the final seconds.
Matt Bohannon hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 points, Seth Tuttle had 12 of his 16 points in the second half, and 20th-ranked Northern Iowa held off Indiana State 66-60 on Wednesday night for its sixth straight victory.
Jeremy Morgan had 11 points ...
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Iowa-based Long Lines sold to Indiana media company
SERGEANT BLUFF (AP) — Communications services provider Long Lines has been sold to South Bend, Indiana-based Schurz Communications.
The Sioux City Journal reports that Schurz plans to operate Long Lines as a stand-alone division and retain its staff. Terms of the deal announced Tuesday were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close by April 1.
Family owned Long Lines traces its roots to 1941, when Art ...
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Lady Panthers pick up two home victories
The Pekin Lady Panthers basketball team hosted a pair of games on Jan 15 and Friday. They came out with two victories, dismantling Wapello one night, and Louisa-Muscatine the next.
Pekin 69, Wapello 35
PACKWOOD – Pekin jumped all over Wapello in the opening 16 minutes of the game. The Lady Panthers smothered Wapello with an offensive and defensive attack they’ve been using against opponents all season. Pekin put ...
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Two Dubuque women charged in baby Jesus figurine theft
DUBUQUE (AP) — Police say two Dubuque women have been arrested on accusations they stole a baby Jesus figurine last month from a church's outdoor Nativity scene.
Thirty-five-year-old Sarah Maus and 19-year-old Taiana Butler are each charged with one count of fourth-degree theft for nabbing the figurine from the Church of the Resurrection.
Surveillance footage showed a person taking the figurine and getting into ...
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Ex-Des Moines police chief supports use of body cameras
DES MOINES (AP) — A former Des Moines police chief says he thinks the next person in the job should advocate for the use of body cameras and speak more with residents.
Bill Moulder was Des Moines's police chief between 1984 and 2003, and he now runs a police management consulting firm.
He tells The Des Moines Register that in a post-Ferguson climate, the police chief should support the use of body cameras.
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An introduction to Jarrod Peterson
I come to Fairfield by way of Plymouth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin. I grew up in Plymouth, a city of 80,000 and a suburb about 15 miles west of Minneapolis. I graduated from Wayzata High School in 2009. Nearly 1,000 kids were in my graduating class. I played basketball and football in high school. I quit football before my junior year to focus on basketball. I had no collegiate offers to play basketball ...
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Firefighters injured in fire at Iowa meat facility
IOWA FALLS (AP) — Several firefighters have been treated for smoke inhalation injuries following a fire at a plant in Iowa Falls.
KWWL-TV reports the Cargill Plant caught fire Wednesday night, causing thick smoke to surround the facility and slow rescue efforts. Several fire and safety crews from area departments responded to put out the fire at the grain processing plant.
Officials say they believe the fire ...
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Experts say thefts of ATMs becoming more common in Iowa
CLIVE (AP) — Security experts have said thefts of ATMs are becoming more common in Iowa because weapons and interaction with others aren't necessary during the crime.
People see ATMs as attractive targets because stealing one is like robbing a bank without having to point a gun at anyone, officials told KCCI-TV today.
"They perceive that as less of a crime, and therefore less of a risk so if they go in and they ...
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Branstad-backed effort will promote renewable fuels
DES MOINES (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has announced a coalition aimed at convincing presidential candidates visiting Iowa to support the use of renewable fuels like ethanol.
The Republican governor said today the multimillion-dollar effort will educate Iowa voters and 2016 presidential hopefuls about the Renewable Fuel Standard. The 2007 federal law requires oil companies to blend renewables into gasoline as part ...
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Light at end of tunnel dims for gas prices
Average retail gasoline prices in Iowa have fallen 3.9 cents per gallon since Jan. 12, averaging $1.93 a gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,036 gas outlets in Iowa.
This compares with the national average that has fallen 5.8 cents per gallon since Jan. 12 to $2.05 per gallon, according to GasBuddy’s website, GasBuddy.com.
Including the change in gas prices in Iowa during the past week, ...
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Jefferson County to launch emergency alert system
In March, Jefferson County will join the 68 other counties in the state that implemented Alert Iowa — a statewide mass notification and emergency-messaging system launched October 2014.
Alert Iowa is a free emergency messaging system used by state and local authorities to quickly broadcast emergency information to residents in counties that use the system.
Citizens are eligible to sign up for the messages ...
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Optimae to open recovery center
In an effort to support the ongoing needs of those recovering from mental health treatment, Optimae LifeServices is partnering with Jefferson County Mental Health to open a new recovery center in February.
The center, which will be housed in an existing building just east of Optimae’s main building on West Burlington Avenue, will offer structured and non structured group support, one on one peer support, wellness ...
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Artist gives back
Fairfield High School junior Wava Jarr created this mural, which is hanging in the northwest hallway near the commons at Fairfield Middle School. Jarr is one of many high school students to create art featured in the middle school. FMS sixth grade social studies teacher Justin Copeland said the goal of these projects is for the art students to give something back to FMS and to brighten up the hallways at the school.
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Fairfield School Menu: Jan. 26-30, 2015
Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week.
Monday — breakfast at all schools: assorted cereals, cereal bars/Nutri-Grain Bars, orange juice/milk. Lunch: sloppy joe on bun, sweet potato fries, green beans, fresh orange, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.
Tuesday — breakfast at the middle and high schools: assorted cereals, ...
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Congregate Meals: January 26-30, 2015
Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the coming week.
Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the Lockridge senior center.
Monday — hamburger on wheat hamburger bun, potato wedge, sliced carrots, spinach and mandarin orange salad, strawberry and banana.
Tuesday — glazed ham ball, baked potato with sour ...
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Friends of the Library planning book sale
Friends of Fairfield Public Library will hold its biannual book sale Jan. 31 through Feb. 15.
The sale will be in the Fairfield Public Library during library hours: 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 1-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Friends also is offering a members-only early-bird preview from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 30. New members can register at the door. ...
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Fairfield students play with honor band
About 800 students from Southeast Iowa arrived Jan. 10 at Fairfield High School in hopes of being accepted to attend the SEIBA Honor Band Festival.
Each year, the Southeast Iowa Bandmasters Association sponsors the auditions in Fairfield. This year, there were 24 audition centers, with approximately 400 students auditioning for two junior high bands; more than 300 students auditioning for the high school concert ...
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‘Intermediate iPhone’ at Tech Tuesdays
Fairfield Public Library’s Technology Tuesdays is offering a new workshop, “Intermediate iPhone.”
The new workshop will be presented two times: 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesday at the library. The content is repeated, so there is no need to attend both sessions.
The workshop will be taught by the library’s in-house computer technician, Michael Cacioppo.
Cacioppo said attendees will learn how intermediate tricks and ...
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