Court
The following court cases were processed at the Jefferson County Courthouse. District Court Justin Wayne Haile, 20, of Ollie, pleaded guilty to third degree burglary and received a deferred judgment...
View ArticleFire forces mountain town to evacuate
Artist Lewis Millett didn’t need much more than an order to leave his longtime Idyllwild mountain home after seeing 100 foot flames marching toward the mile-high hamlet that draws tourists, summer...
View ArticleIDOT offers mobile app of interactive bike map
The Iowa Department of Transportation is making quick shifts in travel plans a little easier for bicyclists by activating a mobile version of its popular interactive bike map. Explore this interactive...
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‘Annie Get Your Gun’
Way Off Broadway’s second presentation this season, “Annie Get Your Gun,” opens at 7:30 p.m. today at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center’s Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts....
View ArticlePublic meetings
MONDAY Jefferson County Board of Supervisors — Jefferson County Courthouse, first floor meeting room, 9 a.m.: meet with county engineer; discuss/consider disposition of bids for deck repair on...
View ArticleWells Fargo to lay off 58 workers in Des Moines
DES MOINES (AP) — Wells Fargo & Co. says 58 workers in its home mortgage division in Des Moines have received layoff notices. Company spokeswoman Vickee Adams said Thursday that the layoffs are a...
View ArticleReport: Iowa’s unemployment rate at 4.6 percent
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa's unemployment rate in June remained unchanged from the previous month at 4.6 percent. A U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows the rate remained the same despite the...
View ArticleState considers further aid for fertilizer plant
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa economic development officials are considering whether to give an Egyptian company additional tax incentives for spending nearly $2 billion to build a fertilizer plant in...
View ArticleElectric board reconsiders farm building inspections
DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Electrical Examining Board is expected to decide Aug. 15 whether Iowa farm buildings must be inspected. The Des Moines Register says the board weighed conflicting opinions...
View ArticleIowa governor calls agent’s firing ‘fair and just’
DES MOINES (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad on Thursday called the firing of a veteran criminal investigator “fair and just,” asserting that it had nothing to do with the agent's complaint about speeding by...
View ArticleFormer Iowa doctor in sex case receives sentence
DAVENPORT (AP) — A former Muscatine doctor who was accused of prescribing drugs to his patients in exchange for sex was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison. David Gierlus, 60, of Illinois...
View ArticleDirector briefs school board on Career Academy
Fairfield Community School District has the first year of a Career Academy program under its belt with the participating school districts, Indian Hills Community College and area businesses growing a...
View ArticleStreets to close for RAGBRAI
As the city prepares for an influx of as many as 25,000 people on July 26 for RAGBRAI, Fairfield residents should be mindful of road closures, detours and traffic delays. Terry Baker, assistant...
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Splish-splash
Toddlers at Community Childcare cooled down Wednesday by playing in several water tables. From left, Logan Carroll, Colton Wiley, Grant Stanford, and Brooke Stickels shed their clothes and spent the...
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Strolling through town
Delaney Pulczinski and her “Nana” took a leisurely stroll through Central Park Tuesday evening while the Fairfield Municipal Band played. Delaney, from Colorado, is in Fairfield visiting her...
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Whacking weeds
The Fairfield Beautification Commission met Thursday and decided it wanted to see a few more weeds leave Fairfield “the old fashioned way” – uprooted by hand. As a finale to the commission’s...
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Van Buren advances with breezy 13-2 win
The Van Buren Warrior baseball team made easy work of its second-round playoff opponent Winfield-Mount Union Thursday. The Warriors won the game 13-2 to advance to the district final Saturday. The...
View ArticleNew trial set for men alleging wrongful conviction
DES MOINES (AP) — A federal judge says two Omaha, Neb., men who are suing the city of Council Bluffs and two former police detectives for wrongful conviction, will get a joint trial instead of two...
View ArticleGirl drowns at Mount Pleasant Aquatic Center
MOUNT PLEASANT – Mount Pleasant police are investigating the death of a seven-year-old girl Friday, July 19, at the Mount Pleasant Aquatic Center. Jazmine Roth-Himes, 7, Mount Pleasant, was pronounced...
View ArticleRAGBRAI riders on their way
The countdown to RAGBRAI ended early Sunday morning when the first riders left Council Bluffs and began the 54.8 mile trek to Harlan, passing through Underwood, Neola, Minden, Shelby and Tennant....
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