Tenco offers options for redeeming, donating cans
Tenco Industries Inc.’s Fairfield facility has developed a couple of alternative options for redeeming or donating pop cans and bottles. Donation boxes are now available at the Fairfield and Ottumwa...
View ArticleElevate Advanced Manufacturing campaign promoting careers, educational pathways
OTTUMWA — Indian Hills Community College has joined with the Iowa-Advanced Manufacturing Consortium and Iowa Association of Business and Industry to announce the launch of a new campaign to promote...
View ArticleLoebsack letter
This spring, Iowa again saw rising rivers and streams across the state due to record levels of rainfall. As Iowans, the threat of flooding never seems far away, and it’s only getting worse. Each time...
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Whithams celebrating 50th wedding anniversary
Kenny and Karen Whitham of rural Fairfield will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house hosted by their children, family and friends from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Prairie View United...
View ArticleNuke unit fails key security test
An Air Force unit that operates one-third of the nation’s land-based nuclear missile force has failed a safety and security inspection, marking the second major setback this year for a force charged...
View ArticleArea residents win at state fair
Several area residents have earned honors at the 2013 Iowa State Fair, which opened Thursday and continues through Sunday in Des Moines. Cindy Veldhuizen of Fairfield placed second in the Ladies’...
View ArticleAlbuquerque hopes ‘Breaking Bad’ ending a start
It’s been five years of meth addicts, deadly shootings, violent drug traffickers and hidden secrets of the desert. And throughout the filming of AMC hit television series “Breaking Bad” in...
View ArticleSheriff office will enforce enhanced road presence
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office will participate in the statewide sTEP Wave Enforcement program throughout county roads. Iowa’s “Drive Sober or Be Pulled Over” enhanced law enforcement presence on...
View ArticlePublic meeting
TUESDAY Packwood City Council — Packwood Fire Station Community Room, 7 p.m.; Approval of bills for payment; Approve July minutes; discuss RAGBRAI; discuss permanent RAGBRAI ordinance; discuss street...
View ArticleHigh-speed chase leads to arrests
FORT MADISON – An escapee from the state prison in Fort Madison led Washington County Sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase in excess of 100 mph in a stolen car Friday night which tried to ram a...
View ArticleTrial ordered in University of Iowa medical study lawsuit
IOWA CITY (AP) — A trial has been ordered in a lawsuit that alleges doctors at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics conducted an experimental brain stimulation therapy that left a patient’s face...
View ArticleDeadline looms for Rubio
RUBIO – Property owners in Richmond and Rubio who need to comply with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources private septic systems regulations will soon receive a letter from the Washington County...
View ArticleSaturday’s Iowa traffic crash toll rises to eight
DES MOINES (AP) — The Saturday traffic crash toll has risen to eight with the death of a 62-year-old Des Moines man who’d been driving his motorcycle with his wife. The Des Moines Register reports...
View ArticleNames released of three killed in eastern Iowa
KEYSTONE (AP) — Authorities say the three people who were killed in an eastern Iowa collision were from Cedar Rapids. The Benton County Sheriff’s office identified the three as 3-year-old Haley...
View ArticleIowa scam: Cash sought for slain cousins
EVANSDALE (AP) — Scammers have been going from door-to-door in some parts of Black Hawk County, seeking cash they say is for two slain cousins. Elizabeth Collins was 8 and Lyric Cook was 10 when they...
View ArticleTrial set for Iowa man accused of killing father
MASON CITY (AP) — A trial has been scheduled to begin Sept. 24 for a Mason City man charged with killing his father. A written plea of not guilty was submitted on Monday for 42-year-old Thomas Barlas...
View ArticleIowa group stranded in Kenya is back home
MAQUOKETA (AP) — Some eastern Iowa high school students have returned home after being stranded in Kenya after an airport fire. The Quad-City Times says the 26 students and chaperones from Maquoketa...
View ArticleApartment complex nears approval
The Fairfield City Council voted 4-2 Monday to pass the second reading of an ordinance to rezone the former Nelson Nursing Home on West Taylor Avenue from R-2 to R-3. The change would allow the...
View ArticleHomeowners pay more taxes than state requires
Jefferson County Assessor Sheri Blough wants homeowners to pay attention to their property tax bill that comes from the county treasurer’s office and paid to the treasurer’s office headed by Terri...
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Rules reminder
Fairfield streets department superintendent Darrel Bisgard removes a railroad tie from a heap of rubbish Monday afternoon at the compost pile on South 20th Street in Fairfield. Bisgard said the...
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