Ex-firefighter gets 10 more years in prison
BOONE (AP) — A former volunteer firefighter convicted of setting two more fires in Iowa has been given 10 more years in prison. Des Moines television station KCCI says 20-year-old Brett Graham was...
View ArticleBranstad to testify before EPA on fuel standards
DES MOINES (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad will go to Virginia this week to testify against a proposal to reduce the amount of ethanol required to be blended into gasoline. Branstad announced his plans...
View ArticleBoard grants parole to ill inmate
DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Parole Board has granted some freedom to a dying inmate who was 15 when she entered prison. The Des Moines Register reports the board granted parole Tuesday to 33-year-old...
View ArticlePolice to select 12 people to bow hunt in Fairfield
The city of Fairfield will be allowing a trial deer hunt on two weekends. The first weekend that hunters will be allowed to hunt deer within city limits is Dec. 28-29, and the second weekend is Jan....
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Plans underway to remove ash trees
The city of Fairfield and Alliant Energy are partnering to remove ash trees from the city-owned parking. Alliant Energy line clearance inspector Morgan Poole met with Fairfield public works...
View ArticleTask force preparing for second vote
Timing is important for the Fairfield outdoor pool and new gymnasium project, task force chairman Tom McMahon told the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors Monday. McMahon and task force members...
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Trojan boys defeat Oskaloosa to begin basketball season
It’s a new season, and it definitely shows. Last season, the Trojans were thumped 46-31 by an Oskaloosa team that would only win three games all season. Fairfield returned the favor Monday with a...
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Round two
Fairfield resident Timothy Laughrin steps into the voting booth this morning at the Jefferson County Courthouse. Residents will decide whether Patrick Bosold or Douglas Flournoy will replace Connie...
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McClure, Greiner power Fairfield girls to a win
It appeared to be Fairfield’s game from the opening tip. The Trojans (3-1) defeated Oskaloosa 43-28 in a game that could easily have been higher scoring. Fairfield shot only 25 percent from the field...
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Fairfield Police Department arrested Darrell Roberts Jr. 34, of Fairfield at 12:34 p.m. Tuesday at the law center when he came there to have his guns returned that had been seized. He was arrested and...
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Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to an accident at 5:59 p.m. Tuesday at Highway 34/163 and Filbert Avenue. Dale Ray Dolberg of Packwood, driving a 2012 Ford Escape, was pulling onto Highway...
View ArticlePublic art project elicits profound, profane
It is public art made of private wishes. In a phenomenon spreading across the globe, oversized blackboards, painted on buildings and freestanding displays, invite passers-by to complete the sentence:...
View ArticleIn your face, selfie! ‘Science’ also tops for 2013
Look alive, selfie. There’s another word of the year that’s not all about you. While Oxford University Press, the British publisher of the Oxford dictionaries, declared those little smartphone...
View ArticleCold front, low wind chills, move through today
The national weather service in the Quad Cities reports a very strong cold front will sweep through eastern Iowa early this afternoon and Illinois later this afternoon, ending any remaining fog. The...
View ArticlePekin, Cardinal, Van Buren all play on busy night for hoops
Pekin falls to Lone Tree to begin year The Pekin Panthers lost to begin the season 70-61 Tuesday on the road in Lone Tree. Jared Bond led the Panthers with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Cade Millikin...
View ArticleGirls' basketball heats up with Pekin, Cardinal, Van Buren all in action
Pekin wins over Lone Tree Pekin took down Lone Tree 61-56 Tuesday. Beth Atwood led the Panthers with 22 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Point guard Gwynne Wright was productive as well,...
View ArticleSmall numbers hinder Pekin at first wrestling competition
The Pekin wrestling team hosted Lynnville-Sully, B-G-M (Brooklyn) and Sigourney-Keota for the first competition of the season Tuesday. Pekin struggled when it came to team scores because they only had...
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Two Trojans make 2013 All-GTNS volleyball team
None of the area volleyball teams made it all the way to the state tournament this season, but plenty of good volleyball was still found in Southeast Iowa, along with many talented players that have...
View ArticleLawyer: New York engineer had ‘daze’ before train wreck
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — An engineer whose speeding commuter train ran off the rails along a curve, killing four people, experienced a hypnosis-like “daze” and nodded at the controls just before the...
View ArticleNewtown 911 dispatcher urged callers to take cover
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Recordings of 911 calls from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that were released Wednesday show town dispatchers urged panicked callers to take cover, mobilized help...
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