Mentally ill fill orchestra
Ronald Braunstein’s career as a musical conductor got off to a brilliant start. He attended The Juilliard School, performed as a guest with top orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony and...
View ArticleNORAD Tracks Santa logs 19.58 million web visits
The North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Santa-tracking program logged 19.58 million unique visitors to its website on Christmas Eve. NORAD said Thursday that volunteers answered 117,371 calls...
View ArticleCity tree pickup Jan. 13
Fairfield Christmas tree pickup is Jan. 13. The city Street Department will begin at 7 a.m. This service is provided for structures of one to three residential units, not multi-family dwellings of...
View ArticleRecorder fees increase $5
Due to a state administrative rule change, all vital records fee transactions will increase from $15 to $20, effective with requests received after Jan. 1. This $5 increase applies to the following...
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Fairfield Police Department’s dispatch calls received Thursday included: 9:38 a.m. resident, a victim of Shawn Howard’s recent car burglaries, reported theft of bank deposit slips. 10:19 a.m. resident...
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Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to an accident at 5:28 p.m. Thursday at Second Street near Mound Street. Shawn Douglas Brandt, 43, of Ottumwa, was driving a 2004 Ford Explorer north on...
View ArticleExtreme cold returns Sunday
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a hazardous weather outlook: Dangerously cold wind chills of 20 below to 35 below zero are likely at times Sunday night through Tuesday...
View ArticleAfrican leaders seek peace talks in South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — African leaders tried Thursday to advance peace talks between South Sudan’s president and political rivals he accuses of attempting a coup to topple the government of the...
View ArticlePolice file on Newtown shooting to be released
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The planned release Friday of thousands of pages of police documents from the investigation into last year’s school massacre in Newtown could shed additional light on the world...
View ArticlePublic meetings
FRIDAY Maharishi Vedic City Council — Maharishi Vedic City Hall/Peace Palace, 3 p.m.: public hearing on designation of Urban Renewal Plan; consider adopting Urban Renewal Plan; minutes; claims;...
View ArticleHoliday Wednesday will close offices, services
New Year’s Day, Wednesday, is a national holiday. The U. S. Post Office will be closed Wednesday and there is no mail delivery. Jefferson County Courthouse will be closed Wednesday. Fairfield City...
View ArticlePolice: four dead, three injured in Louisiana shootings
HOUMA, La. (AP) — A man embroiled in a custody fight with his ex-wife attacked his former in-laws, his onetime boss at a hospital that fired him and his current wife in a rampage that spanned two...
View ArticleTrooper in Iowa shooting also shot suspect in 2008
IOWA CITY (AP) — When a county prosecutor reviews an Iowa trooper’s decision to shoot a suspect in Council Bluffs, the details of the case might seem familiar. Pottawattamie County Attorney Matthew...
View ArticleOfficials free trapped person from car wreck
KINGSLEY (AP) — Authorities say they had to free a person trapped inside a car wreck in northwest Iowa that injured multiple people. The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office says the single-vehicle crash...
View ArticleDay care provider posts bond in murder case
ORANGE CITY (AP) — A northwest Iowa day care provider charged with murder in the death of a 3-year-old girl has been released from jail after posting bond. Rochelle Sapp of Orange City walked out of...
View ArticleEx-Iowa doctor’s trial on drug charges delayed
DES MOINES (AP) — A judge has again delayed the trial of a former Newton doctor accused of prescribing addictive painkillers. The Des Moines Register reports Lafayette Twyner’s trial is now set for...
View ArticleIowa drug agent faces review after charges dropped
IOWA CITY (AP) — Felony misconduct charges have been dropped, but a longtime Iowa narcotics investigator isn’t cleared yet. Division of Narcotics Enforcement Director Steve DeJoode said Thursday that...
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Wotherspoon to retire from First Baptist
The Rev. Jim Wotherspoon will complete his active pastoring at First Baptist Church Sunday with his 931st sermon in Fairfield. Wotherspoon and his family came to Fairfield from Columbus, Neb., in July...
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Dallner family exits farming
BATAVIA – The Dallner family of Jefferson County harvested its final crop this fall after farming continuously in the county for more than 160 years. Steve and Diane Dallner live on a farmstead 6...
View ArticleCongregate Meals: January 6-10, 2014
The 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...
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