RUSS board talks short term loan to Washington County
MOUNT PLEASANT (GTNS) –Jack Seward had some questions for the Regional Utility Service Systems at Wednesday’s meeting regarding the short term loan Washington County had from RUSS for funding the...
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Welcome back
Fairfield schools superintendent Art Sathoff cracks a few jokes during his State of the District talk this morning to the staff of the Fairfield Community School District. The event welcomed the staff...
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$10,500 donated for Bonnifield cabin preservation
The Bonnifield Preservation Committee recently received $10,500 from members of the Bonnifield families during their family reunion July 27 at the Bonnifield Log House in Old Settlers Park. A large...
View ArticleMaster Gardener class starting
Jefferson County Iowa State University Extension is now enrolling for a Master Gardener training beginning in September. Master Gardener trainees attend classes taught by ISU Extension professionals...
View ArticleArea residents win at state fair
Dwight Westercamp of Batavia showed the winning rabbit in the Largest Rabbit contest judged Friday at the 2013 Iowa State Fair. Bertha, a Flemish giant, weighed in at 20 pounds, 8 ounces. Westercamp’s...
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Reese, Diehl announce engagement; set wedding
Tracy Reese and Casey Diehl announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. The bride-elect is the daughter of Mary Orsborn of Emmetsburg and Harry Reese of Laurens. The groom-elect is the son of Judy...
View ArticleTeens shoot baseball player in Oklahoma City because they were "bored"
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Australian baseball player out for a jog in an Oklahoma neighborhood was shot and killed by three “bored” teenagers who decided to kill someone for fun, police said....
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Diers looks back at 28 years of volleyball
The year was 1986. Fresh out of college, a volleyball and softball player out of South Dakota State named Nancy Diers decided to take a coaching job in Fairfield, Iowa. She would be the second...
View ArticleBest-selling author Elmore Leonard dies at 87
He was the master of his genre, the Dickens of Detroit, the Chaucer of Crime. Every novel Elmore Leonard wrote from the mid-1980s on was a best-seller, and every fan of crime stories knew his name....
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Fairfield Police Department had no arrest records for the media today. The calls to dispatch Monday included: Police log Monday 7:44 a.m. Caribou Coffee reported a men’s red mountain bicycle left for...
View ArticleMosquitoes worse this summer in parts of U.S.
The tiny mosquito all too often has man on the run. And this summer, it seems even worse than usual. “You can’t get from the car to inside our house without getting attacked, it’s that bad,” high...
View ArticleFBI training police on mass killing response
Two men stand anxiously at the classroom entrance and another lies seriously wounded beside a wall outside. “Don’t come down here, I’m telling you — I’ll kill ‘em,” a man inside the classroom shouts...
View ArticleListing should help ensure historic cabins’ future
IOWA CITY (AP) — Buildings have a unique ability to transport us back in time, into a liminal space between the ground we stand on now, to the earth where our ancestors stood. By stepping through a...
View ArticleExperts identify origin of skull found in Ames
AMES (AP) — Authorities say a skull found on a Skunk River sandbar in Ames was that of a woman of American Indian ancestry who died more than 200 years ago. Experts say the woman likely was 25 to 40...
View ArticlePolice: Safe taken from trailer at Iowa State Fair
DES MOINES (AP) — Police say a safe containing $25,000 was reported stolen from the trailer of a concession stand operator at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The Des Moines Register says the theft...
View ArticleHomeowner slays escaped inmate after break-in
BEDFORD (AP) — An escaped inmate suspected of shooting a southwest Iowa sheriff’s deputy has been killed by a homeowner who said the man broke into his house, authorities said Tuesday. Rodney Long was...
View ArticleDowntown businesses eligible for low-interest loans
A number of local businesses have endorsed the continuation of the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce’s revitalization fund for the downtown. The revitalization fund program is for new and existing...
View ArticleCity plans to discuss water rates, downtown façades
Fairfield City Hall will be a busy place in the next few days as it hosts a meeting Wednesday to discuss upcoming water rate increases and a meeting Thursday to discuss façade improvements to...
View ArticleParents ask to send children to Washington Elementary
Families of students attending Pence Elementary School received a letter earlier this month about the school’s second year on the Schools in Need of Assistance list for student test scores not meeting...
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Love of RAGBRAI
Josie Hannes paints a heart on Kiersten Price’s face Saturday night during the appreciation party for RAGBRAI volunteers in Fairfield’s Central Park.
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