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Operation Backpack
From left, 10-year-old Kordelia Taylor, 3-year-old Lehdyn Dresback and 3-year-old MaKenna Dresback pick up donated school supplies provided by Operation Backpack, which was organized prior to the new...
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Buff bunny
Dwight Westercamp of Batavia shows his 20-pound, 8-ounce Flemish giant rabbit, Betha, which earned the Largest Rabbit title at the 2013 Iowa State Fair. Westercamp’s wife Marge showed the...
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From Fairfield Police Department’s log of dispatch calls Thursday: 6:50 a.m. report of theft from a vehicle. 9:39 a.m. report of theft of a laptop, a Galaxay tab and cell phone taken from a room. 1:30...
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MONDAY Jefferson County Board of Supervisors — Jefferson County Courthouse, first floor meeting room, 9 a.m.: meet with county engineer; consider Schaefer Subdivision final plat; set date and time for...
View ArticleRadioactive groundwater at Fukushima nears Pacific
Deep beneath Fukushima’s crippled nuclear power station, a massive underground reservoir of contaminated water that began spilling from the plant’s reactors after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami has...
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Still smiling
Making good on a friendly wager, Grand Rapids, Mich., Gilda’s LaughFest team, from left in front, Wendy Wigger, president, Leigh Conard, finance director, Laura Melendez, project coordinator, Julie...
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Maharishi School volleyball photo
The MSAE volleyball team, from left to right, front row: Amanda Valentine, Hifza Akber, Flower Shreck, Anna Unger, Cathy Guo; back row: Loreena Hansen, Jivani Rodriguez, Daniella Hillman, Jasmin...
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No. 1
Fairfield RAGBRAI committee members, Terry Baker in front; middle row, from left, Michael Halley, Julie Harvey, Tammy Thomas, Rustin Lippincott; and back, Tracy Vance, Dennis Lopp, Colin Smith and...
View ArticleIowa high court backs firing of university dean
IOWA CITY (AP) — University of Iowa President Sally Mason was well within her rights to fire the school’s longtime dean of students for mishandling a high-profile 2007 sexual assault case involving...
View ArticleRuddock named starting quarterback for the Hawkeyes
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa sophomore Jake Rudock will be the starting quarterback for the season opener against Northern Illinois on Aug. 31. The announcement was made on Friday. Rudock was the...
View ArticleUNI president helps students move into dorms
CEDAR FALLS (AP) — The University of Northern Iowa’s new president could have a future as a mover if his academic job doesn’t work out. President Bill Ruud and his wife Judy spent much of Thursday...
View ArticlePolice to step up patrols at nation’s ‘top party school’ in Iowa City
IOWA CITY (AP) — Talk about a buzz kill. Weeks after the University of Iowa was named the nation’s top party school, authorities delivered a sober warning to students arriving on campus for fall...
View ArticleFeds charge Iowa woman for trying to hire hitman
DUBUQUE (AP) — Federal charges have been filed against a 23-year-old Dubuque woman accused of trying to hire someone to kill her father. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports that the indictment filed...
View ArticleFairfield schools to dismiss early for heat wave
The Fairfield Community School District will follow its heat schedule Monday and Tuesday, meaning school will begin at 8 a.m. and dismiss at 1:30 p.m. Superintendent Art Sathoff said in a press...
View Article‘Walking school buses’ come to Fairfield
A new program, walking school buses, is gearing up to add another dimension to Fairfield Community School District’s essential role in the city’s Blue Zones initiative. One of Fairfield’s planks in...
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Community orchard progressing
Volunteers are nearly finished installing the irrigation system at the Fairfield Community Orchard, but they could use a little more help. Fairfield’s Sustainability Coordinator Scott Timm said he...
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Open house
Fairfield Park and Recreation Director Derik Wulfekuhle, right, speaks with residents during the Roosevelt Recreation and Aquatic Center’s open house Saturday.
View ArticleCalendar: August 27, 2013
TUESDAY Blood Drive, Batavia Community Senior Center, 3-7 p.m. Walk-ins welcome; for appointments, call 800-452-1097. Children’s Vaccination Clinic, Jefferson County Public Health office, 1-4 p.m....
View ArticleLunch reservations requested for field days
Practical Farmers of Iowa is hosting two related field days at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 4 at Mogo Organic Farm near Mount Pleasant and at 12:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at Harvestville Farm near Donnellson. The field days...
View ArticleBeginning Farmer Tax Credit applications due
AMES — Beginning farmers are urgently needed to carry on Iowa’s diverse family farm legacy, but competition for land and skyrocketing land costs are making it harder for beginners to get started. The...
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