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BIRMINGHAM The Rebekah Circle of the Birmingham Methodist Church will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at the church. The hostess is Terri Shaw. ——— The annual Birmingham Homecoming tractor pull will be Sept. 8...
View ArticleSquare dance set Friday; classes starting Sept. 9
A square dance is planned from 7-9:30 p.m. Friday in the ballroom at Morning Star Studio. Admission is $5. The fifth session of modern western square dance classes for beginners and graduated students...
View ArticleFHS yearbook distribution Friday at football game
The Fairfield High School 2012-13 yearbooks will be distributed Friday during the first half of the varsity football game in Trojan Stadium. Jolene Bullis, FHS librarian and yearbook advisor, said...
View ArticleS.H.A.R.E. orders due Sept. 13
Orders are due Sept. 13 for the S.H.A.R.E. Iowa Inc. food packages available in September. Orders can be placed by calling the St. Mary Catholic Church office at 472-3179 or the Southern Iowa Economic...
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Drishes to celebrate 60th wedding anniversary Sept. 5
Leonard and Mary Ann Drish of Brighton will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Sept. 5. Leonard Drish and Mary Ann Peiffer were married Sept. 5, 1953, at St. James in Washington, Iowa. They have...
View ArticleBig 10 teams returning plenty of experience
Lots of the names are the same around the Big Ten. When it comes to quarterbacks, Nebraska’s Taylor Martinez and Illinois’ Nathan Scheelhaase are going into their fourth seasons as starters, Ohio...
View ArticleIowa excited for new quarterback Rudock
IOWA CITY — A new starting quarterback with a sterling prep resume should be reason for optimism at Iowa, which has seen its victories dip three years in a row. But the Hawkeyes and their win-starved...
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Trojans look for better start against Albia
The Trojans walked in to the locker room with heads hung low and shoulders drooping. Down 27-0 at halftime, Fairfield looked to be defeated when they played at Albia last year to start the season. In...
View ArticleIowa board to hear views on abortion pill
DES MOINES — The Iowa Board of Medicine will listen to public testimony Wednesday on whether the state should bar the practice of distributing abortion-inducing pills via a video conferencing system....
View ArticleGovernors buck GOP on health care
DES MOINES (AP) — Despite unrelenting pressure by congressional Republicans to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, GOP governors in swing-voting states are grudgingly bowing to the...
View ArticlePolice say man’s vehicle crashes into Iowa home
SMITHLAND (AP) — Authorities say a man has been hospitalized after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a house in western Iowa. The Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office says the 40-year-old man from...
View ArticleGroups sue to stop use of GMO crops in refuges
DES MOINES (AP) — Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop planting genetically modified crops in wildlife refuges in Illinois, Iowa,...
View ArticleNeighbors try to stop dog attack
WATERLOO (AP) — Residents of a Waterloo neighborhood said they tried multiple times Tuesday to stop three dogs that attacked a woman and teenage boy, including using a drain pipe and BB gun. The...
View ArticleChanges in store for Old Threshers
MOUNT PLEASANT (GTNS) – Midwest Old Threshers Reunion has a lot of changes going on this year, and Terry McWilliams, Old Threshers public relations and marketing director, is excited for the benefits...
View ArticleMedicare rule could hurt hospitals
Jefferson County Health Center CEO Deb Cardin told the board of trustees Monday a proposed Medicare rule change could hurt many Iowa hospitals. Cardin explained the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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Youth coordinator joins Extension office
A new county youth coordinator began working at Jefferson County ISU Extension Office in early August. Courtney Taglauer, a native of rural Fairfield, brings a degree in agricultural education from...
View ArticleJohnny halftime: Manziel to sit out first half of opener
HOUSTON — Johnny Football has done it again. Facing another problem that could have derailed his football career, Texas A&M's Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel has evaded serious...
View ArticleCalendar: August 29, 2013
THURSDAY Blood Drive, Birmingham Lions Building, 2:30-6:30 p.m. Walk-in donors welcome; for appointments, call 319-498-4201. 31 Tournament, Fairfield Eagles Club, 6 p.m. Celebrate Recovery, New Life...
View ArticleAIB College of Business
AIB COLLEGE OF BUSINESS DES MOINES — Stephanie Adam of Fairfield has been honored as a presidential scholar at AIB College of Business for the summer 2013 term. To qualify as a presidential scholar,...
View ArticleWork continues in orchard
Installation on the drip irrigation system at the Fairfield Community Orchard will continue Saturday and Sept. 5. Volunteers are needed. The work is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. each day. Because of the...
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