Christmas national holiday, closes offices
Roosevelt Community Recreation Center will be open 6 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Christmas Eve, and is closed Wednesday, Christmas Day. No fitness classes are scheduled from Monday through Jan. 5 at the...
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Young chefs to cook meal for Rotary
The Fairfield Rotary club will feast on a lunch Friday courtesy of Fairfield High School students. The students who are preparing the meal are enrolled in Heidi Grunwald’s family and consumer sciences...
View Article‘Duck Dynasty’ fans react to star Robertson’s hiatus
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the A&E network suspended “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson for disparaging gay people, it may have followed a time-honored TV tradition of quickly silencing a star...
View ArticleAt Fort Madison prison, grim history may lure visitors
FORT MADISON (AP) — The Iowa State Penitentiary stands like an ancient stone fortress on a bluff over the Mississippi River, ringed by castle-like guard towers and sheathed in chain link and razor...
View ArticleBacterial infection worsening
SIOUX CITY (AP) — The outbreak of a contagious bacterial infection that causes diarrhea has worsened in northwest Iowa’s Woodbury County. Siouxland District Health Department Deputy Director Tyler...
View ArticleMan shot at shooting range in Oskaloosa dies
OSKALOOSA (AP) — An Oskaloosa man found injured at a shooting range this week has died from self-inflicted injuries after an accidental discharge. The Oskaloosa Herald reports that 73-year-old Daniel...
View ArticleWoman gives birth to baby at convenience store
GREENFIELD (AP) — A pregnant woman’s quick stop at a central Iowa convenience store while on the way to the hospital didn’t go as planned. Amanda Teas, who works at Casey’s General Store in...
View ArticleSing-along set
Mary Rose Kitch will lead a Christmas sing-along at 6 pm.. Saturday at SunnyBrook Assisted Living. Everyone is welcome to attend.
View ArticleKalona man dies in truck accident
KALONA (GTNS) —A Kalona resident was killed in a truck accident Wednesday afternoon. Merle Miller, 63, of Kalona was driving his 2000 Ford F250 in a cattle lot southbound and crossed Highway 22,...
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BIRMINGHAM A small group of children met Saturday night at the Birmingham Library for crafts, stories, cookies and cocoa. Michelle Mitchell and Kathy Shelangoski were the helpers. ——— The Over 50 and...
View ArticleSoutheast Iowa under freezing rain advisory
DES MOINES (AP) — Freezing drizzle and icy road conditions across much of Iowa have led scores of schools to delay the start of classes today by two hours. The National Weather Service has issued...
View ArticleLibertyville man injured in car accident today
PLEASANT PLAIN – A Libertyville man was treated for injuries he sustained after striking a solid object in a ditch with his car today. David Duncan III, 24, was taken by ambulance to a hospital after...
View ArticleHudson calls Mount Union action ‘unimpressive’
MT. PLEASANT (GTNS) – Regional Utility Service Systems Executive director Bruce Hudson is not happy with the way the legal action with Mount Union is progressing. “I don’t know how to say this, but I...
View ArticleBlood donors can win $100 gift card drawing
The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled blood drives in Birmingham and Fairfield, and the names of donors will be entered into a $100 gift-card drawing. The Birmingham Lions Club...
View ArticleSchool parking lots finished, in use
The Fairfield High School renovation project is on schedule to let bids at the end of January, district auxiliary director Fred McElwee told the school board Monday. The high school’s new parking lot...
View ArticleWinging It! day camp set during winter break
The Jefferson County Extension Office will be holding two events for youth during Christmas break. The first is Winging It!, a day camp for kindergarten through third-graders 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 30...
View ArticleSanta comes to Fairfield Christmas Eve
Santa Claus will make his annual Christmas Eve visit to Fairfield, sponsored by the local Rotary Club, late Tuesday afternoon. Just as he has almost every year for the past 80, Santa and his entourage...
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House fire
A house at 303 N. C Street in Fairfield caught fire at about 8 a.m. today. Flames shot out of the east side of the second story of the home. Firefighters entered the home and sprayed the interior with...
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Clover Kids
Jefferson County Fairfield 4-H Clover Kids members Emma Loveland and Joshua Mineart show off the gingerbread houses they made from graham crackers, frosting and a variety of candies during a club...
View ArticleCongregate Meals
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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