Maxine Bates Circle meeting; Women of the ELCA action workdays
Maxine Bates Circle meeting set Tuesday The Maxine Bates Circle of First Baptist Church will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Alice Ferrell will be hostess. The women will be rolling bandages and cutting...
View ArticleFairfield School Menu: Jan. 20-24, 2014
Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week. Monday — breakfast at all schools: assorted cereals, cereal bars and Nutri-Grain Bars, orange juice,...
View ArticleCongregate Meals: Jan. 20-24, 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...
View Article4-H looking for barn, house quilt locations
Jefferson County 4-H is partnering with the Northside Strippers Quilt Club for a barn quilt location project in Jefferson County. A registry and a computer scenic drive map will be created of the barn...
View ArticleAuditions for Chamber Singers set Thursday
The Chamber Singers of Southeast Iowa will have auditions for its spring season Thursday. Call Elaine Reding at 472-1539 to schedule an appointment. According to Reding, engaging in choral singing is...
View ArticleChili supper to raise funds for pool, gym
Fairfield Park and Recreation Department will host a chili fundraiser from 5-8 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Department. A free-will offering will be collected for the chili. The...
View ArticleLockridge Lions plan annual supper, auction
LOCKRIDGE — Lockridge Lions Club will have its annual soup supper and auction Saturday at the Lockridge Community Center. Soup will be served beginning at 5 p.m., followed by the auction at 6:30 p.m....
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Rotary Club
Fairfield High School senior Makayla Ann Kessel, left, receives her Student of the Month Award from Fairfield Rotary Club President Jodi Kerr. Kessel was selected for the award in November, but was...
View ArticleLocate IDOT snowplows online
One of the most common winter storm-related questions asked of the Iowa Department of Transportation is “where are the snowplows?” Now the answer can be found online on either desktop or mobile...
View ArticlePolice
Fairfield Police Department’s dispatch log of calls for Thursday include: 12:28 a.m. Dillon Evertsen, 19, was stopped for an expired registration and officer smelled alcohol. Evertsen was transported...
View ArticleCapitol Comments by Rep. Curt Hanson
State Representative Curt Hanson, represents Iowa House District 82, which includes most of Jefferson County and Davis and Van Buren counties, in the state Legislature. The session opened with...
View ArticlePublic meetings
FRIDAY Maharishi Vedic City Council and public hearing — Maharishi Vedic City City Hall, 1750 Maharishi Center Ave., 3 p.m.: public hearing on proposal to issue revenue bonds for Maharishi World Peace...
View ArticleSuper Bowl has New York City restaurant scene ready to score
The Super Bowl won't touch down in New Jersey until next month, but the New York restaurant scene already is rolling out the turf carpet. The city with the endless appetite for great food is going all...
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Trojans beaten in Fort Madison
Bryce Lunsford began the comeback but it was too late for the Trojans to recover. Lunsford (160) was given a tough match against Fort Madison’s Lane Gray. Gray started strong, but by the end Lunsford...
View ArticleSPORTS IN BRIEF: Fairfield JV basketball, MSAE basketball, prep scores, Van...
MSAE falls to Danville on road The Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment boys’ basketball team lost Thursday in Danville 86-33. The Pioneers were down 40-23 going into the locker room of...
View Article14th-ranked Hawkeyes rolling behind evolved Marble
IOWA CITY (AP) — Senior guard Devyn Marble is playing like the star Iowa coach Fran McCaffery has been searching for. Marble is averaging a career-high 16.4 points per game for the 14th-ranked...
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Slechta participates in teacher leadership group
Fairfield High School teacher Scott Slechta is one of 150 educators in six states selected to participate in the pilot year of the national Teacher Leadership Initiative, a program to develop leaders...
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Committee ponders options for gymnastics
The Fairfield City Council’s property committee met Thursday to discuss what to do with the future of the gymnastics and trampoline program at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center. In attendance...
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Civic engagement
Fairfield city councilor John Revolinski signs the notebooks of Pekin High School students Petie Clubb and Allie Philips at the conclusion of Monday’s city council meeting. Clubb and Philips are in...
View ArticleSPORTS IN BRIEF: Fairfield, Van Buren, MSAE basketball, Attack Volleyball camp
MSAE falls to Holy Trinity 70-50 The Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment boys’ basketball team came up short at home Friday to Holy Trinity 70-50. After falling behind 42-24 at halftime, the...
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