Iowa Lottery plans to move into Clive building
CLIVE (AP) — The Iowa Lottery plans to leave Des Moines for a $5.4 million building it’s buying in nearby Clive. Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer told The Des Moines Register that the lottery’s Des...
View ArticleWoman takes plea deal in fatal Des Moines stabbing
DES MOINES (AP) — A 28-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to lesser charges for stabbing to death a man in Des Moines. The Des Moines Register says Ashley Rogers is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb....
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Trojans down No. 2 Notre Dame
The Burlington-Notre Dame Nikes came into Tuesday’s game in Fairfield with an unblemished 15-0 record and the Class 1A No. 2 ranking. The Nikes have dominated 1A competition, averaging 86 points per...
View ArticleUNI develops app to improve speech disorder
CEDAR FALLS (AP) — The University of Northern Iowa has developed an app aimed at improving a speech disorder. The “Name That!” app, created at the AppsLab in UNI’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial...
View ArticleSimon Estes to advocate for arts education
DES MOINES (AP) — Acclaimed opera singer Simon Estes will visit the Iowa Capitol to advocate for arts education. Estes is scheduled to visit the Legislature today. He’ll sing in both the state House...
View ArticleLocals react to skyrocketing propane cost
WASHINGTON, Iowa (GTNS) – The Iowa Department of Agriculture released its weekly heating oil and propane price report Monday. The average price of propane went from $4.18 last week to $4.70 Monday,...
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Fairfield residents charged in drug sting operation
Two Fairfield residents were arrested Monday in connection with a police investigation into a residence where marijuana was allegedly sold. Derrick Cook Maynard and Megan Marie Reid, both of 308 S....
View ArticleHealth center starts using new CT scanner
The Jefferson County Health Center has started using its new 80-slice CT scanner. Health center administrator and CEO Deb Cardin reported to the board of trustees Monday that the hospital had been...
View ArticleWednesday, January 29, 2014
WEDNESDAY “The Addams Family,” musical comedy, Fairfield Arts & Convention Center’s Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30 p.m. Information: www.fairfieldacc.com or 472-2787....
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Council continues discussion of gymnastics
The Fairfield City Council chambers were once again full of young gymnasts Monday who were hoping their program can continue uninterrupted. The gymnastics and trampoline program at the Roosevelt...
View ArticleCulver-Stockton College; Pensacola Christian College
CULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE CANTON, Mo. — Several Culver-Stockton College students from the area have earned recognition for work done during the fall 2013 semester. Karen Livesay, junior business...
View ArticleFree income tax services offered to Brighton residents
BRIGHTON — The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program is offering to help those with low to moderate incomes in Brighon complete basic tax returns free of charge. VITA offers free assistance to those...
View ArticleSoup supper raising funds for Batavia senior center
BATAVIA — The Batavia Senior Citizen Community Center will host a soup supper from 4:30-6 p.m. Saturday at the center. The menu includes vegetable, oyster and chili soups, sandwiches, relishes,...
View ArticleJefferson County Cattlemen
JEFFERSON COUNTY CATTLEMEN Jefferson County Cattlemen continues its winter informational meetings at 7 p.m. Monday at the Best Western Fairfield Inn’s Kokomo’s Bar and Grill. The guest speaker will be...
View ArticleUniversity of Iowa fires worker after shortage
IOWA CITY (AP) — The University of Iowa fired an athletics department accountant after auditors projected $66,000 is missing from ticket sales for a popular train that takes fans to the football...
View ArticleBeekeeping class offered in February
Verne Ramsey of Birmingham will teach “Get the BUZZ!!!”, a beekeeping class, set from 6-8 p.m. on Thursdays in February at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office on the Jefferson County Fairgrounds...
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Sander, Hellweg married Sept. 21 in Central Park
Ashley Jordan Sander and Jeremy Michael Terrance Hellweg were married in a double-ring ceremony officiated by the Rev. Nate Nims Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, in Fairfield’s Central Park. The bride is the...
View ArticleShakespeare Ensemble presents ‘Ravenscroft’ at two local venues
“Ravenscroft,” a delightful, intricate, load-of-laughs who-done-it, will be presented by Steve White’s Shakespeare Ensemble at two Fairfield venues. “Ravenscroft” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday...
View ArticleFHS speech team performing in two free Nights of Theatre
The Fairfield High School Speech team participated in the Iowa High School Speech Association’s District Large Group Contest Saturday at Wapello. Out of 18 entries, 16 earned Division I’s and two...
View ArticleDNR: Lake Darling park, lake improvements entering home stretch
BRIGHTON — Lake Darling will begin impounding water when the gates are closed during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Feb. 12 marking the beginning of the end of a more than $12 million project to renovate the...
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