Calendar: January 18, 2013
FRIDAY Food Drive in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., for The Lord’s Cupboard, ends today. Drop-off locations: Fairfield Arts & Convention Center, Fairfield Volunteer Center, Everybody’s Whole...
View ArticleActing coach to give classes
Tom Todoroff, producer, director and acting coach, is taking time from his schedule to visit Fairfield for a one-day acting intensive for the local theater and film community Jan. 26 at Morning Star...
View ArticleBald Eagle Appreciation Days Saturday, Sunday
KEOKUK — The 29th annual Bald Eagle Appreciation Days celebration is Saturday and Sunday in Keokuk. The event honoring the nation’s symbol of freedom takes place along the Mississippi River and on...
View ArticleAugustana College
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Shana Silverman from Fairfield was named to the dean’s list at Augustana College for the 2012 fall term. Silverman is a junior at Augustana majoring in elementary...
View ArticleReservations due for ‘Wine about Winter’
BONAPARTE — Bonaparte Main Street is planning “Wine about Winter,” with dinner, wine and music on Jan. 26 at the Whiteley Opera House in Bonaparte. The annual buffet and wine tasting will feature,...
View ArticleCongregate Meals: Jan. 21-25, 2013
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 ArticleFairfield School Menu: Jan. 21-25. 2013
Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week. Monday — breakfast at the middle school and high school: assorted cereals, assorted cereal bars, orange...
View ArticleSoutheast Iowa Singles
SOUTHEAST IOWA SINGLES The Southeast Iowa Singles will be celebrating its 21st anniversary with a dance from 7:30-11 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Eagles Club. The Country 4 dance band will be...
View ArticleHuff celebrating 96th birthday with open house
Maurice Huff of Fairfield will celebrate his 96th birthday with an open house from 2-4 p.m. Jan. 26 in the south family room at SunnyBrook Assisted Living. Mr. Huff was born Jan. 25, 1917, and has...
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Hipps celebrating 60th wedding anniversary
Bill and Mary Hipp of Packwood are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2-5 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Family Harvest Church in Agency. The couple were married Jan. 25, 1953....
View Article‘One Night with the King’ set
“One Night with the King” will showcase the greatest moments of Elvis’s musical and acting career through a live musical production at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center’s...
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Tax & Investment
This special section in today’s edition of The Fairfield Ledger offers tips for preparing 2012 tax returns and planning for 2013. Click below to see the pages.
View ArticleDemocrats propose 4 percent increase in state aid to schools
DES MOINES (AP) — Democratic lawmakers on Thursday proposed a 4 percent increase in state aid to school districts, setting up a potential confrontation with Gov. Terry Branstad, who is pushing for...
View ArticleIowa school superintendents proposal delayed; Branstad says gun law changes...
Iowa school superintendents proposal delayed DES MOINES (AP) — The state Board of Educational Examiners wants more time to discuss a proposal that would let business and military leaders become Iowa...
View ArticleUnemployment rate steady at 4.9 percent
DES MOINES – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was unchanged at 4.9 percent. The current rate is seven-tenths of a percentage point lower than the year ago rate of 5.6 percent....
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Washington apartment complex closed
WASHINGTON, Iowa (GTNS) — Former Goncho Apartments residents Nels Miller and Cassondra Davis stand outside the building Thursday morning shortly before the building was sealed for heath and safety...
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Jack Benny’s violin
Dave Herzfeld spreads some anti-squeaking compound on his bicycle’s hydraulic disc brakes in front of the Fairfield Public Library this morning. “It really works to reduce the brake noise,” said...
View Article911 system upgrading for text messages
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa has completed the first phase of an upgrade to its wireless 911 emergency calling system that eventually will allow text messages, photos and video to be transmitted in...
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Good as new
Mid-January temperatures in the upper 40s brought out the car and truck washers this morning. Robert Scotton sprays away the road salt, dirt and grime at Tony’s Turbo Wash to make his truck look good...
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10-and-under baseball
Fairfield Cougar 10-and-under baseball finished the University of Iowa Indoor Tournament with a 2-1 record Dec. 29. Cougars are pictured, from left: Dagan Burnett, Nathan Whitney, Drake Rippey, Kyle...
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