Capitol 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. This past week, public and...
View ArticleChurches & Synagogues: Feb. 2-8, 2014
The following area houses of worship have submitted calendars for Sunday through Feb. 8. Any congregation wanting to have its calendar for the week of Feb. 9-15 published in The Ledger Feb. 7 should...
View ArticlePublic meetings
MONDAY Jefferson County Board of Supervisors — Jefferson County Courthouse, 9 a.m.: meet with county engineer; consider resolution to accept proposal for performing 2014 Bridge Inspection & Rate...
View ArticleChurches plan meals, open house
Souper Bowl luncheon set First Presbyterian Church will host a soup luncheon at noon Sunday. A freewill offering will be collected for the Souper Bowl Sunday luncheon. Everyone is welcome to attend....
View ArticleFairfield School Menu: Feb. 3-7, 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 ArticleUPDATED: Congregate Meals: Feb. 3-7, 2014
UPDATE MONDAY: beef meatball, gravy, baby red potatoes, green bean casserole, banana-orange cup. TUESDAY: ham and beans, Tomato Spoon Salad, corn bread, cottage cheese, tropical fruit. WEDNESDAY:...
View ArticleCoe College
COE COLLEGE CEDAR RAPIDS — Makena Dettmann of Lockridge has been named to the Coe College Dean’s List for the fall 2013 term. Dettmann, the son of Shawn and Detra Dettmann, is a 2013 graduate of...
View ArticleVolunteers needed
Volunteers are needed during shows this weekend at the Sondheim center. For information, call volunteer organizer Sasha Luse at 472-2787.
View ArticleFairfield Women’s Club Garden Department
FAIRFIELD WOMEN’S CLUB GARDEN DEPARTMENT Fairfield Women’s Club Garden Department will meet Thursday at the McElhinny House, with Julie Johnston serving as hostess. Coffee and social time begins at 9...
View ArticleS.H.A.R.E. Iowa food orders due before Feb. 7
Orders are due before Feb. 7 for the S.H.A.R.E. Iowa Inc. food packages available in February. Orders can be placed by calling the St. Mary Catholic Church office at 472-3179 or the Southern Iowa...
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FMS student selected for honor band festival
Kai-Li Diyaljee, an eighth-grade trumpet player from Fairfield Middle School, was selected to participate in the Southeast Iowa Bandmasters Association Honor Band Festival. Jan. 11, approximately 800...
View ArticleSPORTS IN BRIEF: MSAE basketball, Fairfield basketball, prep scores, area...
Pioneers defeat Harmony to earn second victory The Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment boys’ basketball team won at Harmony 68-43 Thursday. The Pioneers (2-12) have now beaten Harmony twice...
View ArticleSuper Bowl XLVII: Allyus Fritz, Lee Muntz, local coaches say who they think...
None of these predictions were in favor of the Seattle Seahawks. Super Bowl XLVIII will be played Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Denver is favored by 2.5 points. Denver beat the...
View ArticleTrojan basketball teams face talented matchups Saturday
They may be traveling to different cities, but the Fairfield boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will both face a huge challenge Saturday. The girls travel to Cedar Rapids Kennedy (12-4), which until...
View ArticlePostville slaughterhouse manager sentenced to 41 months in prison
CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former manager at a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa to 41 months in prison for harboring and exploiting workers who were in the U.S. illegally. U.S....
View ArticlePilcher case declared mistrial
OTTUMWA (AP) — After 40 years of seeking justice, the family of a 17-year-old girl beaten and shot to death at an Iowa farmhouse in 1974 will have to wait a little longer. A judge declared a mistrial...
View ArticleSchool district looks at preschool partnership
Fairfield elementary school principal Jeff Eeling told the school board Monday he is talking with Community Child Care Center about a partnership for preschool. Eeling is in his second year as...
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Musical interlude
Part of the after-dinner entertainment at Saturday’s fundraising gala in the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center was a vocal performance from Derek Anderson, front, who was accompanied on the piano...
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Speech team soars to new heights
Fred Hucke’s speech team at the Fairfield High School has never been more popular. More than 80 students are out for speech this year, the most in Hucke’s 21-year tenure as the coach. The coach said...
View ArticleJuggling comedian brings act to Fairfield
Deemed one of the greatest entertainment comedians and jugglers of today, Mark Nizer brings his spellbinding act, “4D — A New Dimension,” to the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center’s Stephen...
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