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BIRMINGHAM A NordicFlex Ultra Life machine, with an instruction book, has been donated to the Healthy Villages exercise room in the Birmingham Jet Stop. The exercise room also has two treadmills, a...
View ArticleCongregate Meals: Feb. 10-14, 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 ArticleFree tax filing program offered at Fairfield library
The free AARP tax-aide electronic filing program will be offered again this year at Fairfield Public Library. The library site will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays. Appointments must be...
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FMS names Students of Month
Each school month, the Fairfield Elks Lodge sponsors the Fairfield Middle School “Students of the Month” award to acknowledge positive contributions of students at school ranging from assisting...
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The following court cases were processed at Jefferson County Courthouse. Associate District Court Christopher W. Batterson, 23, of Batavia, pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated, first...
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. Monday was Water Day at the...
View ArticleFire
Fairfield Fire Department investigated a carbon monoxide alarm call at 1:35 p.m. Wednesday at 303 South D St. A monitor detected more than 9 ppm of carbon monoxide. Firefighters returned to the...
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Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office served a warrant at 2:46 a.m. today on Jeremy Olson of Winfield for probation violation.
View ArticleSPORTS IN BRIEF: Fairfield basketball, MSAE basketball, prep scores, FMS...
Trojans welcome Chiefs tonight The Fairfield girls’ and boys’ basketball teams will host Senior Night tonight when the Keokuk Chiefs come to Fairfield. For these teams, these Southeast Conference...
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Drish wins another fight
Mixed Martial Arts fighter Spencer Drish of Fairfield stands with his manager Nate Williams (left) and his teammate Skylar Messer (right) after winning his match against Ben Halder at the Midwest Cage...
View ArticleYogurt spat throws off routines of US Olympians
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — U.S. Olympians will have to make do without the team’s official yogurt — depriving them of a source of protein and potentially disturbing their daily routines as they prepare for...
View ArticlePekin’s 15-game win streak snapped
The streak is over. A road trip to Highland proved too difficult for the Pekin boys’ basketball team to handle, and the Panthers lost 60-58 Thursday. The loss breaks Pekin’s 15-game winning streak....
View ArticlePolice
Fairfield Police Department’s log of calls to dispatch include: Thursday 12:24 p.m. a Johnson County warrant was served on Justin Doyle Brown. 5:39 p.m. an iPhone was reported stolen. 6:40 p.m. caller...
View ArticleBitter cold returns Sunday
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities reports that after another snow event Saturday, which should total less than 3 inches over the region, more bitterly cold arctic air will sweep in....
View ArticlePublic meetings
FRIDAY Maharishi Vedic City Council — Maharishi Vedic City Hall, 1750 Maharishi Center Ave., MVC, 3 p.m.: minutes; claims; report on Legislative Day; report on street name changes; other business....
View ArticleFairfield police investigate water line business
The Fairfield Police Department is investigating a business offering water line insurance. Police have secured information indicating the business is not a scam. According to a press release today...
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Orchestra Iowa performs Sunday at Sondheim
One of the musicians in Orchestra Iowa will be easy to watch Sunday in Fairfield; Luke Witchger, who has been playing the violin for 18 years, is the orchestra’s concertmaster and a soloist in the...
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Cancer treatment expands at health center
Officials at Jefferson County Health Center and Ottumwa Regional Health Center announced Thursday the two facilities are partnering to expand cancer care services in Southeast Iowa. On April 1, the...
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Stars of the Sondheim
Joel Brown performs on piano Thursday at the Sondheim Center. Brown, professor emeritus of music at Iowa Wesleyan College, performed a recital featuring Aeolian Harp Etude by Chopin, the elegant Bb...
View ArticleSci-fi fans invited to Valentine’s Day party
Science-fiction fans are invited to a Valentine’s Day dance party hosted by the local USS Starfield Star Trek fan club from 8-11 p.m. Friday in the third-floor ballroom of the Victorian home at 405 S....
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