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Youth basketball league comes to a close
Fairfield Youth Basketball skills practices were held from October to January, and four Saturday morning scrimmages were held in November and December. Each Saturday in January, teams participated in...
View ArticleThursday, February 13, 2014
THURSDAY Northside Strippers Quilt Club, CR Quilts, 6:30 p.m. Training for Theater Volunteers, Fairfield Arts & Convention Center’s Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Art. Details:...
View ArticleNew lake maps available
Anglers who fish Clear Lake have a new tool to help them to catch more fish – for the first time since 1971 a new lake map is available. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources fisheries staff began...
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Textile artist, painter to show latest work at IHCC
OTTUMWA — Wisconsin textile artist and painter Patricia Strong will present her latest works in an exhibition titled “Theophanies: How the Soul Appears” beginning Monday at the Indian Hills Community...
View ArticleSquare dancing lessons for beginners start Monday
Modern western square dance lessons for beginners will start Monday and continue through April 21 at the Fairfield Eagles Club. During the 10-week session, lessons will be held from 8-9 p.m. on...
View ArticleSign-up due Wednesday for grant-writing workshop
The Fairfield Volunteer Center has scheduled a Writing Strong Grant Proposals workshop Feb. 22 at the McElhinny House. Grant Writing 101: Assessing Needs and Researching Funding Sources is set from 11...
View ArticleLegendary classic rock celebration at Sondheim
“They Called It Rock” will celebrate legendary classic rock at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center’s Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts. The music is celebrated...
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Fire displaces Fairfield families
One apartment was destroyed and seven more in the same building have smoke and/or water damage at North Bay Apartments, 210 E. Pierce Ave. in Fairfield. Stephanie Goodwin, the resident in Apt. 9, was...
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Plans for Nady property shown to council
The Fairfield City Council got a sneak peek at the most recent plans for the Nady property at its meeting Monday. The Nady property refers to 48 acres of land north of Waterworks Park and west of...
View ArticleChamber to host second legislative breakfast
The Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce will host the second of three installments of the Chamber’s 2014 Legislative Breakfast Series at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the Best Western Fairfield Inn. Local...
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Fire engulfs building in Kalona
KALONA – A large fire claimed part of a building at 215 S. St. in Kalona Tuesday afternoon. According to the Washington County Communications Center call log, a call reporting a large oil fire came in...
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Dam closes on Lake Darling
BRIGHTON – What Lucille Bonham had thought would be a once in a lifetime event ended up happening for a second time Wednesday as she was present at the second closing of the Lake Darling dam. While...
View ArticleSwimming lessons start Feb. 25 at Roosevelt Aquatic Center
The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is taking registration for swimming lessons set to begin Feb. 25 at the Roosevelt Aquatic Center. Session 1 classes are for Beginner 1 swimmers, who can go...
View ArticleBlood drives planned in Batavia, Fairfield, Van Buren County
The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled several area blood drives. The Batavia community will host a blood drive 3-6:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Batavia Community Senior Center. Donors...
View ArticleMaharishi School honor roll announced
Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the president’s list and the honor roll during the first semester of the 2013-14...
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Out of the Past in Pictures ffa
FFA 1986 Fairfield Future Farmers of America community service chairman Shawn Schillerstrom, left, and Craig Elmore set out strawberry plants using the chapter’s crop transplant machine in mid-April...
View ArticleIowa's Bob Feller Museum fading financially
VAN METER (AP) — The Bob Feller Museum is scheduled to reopen April 5, but financial troubles are threatening its survival in his central Iowa hometown of Van Meter. The lack of money forced the...
View ArticleOLYMPIC ROUNDUP: Olympic day of politics and power on the slopes
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The politics got a little hotter. The slopes got a lot slushier. On a day when the mountain courses seemed better suited for the crawl or butterfly but posed no obstacle to Tina...
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Pekin boys fall to Danville in Shootout to close regular season
For only the third time this season, the Pekin boys’ basketball team walked away from a game with a loss. Pekin (17-3) played in West Burlington against Danville (18-3) Friday as part of the SEISC...
View ArticleCardinal falls to Pella Christian; Iowa boys' basketball begins playoffs
Class 2A- Boys Pella Christian 70, Cardinal 36 Hinton 81, South O’Brien, Paulina 62 Sheldon 74, Union Christian, Orange City 70 Emmetsburg 65, Okoboji, Milford 63 Estherville Lincoln Central 83,...
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