GOP renewing effort to ban Iowa abortion funding
DES MOINES (AP) — House Republicans plan to try again to ban the rare use of public money to finance abortions for low-income women, lawmakers said. Rep. Matt Windschitl, R-Missouri Valley, said he...
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Fairfield Fire Department investigated a gas smell at 4:42 p.m. Wednesday at 805 N. 10th St.Fairfield Fire Department investigated a gas smell at 4:42 p.m. Wednesday at 805 N. 10th St.
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Fairfield Police Department arrested Robert Ray Snyder, 57, of Ottumwa in the 100 block of South 14th Street at 2:27 p.m. Wednesday. He is charged with contempt of court and violation of a restraining...
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Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports a vehicle deer accident at 1:13 p.m. Wednesday. Karen Lucile Karns, 62, of 1004 W. Briggs Ave., was driving a 1009 Nissan Versa north on Pleasant Plain Road...
View ArticleCalendar: January 24, 2013
THURSDAY Business After Hours, for Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce members, spouses and guests, sponsored by Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk, Hawthorne Direct, 4-7 p.m. The Arc of Jefferson &...
View Article44 pints of blood drawn at drives
The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center’s mobile unit drew 44 pints of blood at recent blood drives. The mobile crew collected 24 pints of blood Jan. 15 at the Packwood Community Building. The...
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BIRMINGHAM The Birmingham Lions Club members will meet at 7 p.m. Monday for a carry-in supper at the Lions building. The committee is Van Meek and Ernie Hinkle. AshLeigh Richmond of the Southeast Iowa...
View ArticleShooting Sports meeting planned Sunday afternoon
The Jefferson County 4-H Shooting Sports Club will meet from 2-4 p.m. Sunday in the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building. Everyone is welcome to come and learn about what the club offers. An...
View ArticleMaharishi School speech teams advance
Maharishi School speech teams competed in the Iowa High School Speech Association district competition Saturday in Keota. All teams received 1 ratings and are headed to state competition. The entries...
View ArticleIowa Artists regional show in Fairfield
Artists 18 years of age and older can enter up to three original works in a variety of media in an annual Iowa Artists regional competition, with winners advancing to a state competition. The...
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Rotary recognizes Students of Month
Ashley Henkel and Prasad Monk were recognized as the Fairfield Rotary Club’s Students of the Month for January during a luncheon Friday at the Fairfield Golf & Country Club. Henkel is a senior at...
View ArticlePekin High School lists honor roll
PACKWOOD — Pekin High School officials have announced the names of students who earned recognition on the first semester honor roll for the 2012-13 academic year. Straight A Seniors: Emily Adam,...
View ArticleRichmond residents weigh in on sewer project
RICHMOND (GTNS) — One Richmond resident said that since 1997 when a problem of raw sewage was detected, no one from Washington County had asked for the opinions of Richmond residents on how to solve...
View ArticleIowa D.O.T. decides to issue licenses to immigrants
DES MOINES (AP) — Reversing course on a controversial decision, the Iowa Department of Transportation said Wednesday it will issue driver licenses to young illegal immigrants allowed to remain in the...
View ArticleMental health center at Fort Madison to close
DES MOINES (AP) — The state is closing a 200-bed mental health center at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, only 10 years after spending $26 million to build the facility. State Corrections...
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Juggling act
Elijah Hamilton of Fairfield juggles a pacifier and a couple of Hula Hoops this morning after story time at the Fairfield Public Library. The library’s story time program is open to the public and...
View ArticleFHS seniors speak with school board members
Fairfield High School seniors have the opportunity to speak with school board members face-to-face in government class and Monday, FHS Principal Aaron Becker shared students’ comments from the “exit...
View ArticleFairfield receives atrazine settlement
A letter containing a check for $304,715.14 arrived in the mail Jan. 17 at the Fairfield Water Department, signifying closure to a decade-old national class action lawsuit against Syngenta, the...
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Spelling lesson
Cardinal Middle School sixth-grade students in Lyndsey Noe’s language arts class use their Kuno 3 tablets to practice their new spelling words earlier this week. “We use our Kunos every day in...
View ArticleFairfield Church & Synagogue Calendar
The following houses of worship have made changes to their calendars for Sunday through Feb 2. Any Fairfield house of worship that would like to have its calendar for the week Feb. 3-9 published in...
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