J.C. Penney department stores bringing back sales
NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is bringing back sales. The struggling department store chain this week will begin adding some of the hundreds of sales it ditched last year in hopes of luring back...
View ArticleThursday, state legislators invite input about climate, natural resources,...
Iowa’s natural resource priorities will be the topic of a listening session sponsored by state legislators 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center. The meeting is being...
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Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to an accident at 6:37 a.m. Sunday on Business Highway 34, three-tenths of a mile east of Exit 210. Melina M. Ramos Afaro of Ottumwa, was driving a 1998...
View ArticleFarm Service Agency announces program updates
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency reminds producers the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended the authorization of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of...
View ArticleMount Mercy, Roger Williams and Drake universities
MOUNT MERCY UNIVERSITY CEDAR RAPIDS — Several area students have been named to the fall 2012 dean’s list at Mount Mercy University. Noel Buck of Fairfield is studying nursing. Morgan Brokken of...
View ArticleFree lecture on weight loss planned Thursday
The Foundation for Wellness Professionals is presenting a free lecture on weight loss at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Fairfield Public Library. Participants will learn how to turn their bodies into...
View ArticleBatavia community center hosting pork loin dinner
BATAVIA — The Batavia Senior Citizen Community Center will be hosting a sliced pork loin dinner from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday at the center. The menu includes sliced pork loin, cheesy potatoes, baked...
View ArticleRetirement open house set for Kessel Sunday
David Kessel of Fairfield will be celebrating his retirement and 65th birthday during an open house from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at his home, 2252 Middle Glasgow Road. Kessel was born Feb. 6, 1948. He and his...
View ArticleFund opened to help family who lost home in Dec. 2 fire
A home fire fund as been opened for Royce and Crystal Mallinger at MidWestOne Bank. The Fairfield couple, their 3-year-old son Ryker, 5-year-old daughter Cassidy and their dogs, lost their home on...
View Article‘Chicago’ tickets available Friday
KEOSAUQUA — Tickets for the Van Buren Players production of “Chicago” go on sale Friday through Community First Bank in Keosauqua. This 50th anniversary production presents a unique opportunity for...
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Pekin academic letter winners
Pekin High School recently recognized its 2012 academic letter winners. To qualify students must maintain a 3.5 grade point average throughout the entire 2011-12 school year. Pictured, but in no...
View ArticleHarkin will not seek re-election
CUMMING, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin said Saturday he will not seek a sixth term in 2014, a decision that eases some of the burden the national Republican Party faces in retaking the Senate....
View ArticleCounty engineer reviews snow/ice road clearing policy
Jefferson County Engineer Scott Cline was asked to give a brief outline of the ice/snow removal policy for county secondary roads department. “We met with the road crew earlier this morning to review...
View ArticleFairfield named top 20 small town
Fairfield was named one of the country’s top 20 towns by a national news magazine. Fairfield Chamber of Commerce director Nancy Morrissey gave Susan Spano of Smithsonian Magazine a tour of the...
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Art Walk at Hawthorne Direct
Hawthorne Direct employees Rob Gottshall (left) and John Strouss enjoy the nacho taco bar at the Fairfield First Fridays Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event Thursday night at Hawthorne...
View ArticleBraley considers Senate run
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Rep. Bruce Braley says he is considering running for Tom Harkin’s U.S. Senate seat in 2014. Harkin announced Saturday that he won’t run for a sixth term in the Senate, which the...
View ArticleHow health care law will affect Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Starting in October, the way Iowans get health insurance is going to change as a result of the Affordable Care Act. The new law aims to reduce the uninsured population by...
View ArticleLikely shadow worries Iowa City church leaders
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — For nearly a century and a half, light has streamed through the stained-glass windows lining Trinity Episcopal Church’s sanctuary, while outside, downtown Iowa City has grown up...
View ArticleIowa lags behind in electing women to top jobs
BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — First-grade students at Neil Armstrong Elementary School file into the school gymnasium, but there is no raucous game of kickball or other high-energy activity on the agenda....
View ArticleHealth classes set at senior center
The Seneca Area Agency on Aging is offering a Better Choices/Better Health program to help adults ages 55 and older manage the symptoms of ongoing health problems, such as issues with the heart and...
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