Police prepare for RAGBRAI 2013
RAGBRAI will stop in Fairfield this summer for the first time since 1997. Many of the city’s residents remember RAGBRAI’s most recent visit. Washington Police Chief Julie Harvey road her bike through...
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Snowcastle workshop
Pence Elementary School students pack snow as tightly as they can this morning as they construct a snowcastle on the playground. The children pictured are, from left, Cason Miller, Lane Norris, Ethan...
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Surprise! Valentine
Paris Thommen, 8, of Fairfield, created a Valentine card Friday night at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center as an activity available during Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk. She said she...
View ArticleCalendar: February 5, 2013
TUESDAY T.T.T., Chapter E, McElhinny House, 7 p.m. Birmingham Homecoming Committee, Birmingham Lions Building, 7 p.m. Blood Drive, Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building, 2-7 p.m. Walk-in...
View ArticleKirkwood Community College; Pensacola Christian College; University of Oklahoma
KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE CEDAR RAPIDS — Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean’s List for the fall 2012 semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after...
View ArticlePractical Farmers continue farminars
AMES — Practical Farmers of Iowa free interactive webinars, called farminars, will be presented live from 7-8:30 p.m. each Tuesday through Feb. 26. The series is open to anyone, and any computer with...
View Article‘How I Became a Pirate’ set Feb. 12
The national touring production of “How I Became a Pirate” brings Melinda Long’s swashbuckling treasure hunt to life at 7 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center’s Stephen Sondheim...
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Wetrich, Walker married in September ceremony
Megan Marie Wetrich and Robert Alan Walker were married Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at Camp Dodge in Johnston, with the Honorable Judge Sarah Rothman, friend of the bride and groom, officiating The...
View ArticleFairfield JV squads travel to Keokuk, Pella
PELLA — Pella claimed a 43-35 win over the Fairfield JV girls’ basketball team Saturday in Pella. Freshman Mackenzie Flattery led the Trojan offense with nine points, and sophomores Karley Williams...
View ArticleComet girls fall in finale
BLOOMFIELD — The Davis County girls made more than half their field goal attempts en route to a 65-39 victory over Cardinal in both teams’ final regular season game of the winter Monday. The host...
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Fairfield bowlers test conference tourney lanes
WASHINGTON, Iowa — The Trojan bowlers got their first look at the site of this year’s Southeast Conference tournament competing at Melody Lanes in Washington Saturday. Fairfield took one of the two...
View ArticlePBS documentary features Iowa native
Iowa native and 1949 Grinnell College graduate Robert Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit, will be profiled in a documentary premiering on Public Broadcast Service TV’s American Experience...
View ArticleLoebsack representative has local office hours
U.S. Congressman Dave Loebsack will have a member of his staff in Southeastern Iowa for open office hours this month. Constituents are urged to come in to discuss job creation and economic...
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Fairfield Police Department arrested Jeremy Wayne Kaska, 33, of Brighton, at 5:08 p.m. Monday at 809 W. Tyler Ave., Apt. A. He is charged with contempt of court and violation of a restraining order....
View ArticlePublic meeting
FRIDAY Jefferson County Board of Supervisors — Regional Utility Service Systems board training in Mount Pleasant, 8:30 a.m.
View ArticleCounty residents could vote on pool, gym funding
Fairfield residents had an opportunity to vote in November about the city bonding for $3 million to assist with construction of a new outdoor pool at O.B. Nelson Park and a new gym to be added near...
View ArticleRiverside man sentenced to 50 years
RIVERSIDE – A Riverside man who was convicted of shooting and killing his live-in girlfriend will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced to 50 years for second-degree murder...
View ArticleSuit accuses school of not reporting abuse by teacher
DES MOINES (AP) — A former elementary school student and her mother filed a federal lawsuit Monday claiming the girl’s principal and superintendent failed to report sexual abuse by a former teacher....
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Fairfield under the spotlight
More than 30 people auditioned for a reality TV show Monday night at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center’s Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts. The performers showed off their...
View ArticleProperty tax credits, rent reimbursement available
Each year, Iowans who are elderly or have a disability may be able to benefit from a property tax credit on their home or rent reimbursement on apartment or mobile home lot rent. To be eligible, a...
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