Items needed for driver’s license, ID card, REAL ID
AMES — People applying for their first Iowa driver’s license, an identification card, a duplicate card to replace a lost or stolen one or one of the new REAL ID-approved versions need to bring certain...
View Article2013 Robert D. Blue Scholarship available
DES MOINES — State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald reminds Iowa students the application for the 2013 Robert D. Blue Scholarship is available online at www.rdblue.org. All Iowa residents who plan to...
View ArticleCold temperatures can cause hypothermia
Older adults can lose body heat faster than when they were young, and a big chill can turn into a dangerous problem before an older person even knows what’s happening. Doctors call this serious...
View ArticleJAZZFEST features concert, competition
OTTUMWA — The 21st Annual Indian Hills Community College JAZZFEST will feature an opening concert Friday at St. John Auditorium on the college’s Ottumwa campus. Thirteen Iowa high school jazz bands...
View ArticleLasagna lunch to raise funds for McElhinny House
Fairfield Women’s Club will serve a lasagna luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 26 at the McElhinny House. The menu will include a choice between vegetable or meat lasagna, salad, breadsticks, pie...
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Clover Kids help fire victims
CLOVER KIDS The Jefferson County Fairfield 4-H Clover Kids met 5:15-6:15 p.m. Thursday at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building. The 25 members present made stand-up valentines, filled in...
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JV boys win season finale
OTTUMWA — Jordan Reid scored a team-high 11 points, including six of his team’s final seven points, to lead the Fairfield JV boys to a 44-41 win over Ottumwa in the regular season finale last Tuesday....
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Keokuk ousts Fairfield boys from postseason
KEOKUK — Despite two regular season losses to Keokuk, Fairfield boys’ basketball coach Tyler Miklo expected his team to hang with the host Chiefs in the opening round of Class 3A District 10 action...
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Trojan girls eye state tournament bid today
Outside of Fairfield, nobody probably saw this coming. The Trojan girls’ basketball team advanced to the Class 4A Region 5 final with a win over Oskaloosa on Saturday. The only team standing between...
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Fender bender
An accident stalled traffic Monday afternoon at the intersection of Hempstead Avenue and North B Street in Fairfield. No injuries were reported. Danielle Cassiday, 17, of Fairfield was cited for...
View ArticleFairfield Convention and Visitors Bureau announces grant recipients
The Fairfield Iowa Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced its 2013 grant recipients. The bureau awarded $14,000 to promote 24 events and activities this year. The purpose of the grants is to...
View ArticleStockport city clerk overpaid herself $15,000
DES MOINES (AP) — A clerk for a small southeast Iowa city overpaid herself more than $15,000 over several years and recorded her hours on scraps of paper, according to a new audit released Friday....
View ArticleWaterloo area groups gather clothing for Syrian refugees
WATERLOO (AP) — A group of friends originally from Syria have gathered enough clothing to fill a semi-trailer and will ship the items to Syrian refugees in Turkey. Dema Kazkaz Masri tells the...
View ArticleLawmakers to debate Branstad’s education reforms
DES MOINES (AP) — Lawmakers in the state House are set to debate a scaled-back version of Gov. Terry Branstad’s education reform plan. Debate on the legislation was scheduled for Tuesday. Last week,...
View ArticleMarine Gen. Allen to retire
President Barack Obama says he has accepted Marine Gen. John Allen’s request to retire from the U.S. military. That means the White House won’t go forward with Allen’s nomination to lead U.S. and NATO...
View ArticleSupervisors mull contribution to gym, pool project
Members of the new outdoor pool and gym task force came to today’s Jefferson County Board of Supervisors meeting to learn about the board’s options of financial support to the project. Last week, the...
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Star light, star bright
Children in the Fairfield Homeschool Assistance Program learned about constellations in the night sky while inside a portable planetarium Monday in the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center. Dawood...
View ArticleAuthorities: 4 dead in California shooting spree
A shooting spree early today left three people dead and two others injured in Orange County, and the search for the gunman ended when he shot himself to death in a stolen car as police closed in,...
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Arrests David Tanner, 69, of Fairfield, was arrested Monday for trespassing at the Argiro Student Building. Assaults A subject called police Friday to report he had been assaulted by another man after...
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Webb, Pichler engaged; wedding planned for May
Tony and Mary Webb of Batavia announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their son Darin Webb to Amanda Pichler. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Barb Rush of West Des Moines. She is a 2008...
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