UNI edges Missouri State 69-63
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Seth Tuttle scored 19 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, Anthony James added 17 points, and Northern Iowa moved into sole possession of third place in the Missouri Valley...
View ArticleHawkeyes to reseat stadium
IOWA CITY (AP) — The University of Iowa officials will reseat ticket holders at Kinnick Stadium for just the second time starting in 2014. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that most season ticket...
View ArticleFMS boys fall Tuesday
Fairfield’s eighth-grade boys’ basketball team dropped a pair of home games to Burlington Edward Stone on Tuesday. The ‘A’ team fell 33-30, and the Trojan ‘B’ team also dropped its contest....
View ArticleDanville catches fire, blows past Van Buren
DANVILLE — Steven Soukup scored 45 points and the Danville boys advanced to the Class 1A District 9 final with an 80-40 victory over Van Buren on Tuesday. Danville, which also received 16 points from...
View ArticlePekin gets defensive, drops Keota 52-42
KEOTA — Nerves got the best of young Pekin early in its district semifinal game Tuesday, but the visitors settled down in time to pick up a 52-42 victory over host Keota. “It was pretty ugly, but we...
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Trojans’ unforgettable run ends Tuesday
MARENGO — In the last dance before the state tournament Tuesday, the clock finally struck midnight on the Trojan girls’ Cinderella season. Fairfield, eyeing its first state tournament bid in 23 years,...
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Fairfield senior fights blood disease
Fairfield High School senior Cody Cohen has been missing school and needs the help of his classmates and community. Cohen was diagnosed a month ago with a blood cancer disease, Myelodysplastic...
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Eagle in flight
Sherry “Dust” Walker, played by DeeAnn Lantz, dances around her living room like an eagle in flight in “Belles.” Fairfield Area Community Theater’s production concludes this weekend at the Walton...
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School board discusses building addition, Blue Zones
Plans are progressing for completing the design of the renovation and addition project at Fairfield High School, superintendent Art Sathoff told school board members Monday. Sathoff said he forwarded...
View ArticlePolice encourage residents to move cars ahead of snowstorm
The Fairfield Police Department has issued a press release to ask the town’s residents to move their vehicles from city streets in light of the upcoming snowstorm. The National Weather Service...
View ArticleFormer Fairfield resident missing since Friday
A long-time Fairfield resident is still missing after local law enforcement has searched for her for several days. Teresa Bruegge, 44, of Mount Pleasant, formerly of Fairfield, was reported missing...
View ArticleBody found in rubble of KC restaurant
Search crews at the site of a massive explosion that destroyed a popular Kansas City, Mo., restaurant recovered a body Wednesday, and the mayor said the rubble could be concealing other victims. Mayor...
View ArticleCalifornia officials learn identity of first rampage victim
Southern California authorities say they have identified a woman in her 20s who was killed in a home in southern Orange County at the outset of a gunman’s hour-long shooting spree. Orange County...
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Fairfield Police Department arrested Ida Jaquez, 36, of Fairfield at 7:46 a.m. Tuesday, at Seventh Street and Van Buren Avenue on a Polk County warrant for possession of marijuana/failure to...
View ArticleCourt
District Court Ehren David Schneider, 32, of Brighton violated his terms of probation and was ordered to serve his original sentence given Jan. 11, 2011, pay court costs and court appointed attorney...
View ArticleMarriage certificates
The following marriages were processed at the Jefferson County Recorder’s Officer: Joni Renee Bonar of Fairfield and Terry Doughs Hanshaw of Fairfield, Jan. 5, 2013. Jesse Michael Berkowitz of...
View ArticleTraffic tickets
The following traffic tickets were processed by Jefferson County clerk of court: Nicole Diane Sellwood of Ottumwa, speeding. Dustin Dale Wickenkamp of 802 S. Ninth St., Apt. 1, violation – financial...
View ArticleFairfield boy is a finalist in ‘cutest vegan kids’ contest
Fairfield resident Vaughn Anderson could win the national title of Cutest Vegan Kid if he receives the most online votes over four fellow male finalists in the contest sponsored by PETA Kids. The...
View ArticleWeather Notices
Fairfield Community School District Feb. 20, 2:06 p.m. — In light of the forecast for severe weather, and anticipating the possible need to change the regular school schedule, parents should be...
View ArticlePublic meeting
THURSDAY Libertyville City Council — Libertyville Community Center, special council meeting, 6 p.m.: city utility rates; city finances.
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