Warriors cruise to eighth win
The Van Buren girls’ basketball team saved its best for last in a matchup with Scotland County (Mo.) Saturday. Up 29-27 headed into the final period, the Warriors scored 15 points to their opponent’s...
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Fairfield freshmen earn third win
The Fairfield freshman boys’ basketball team withstood a last-minute rally from West Branch to claim a 45-39 victory Monday in Fairfield. The ninth-graders carried a 26-16 advantage into the locker...
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Fairfield JV boys fall in double OT
Monday’s JV basketball game between Fairfield and West Branch needed not one, but two overtime periods to decide a winner. The Trojan boys rallied from behind in the fourth period to send the game...
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Slow start to second half hurts Fairfield
Fairfield played even with No. 11 (Class 2A) West Branch in every quarter but one Monday, though it turned out to be a big one. The visiting Bears (7-1) outscored Fairfield 20-5 in the third quarter,...
View ArticleCalendar: December 18, 2012
TUESDAY Santa in His Kandy Kane House, Central Park, 6-8 p.m. Lord’s Cupboard Christmas Box Packing, Nazarene Family Center, 5:30 p.m. Volunteers needed to pack food boxes. Holiday Photos, fundraiser...
View ArticleIowa Wesleyan College president resigns
MOUNT PLEASANT — Iowa Wesleyan College President Jay Simmons has tendered his resignation in order to accept the presidency of Simpson College in Indianola. Simmons will become the 23rd president of...
View ArticleBirmingham
BIRMINGHAM A free Christmas dinner is planned Dec. 25 at the Methodist church in Birmingham. Everyone is welcome. No reservations are needed. The dinner is moving from the Birmingham Lions Building to...
View ArticleArea blood drives scheduled
The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center has scheduled several blood drives in the Jefferson and Van Buren county areas. Three blood drive events are set Dec. 26. The first is scheduled from...
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Five generations
A five-generation photo of the Angstead family was recently taken at a holiday meal at First Lutheran Church in Fairfield. From left are, seated: Great-great Grandpa Don Angstead, 2-month-old Addilyn...
View ArticleWeather service: Major winter storm possible Wednesday night, Thursday
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch early this morning for a major winter storm possible Wednesday night and Thursday. According to the weather service in the Quad Cities, an...
View ArticleKunkle, Hanshaw sworn in as health center trustees
Tom Kunkle and Greg Hanshaw were sworn into the Jefferson County Health Center Board of Trustees during the board’s meeting Monday evening after being elected in the Nov. 6 general election. Kunkle...
View ArticleCity moves forward on gym land purchase option
The Fairfield City Council cautiously approved the next steps for designing and acquiring land for a new gymnasium Monday night at city hall. The council approved an option to buy property adjoining...
View ArticleCounty pressured to change mental health care delivery
Iowa has redesigned mental health care delivery and its 99 counties are working to implement a regional delivery system by April. Jefferson County Board of Supervisors has not taken any action to join...
View ArticleSchool’s support staff salary increases revised
The Fairfield school board Monday approved revising the district’s support staff five-year-service salary increase schedule to be implemented a year sooner than previously paid. District support staff...
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Moving boxes
Volunteers, from left, Andy Mueller, Rusty Brauns and Melvin Diehl move boxes of donated food out of The Lord’s Cupboard this morning to waiting hands inside a trailer before a trip to Nazarene Family...
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Story time
With morning activities finished for the day Monday, St. Mary Preschool 4-year-olds gathered around teacher Jean Dorothy for a story about the “Gingerbread Baby” who was chased by nearly everyone,...
View ArticlePolice
Fairfield Police Department responded to an accident at 2:38 p.m. Monday. Robert Byron Stoops Jr., 57, of 107 South B St., Apt. 1, was driving a 2003 Ford Taurus west on Grimes Avenue. Ashley Jane...
View ArticleMissouri monks’ fruitcakes support solitary living
Once the bane of pot-luck parties, the fruitcake has been turned into a sought-after treat by Trappist monks secluded in the Missouri Ozarks who some say bake cake that’s nothing short of heavenly....
View ArticlePublic Meetings
WEDNESDAY Fairfield City Council Ways and Means Committee — Fairfield City Hall, 3:30 p.m., Recreational Facilities Task Force.
View ArticleSheriff
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reports a deer accident: Willie Guy Pilkington of Lockridge was driving a 1995 Chevrolet Corsica south on Vetch Boulevard when he struck a deer in the road at 5:06...
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