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Fairfield Police Department arrested Donnene Marie Bell, 45, of 908 N. 10th St., at 2000 S. Main St., Jefferson County Health Center, at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday for disorderly conduct.
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Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office cited Trenton Wade Dunbar, 16, of 2155 Pine Ave., at the Jefferson County Law Enforcement Center at 5:14 p.m. Tuesday for second-degree theft ($1,000 - $10,000) and...
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Capitol visit
Rep. Curt Hanson, from left, welcomed Becky Schmitz, Jefferson County Supervisor; Ted Nixon, Van Buren County Supervisor; and Ron Bride, Davis County Supervisor on the Iowa House floor March 13 in Des...
View ArticleBranstad calls on Senate to support Regents picks
DES MOINES (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has sent a letter to senators seeking support for his nominees to the Board of Regents. The letter was delivered Tuesday to all 50 senators. Branstad says his...
View ArticleVan Buren school board studies adding new facilities
KEOSAUQUA – The Van Buren Community School Board heard a presentation from representatives of the facilities study committee during the March 19 board meeting. Present at the meeting were Cale...
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Precision Equipment builds repair shop
An 80-foot by 149-foot building being constructed at Fairfield’s John Deere dealer, Precision Equipment, is a new shop building for mechanics working on repairs and servicing agricultural equipment....
View ArticleOrdinance sets rules for beach at Bonnifield Lake
The Fairfield City Council passed the third and final reading of an ordinance Monday designed to improve safety and clarify rules pertaining to Bonnifield Lake. The ordinance allows swimming in...
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Steady climb
Niel Cale, top, and LeRoy Thornburg of Bovard Studio install stained glass windows Monday above the entrance to St. Mary Catholic Church in Fairfield. Cale and Thornburg took turns steadying the glass...
View ArticleCalendar: March 28, 2013
THURSDAY Arc of Jefferson & Nearby Counties Board of Directors, First United Methodist Church, 5:30 p.m. Blood Drive, Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building, 3-7 p.m. Walk-in donors...
View ArticleMarketing resources speaking
Brendon Burchard and Joe Polish, top marketing resources for small business owners and motivational trainers, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Argiro Student Center’s Dalby Hall on the Maharishi...
View ArticleIowa KidsNet planning meeting for potential foster care, adoptive families
OTTUMWA — Iowa KidsNet, the statewide organization that recruits, trains, licenses and supports Iowa’s foster and adoptive families, will hold an information session April 4 in Ottumwa for individuals...
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Farmers’ market
Members of the 2013 Fairfield Farmers’ Market Advisory Board are, from left, Cindy Lyons, Richard Adam, Joy Salmon, Steve McLaskey, Barb Withrow, Claude Nicholson, Cary Spray and Barb Grijalva. The...
View ArticleFairfield Women's Club Garden Department
FAIRFIELD WOMEN’S CLUB GARDEN DEPARTMENT Members of the Fairfield Women’s Club Garden Department will meet at 9:30 a.m. April 4 at the McElhinny House. President Donna Clark will conduct a business...
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Barhydt Chapel wedding photos sought for display
The Fairfield Arts & Convention Center is looking for photos of wedding ceremonies that took place in the Barhydt Chapel on the Parsons College campus — or in later years — the Maharishi...
View ArticleGerman migrant program offers cautions for U.S., Congress may begin debate in...
In gritty backstreets of Berlin and other major German cities, housewives wearing head scarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time in cafes sipping coffee, chatting in Turkish and...
View ArticleIn a Chicago suburb, an indoor farm goes ‘mega’
Farming in abandoned warehouses has become a hot trend in the Midwest — with varying degrees of success — as more entrepreneurs worldwide experiment with indoor growing systems in attempts to grow...
View Article40 years on, Vietnam troop withdrawal remembered
Forty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their flights home so that they wouldn’t be accosted by angry protesters at the airport. For a...
View ArticleIDOT invites public input on website redesign
At an agency the size of the Iowa Department of Transportation there is an enormous amount of information available to the public. Much of that information is on the agency’s website www.iowadot.gov...
View ArticlePolice log
The following information is Fairfield Police Department’s initial contacts summary received by dispatch on Wednesday, provided at the Jefferson County Law Enforcement Center. Theft Six garbage bags...
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Jefferson County Sheriff ‘s Office responded to an accident at 9:36 p.m. Wednesday. Yicen Man, 25, of 1103 South D. St., was driving west on business Highway 34 when she drove onto the shoulder east...
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