Jefferson County residents will soon receive assessments
Jefferson County property assessment notices will be in the mail this weekend, and county assessor Sheri Blough urges residents to review their assessments and contact her office as soon as possible...
View Article$10 million bond vote Tuesday
Residents in the Fairfield Community School District can vote Tuesday to decide if the school district can issue $10 million in general obligation bonds to update Fairfield High School. Proposition A,...
View ArticlePolls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday
Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday for the bond issue vote to renovate Fairfield High School. Polling sites for school district elections are: • Jefferson County Courthouse — residents of the...
View ArticleOfficial language of school bond ballot measure
The April 2 ballot will ask voters: Shall the following public measure be adopted? Proposition A Yes [ ] No [ ] Shall the board of directors of the Fairfield Community School District in the counties...
View ArticleBranstad holds hearing on releasing killer
IOWA CITY (AP) — Iowa’s governor has called a rare public hearing Wednesday to gather input on whether he should free an inmate widely credited with turning his life around while serving 38 years in...
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Odd Fellows’ items up for auction
The contents of the Jefferson Lodge in Fairfield, the local chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will be sold at an auction in Des Moines next month. Aaron Dowell Auction Co. is selling...
View ArticleCalendar: March 29, 2013
FRIDAY Roosevelt Community Recreation Center and Roosevelt Aquatic Center, closing at 4 p.m. “Cabaret,” produced by Way Off Broadway, Fairfield Arts & Convention Center’s Stephen Sondheim Center...
View ArticleCongregate Meals: April 1-5, 2013
The Fairfield Senior Citizen Center has listed its menu for the coming week. Meals are served at 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday at the Fairfield senior center and at noon Monday, Wednesday and...
View ArticleFairfield School Menu: April 1-5, 2013
Fairfield Community School District has listed its breakfast and lunch menu for the coming week. Monday — breakfast at the middle school and high school: assorted cereals, assorted cereal bars, orange...
View ArticleRed Cross: Prepare now for severe weather
During Severe Weather Awareness Week in Iowa, the American Red Cross serving Greater Iowa urges residents to take steps now to stay safe when severe weather threatens. The Red Cross recommends...
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Benges celebrating 50th wedding anniversary
Lawrence “Shorty” and Beverly Benge will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house reception from 1-4 p.m. April 6 at the Douds Community Center. Their children and grandchildren...
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Church & Synagogues calendar: March 31-April 6, 2013
The following houses of worship have made calendar changes for Sunday through April 6. Any Fairfield house of worship wanting to have its calendar for the week April 7-13, published in The Ledger...
View ArticleLabyrinth service; Drama presentation; Tenderloin meal; Spring Rally
Service set at labyrinth An Easter Vigil service, with Communion, integrated with walking the labyrinth, is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday outside First United Methodist Church. The service will be led by...
View ArticleEPA takes aim at auto emissions, sulfur in gas
The Obama administration proposed new regulations Friday to clean up gasoline and automobile emissions, claiming the new standards would provide $7 in health benefits from cleaner air for each dollar...
View ArticleMan gets probation in mercy killing
An 86-year-old man who carried out a mercy killing by shooting his ailing wife in the head was sentenced to probation on Friday after an emotional hearing where family members tearfully spoke on his...
View ArticleChristians mark Jesus’ crucifixion on Good Friday
Hundreds of Christians streamed through the cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday, hoisting wooden crosses and chanting prayers to mark the crucifixion of Jesus. Throngs of pilgrims...
View ArticleMotive remains mystery in Newtown shootings
Newly released search warrants in the Newtown school shooting have revealed that gunman Adam Lanza’s home was packed with weapons and ammunition, but the documents do not shed any new light on what...
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Pekin boys score 194 to handle Ruritan Relays field
PACKWOOD — The weather wasn’t the only thing warming up at Thursday’s outdoor season-opening Ruritan Relays in Packwood. That designation belonged to the Pekin Panther boys’ track and field team,...
View ArticlePolice log
The following information is Fairfield Police Department’s initial contacts summary received by dispatch Wednesday provided at the Jefferson County Law Enforcement Center. Accident Heath Granneman,...
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Fairfield Police Department arrested Dassan Alexander Verstrepen, 23, of 406 N. Third St., at 10:24 p.m. Thursday for criminal trespass for climbing on top of the men’s dome on Maharishi University of...
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