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Fairfield boys bury Demons 5-1
The Trojan boys’ soccer team corrected some of the mistakes it made in its conference-opening loss to Mount Pleasant, bouncing back with a 5-1 victory over Southeast Conference rival Washington...
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Pekin finishes fifth, Trojans sixth at Denny White Relays
MOUNT PLEASANT — Overall health trumped points Thursday as the Fairfield boys played it safe and left with six races to go at the cold and dreary Denny White Relays in Mount Pleasant. The Trojans, who...
View ArticleGirl Scouts approve plan to retain four camps
DUBUQUE (AP) — Four Girl Scout camps in eastern Iowa will remain open, but with some changes. The council for the Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois voted Thursday to adopt a plan that...
View ArticleIowa slaying suspect won’t face insurance charge
DES MOINES (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped an unrelated charge filed against a man who has reported police harassment as he awaits his second trial in a 1996 Des Moines slaying. The Des Moines...
View ArticleCourt: Iowa truckers over limit won’t get a break
IOWA CITY (AP) — Unlike ordinary drivers, the Iowa Supreme Court says licensed truckers will not be given a break if they're caught driving with a blood-alcohol concentration barely over the legal...
View ArticleIowa suspect fights for wife’s insurance payout
BOONE (AP) — A 39-year-old man who's been charged with killing his wife in central Iowa has been fighting with her estate for proceeds of her $250,000 life insurance policy. Alexander Fazzino was...
View ArticleState treasurer attacks Branstad health plan
DES MOINES (AP) — State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald waded Thursday into the partisan debate over whether to expand Medicaid in Iowa, attacking Gov. Terry Branstad's alternative proposal as a "bad...
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Cindy Woodbury becomes art walk director
Cindy Woodbury will become the executive director of Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk, taking over following the departure of current director Dania De Bortoli. Woodbury will assume her new position...
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Two sisters testify in Webster trial
The first witness for the defense in the murder trial of Tyler Webster in Jefferson County was an ex-wife of Buddy Frisbie, who was killed Aug. 25, shot by Webster. Carissa Godwin testified Thursday...
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Jazz Band Rehearsal
Dalton Rippey plays bass for the Fairfield Middle School sixth-grade jazz band rehearsal this morning before school. The sixth-grade jazz band and the combined seventh- and eighth-grade jazz band will...
View ArticleWastewater bypass found in Fairfield
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is recommending keeping children and pets away from Crow Creek at least until Wednesday morning due to a discharge into the creek. About 9 a.m. Monday,...
View ArticleFairfield Middle School locked down today
The Fairfield Middle School had a level 2 lockdown this morning. The school district’s website, www.fairfieldsfuture.org, has a scrolling message: “FMS Level 2 lockdown this A.M. was for a...
View ArticleCalendar: April 16, 2013
TUESDAY Yard Waste Burning, Fairfield city limits, daylight hours when wind conditions are appropriate. Jazz Band Concert, sixth-grade jazz band and seventh-and eighth-grade jazz band, Fairfield...
View Article‘Matter of Balance’ class to focus on how to manage falls
SIGOURNEY — Seneca Area Agency on Aging is providing the program “Matter of Balance” beginning April 23 in Sigourney. Classes will be held from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from April 23...
View ArticleLuther College
LUTHER COLLEGE DECORAH — Luther College junior Alexander Greiner of Fairfield has been granted a $7,500 Goldwater Scholarship based on academic merit. Greiner is one of 271 students to receive the...
View Article‘Fighting for a Cure’ cookbook available
Southeast Iowa Susan G. Komen Affiliate’s new ”Fighting for a Cure” cookbook is now available. Members of the affiliate, friends and family compiled their 161 tastiest tried-and-true recipes from...
View ArticleShriners set annual breakfast
The Fairfield Shrine Club will hold its 13th annual "all-you-can-eat" pancake breakfast from 6-10 a.m. Saturday at the VFW in Fairfield. The menu will include pancakes, sausage, biscuits and sausage...
View ArticleLittle League fundraiser planned
PACKWOOD — Packwood Little League will have a hog roast fundraiser from 5-7 p.m. Saturday at the Packwood Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). This year, Packwood has five Little League teams, with...
View ArticleWay Off Broadway planning auditions for summer season
Way Off Broadway, Iowa’s only professional musical theatre company and the residential company at Fairfield Arts & Convention Center’s Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, announces...
View ArticleDog agility park grand opening set Saturday, Sunday
Girl Scout Danielle Garrison is holding a grand opening celebration for the Fairfield Dog Agility Park from 2-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Fairfield Dog Park in O.B. Nelson Park. Garrison, a...
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