Pekin girls roll to another team title
MONTEZUMA — The Pekin girls’ track and field team won its second straight meet Tuesday, racking up 167 points to best five other teams at the Lew-Lundy Relays in Montezuma. Pekin won eight events,...
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Van Buren, Cardinal run at Panther Relays
MOUNT PLEASANT — Van Buren finished seventh and Cardinal took 10th in the small school standings of Tuesday’s Panther Relays in Mount Pleasant. Junior Unity Daugherty was the top finisher for Van...
View ArticleThursday sporting events called off
Spring sporting events were again hit by cancellations and postponements today thanks to unseasonably cold temperatures and rain. All area changes are listed below: • Girls’ track meet at Mid-Prairie,...
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New coach, same lofty expectations for Pioneer boys
For 25 years under head coach Lawrence Eyre, success and Maharishi School tennis went hand in hand. With Eyre’s sudden retirement last spring, it ended one of the most successful head coaching stints...
View ArticleIowa senator decries acceptance of homosexuality
DES MOINES (AP) — A Republican senator from northern Iowa said Wednesday that homosexual lifestyles pose a health risk to him and his family in comments that drew a sharp rebuke from an openly gay...
View ArticleIowa House backs tougher rules for teen drivers
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa teenagers who want a driver's license before they turn 18 would have to wait a little longer under a measure passed Wednesday by the state House. Representatives voted 87 to 9...
View ArticleFairfield’s RAGBRAI town rally Saturday
The Fairfield community is invited to attend the RAGBRAI Town Rally & Bike Clinic 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center. RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across...
View ArticleFairfield school lunch program overhauled
The Fairfield Community School District will change the way it orders food in school year 2013-14 as well as change the consequences for student lunch accounts that have a negative balance, beginning...
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‘The Ugly Duckling’ comes to Fairfield
The Fairfield Arts & Convention Center will host a production of “The Ugly Duckling” at 7:30 p.m. Friday. What’s special about this performance is all of the actors will sign their lines. The play...
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Lightning ignites church roof
Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fairfield caught fire late Wednesday night after lightning struck its roof. The Fairfield Fire Department responded to the fire at 11:35 p.m. Firefighters used water to...
View ArticleMore track meets canceled Friday
Local track teams will have to stay home — again — with highs projected in the mid-40s today. Both the middle school boys’ meet in Mount Pleasant and high school boys’ relays in Burlington have been...
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Pioneer boys mow down Keokuk 7-2
Rain and cold has yet to thwart the Pioneer boys’ tennis team, which often has found shelter from the weather at its indoor facilities this spring. In fact, the Pioneers have been playing so well...
View ArticleRussia's Caucasus have seen decades of war, terror
Russia's volatile North Caucasus, which the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings once called home, have seen two decades of brutal fighting between Russian forces and separatists bent on...
View ArticleSheriff: Storage unit led to arrests
A tip pointing to a cache of guns and a vehicle hidden at a storage unit helped investigators to unravel a meticulous revenge plot that had culminated in the killings of three people, including two...
View ArticleIDOT celebrates 100 years
Iowa’s earliest road system was a network of dirt, wooden plank, and gravel and crushed clamshell roads. During periods of rain or snow, the roadway system turned into a mire of mud. To assist Iowans...
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Touring
Fairfield Community School District Superintendent Art Sathoff, left, and Auxiliary Services Director Fred McElwee toured the Sustainable Living Center on Maharishi University of Management campus...
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Support beams
The whole trees in the main hall of the Sustainable Living Center on Maharishi University of Management campus are weight-supporting. Thousands of compressed earth blocks made from soil on campus form...
View ArticleBombing probe highlights expansion of surveillance
As the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings illustrates, getting lost in the crowd is no longer an easy feat. There are eyes — and cameras — everywhere. Investigators swiftly obtained a vast...
View ArticlePolice log
The following incident is provided in the Fairfield Police Department’s initial contacts summary received by dispatch provided at Jefferson County Law Enforcement Center. 4:34 p.m. Thursday: Highway...
View ArticlePublic meetings
MONDAY Jefferson County Board of Supervisors — Jefferson County Courthouse, first floor meeting room, 9 a.m.: meet with county engineer; discuss and consider sale of excess county property in NW1/4 of...
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