Des Moines hosts Motorcycle Safety Forum
The 10th Anniversary Motorcycle Safety Forum is a rider-focused event facilitated by Iowa’s motorcycle safety team, a diverse partnership of motorcycle safety advocates; the Iowa Department of...
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Friday bird hike at park
Spring migration is underway. Join ornithologist Diane Porter and Jefferson County Naturalist Therese Cummiskey at Jefferson County Park for an early evening bird hike. Expect kinglets and yellow...
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Fairfield Fire Department investigated a trash fire at 8:04 a.m. today near Subway. It was a controlled burn.
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Fairfield Police Department investigated an incident at 8:24 a.m. April 16 at Fairfield Middle School. A 14-year-old female of Fairfield was arrested at 2:05 p.m. Tuesday at 1200 W. Grimes Ave.,...
View ArticleGirls' postseason golf, tennis assignments announced
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union recently released regional golf and tennis assignments for all area schools. The Fairfield girls’ tennis team will look to extend its season May 16 at the...
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Trampolinists place at state contest
PELLA — All 13 of Fairfield’s youth trampolinists qualified for nationals Saturday at the USTA Iowa State Championships in Pella. Four members of the Fairfield Park and Recreation team leaped their...
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Eighth-grade girls defend home turf, win team title
The weather cooperated just long enough for the Fairfield Middle School girls to host their annual Fairfield Relays Monday, and the eighth-graders took advantage of the nice conditions on their home...
View ArticleGolden Strings Orchestra presents two concerts
The Golden Strings Orchestra, violin and viola students of Liz Kwant, will be playing their Spring Show May 3-4. The students will perform May 3 for the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment....
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Passing the gavel
Fairfield Elks Lodge 1192 Past Exalted Ruler Matt Welcher passes the gavel to incoming Exalted Ruler Debbie Davis during a ceremony March 23. Davis is the first female exalted ruler to lead the...
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Open house for Neff’s 90th birthday set May 4
Helen Neff of rural Washington, Iowa, and formerly of rural Richland will celebrate her 90th birthday May 22. An open house will be 2-4 p.m. May 4 at the Steinbeck Conference Hall in Marr Park,...
View ArticleS.H.A.R.E. orders due May 3
Orders are due May 3 for the S.H.A.R.E. Iowa Inc. food packages available in May. Orders can be placed by calling the St. Mary Catholic Church office at 472-3179 or the Southern Iowa Economic...
View ArticleCountry superstar George Jones, 81, dies
When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice. Other great singers have come and gone, but this fact remained inviolate until Jones passed away Friday at 81 in a Nashville hospital after...
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Fairfield Police Department arrested Ricky Brown, 54, of Fairfield, at 4:09 p.m. Thursday on a warrant for probation violation.
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Fairfield Fire Department responded to an automatic alarm at 3:36 a.m. today at 605 W. Stone Ave. The alarm was malfunctioning.
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MONDAY Jefferson County Board of Supervisors — Jefferson County Courthouse, first floor meeting room, 9 a.m.: meet with county engineer; consider wage rate increase by one step for Dillon Champ for...
View ArticleConstruction begins on hog confinements
BATAVIA – The Adam family of Batavia has begun construction on four hog confinement buildings near Batavia after its permit application was approved by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources earlier...
View ArticleLibertyville boil order lifted
LIBERTYVILLE – The boil order for Libertyville has been lifted. The city of Libertyville had been under a boil order since April 18. Residents of Libertyville may resume using water for all daily...
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Vultures await warm weather
Large black birds roosting on Fairfield’s water tower at South B Street and East Adams Avenue in the evenings the past few months have piqued the curiosity of many in the community. Turkey vultures...
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Public entities discuss ambulance burden
The question of who should provide and who should pay for an ambulance service in Jefferson County has come up at recent public meetings. The Fairfield City Council discussed the ambulance service at...
View ArticleFairfield falls 7-2 in boys' tennis
BLOOMFIELD — Sophomore Alexander Punj won his singles match and teamed up with fellow sophomore Alex Simpson for a win in doubles, but the Trojan boys couldn’t prevent their seventh meet defeat in a...
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