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Trojan girls qualify two events; awaiting verdict on seven others
MOUNT PLEASANT — Just about everything went according to plan for the Fairfield girls’ track and field team at Thursday’s state-qualifying meet in Mount Pleasant. Just about. The Trojan girls earned...
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Swanson headlines list of state qualifiers for Fairfield boys
MOUNT PLEASANT — Not every senior meets his or her goals on the track, especially when they’re as lofty as the ones Jonny Swanson set. But at Thursday’s district meet in Mount Pleasant, Swanson moved...
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Card shower planned for Conger’s 80th birthday
Ulala Conger of Fairfield will celebrate her 80th birthday Saturday. Mrs. Conger was born May 18, 1933, in Linby. She graduated from Packwood High School in 1951. She has lived and worked in Jefferson...
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Nelson, Syfert wedding set Saturday in Fairfield
Joe and Sandy Nelson of Fairfield announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Sara Nelson, to Kyle Syfert, son of Dennis and Diane Syfert of Birmingham and Bob and Laura...
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Innises celebrating 40th wedding anniversary
The Rev. Howard and Karen Innis of Fairfield will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary Sunday. Howard Innis and Karen Anderson were married May 19, 1973, in Minneapolis, Minn. The couple have...
View ArticlePolice vow to solve New Orleans shootings
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Video released early today by New Orleans police shows a possible suspect in the Mother’s Day gunfire that wounded 19 people during a neighborhood parade. The grainy surveillance...
View ArticleUN: Eat more insects
ROME (AP) — The latest weapon in the U.N.’s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now. Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for...
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Fairfield Police Department received a report at 3:12 p.m. Thursday of fourth-degree theft at Memorial Lawn Cemetery. A third-degree burglary was reported at 10:28 a.m. Thursday from a motor vehicle...
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MONDAY Pekin Community School Board of Education — Pekin Media Center, 6 p.m.: approve agenda; approve minutes; approve bills; public participation (thank you from Sen. Tom Harkin for the Pekin Tree...
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‘Biggest brutes’
Don’t ask Pat Adam, left, rural Fairfield, and Mike Durian of Wellman where they find the morels as that is a carefully guarded secret. Adam said, “These are the biggest brutes I have ever seen and...
View ArticleTrojan girls advance in team tennis
The Fairfield girls’ tennis team advanced to the regional final of Class 1A team tennis with dual wins over Oskaloosa and Albia Saturday in Fairfield. The Trojans girls rallied past Oskaloosa 5-4 in...
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Pioneers’ Stickels wins district title Friday
Maharishi School isn’t used to playing from behind in boys’ tennis, but the host Pioneers did just that to capture a district title on the M.U.M. courts Friday in Fairfield. Needing a win from their...
View ArticleState track qualifiers released
FAIRFIELD GIRLS • High Jump — Marisa Repp (5-0) • Discus — Sidney Baumann (107-2) • 100 — Sydney Howard (12.55) • 200 — Sydney Howard (26.63) • 800 — Jessica Lamb (2:23.26) • 4x100 — Mackenzie...
View ArticleTrojan soccer team moves one step closer to SEC title
KEOKUK — If the Fairfield boys’ soccer team plans to win its first Southeast Conference championship since 2011, they’ll need to do it from the road. So far, so good. A total of five Trojans got in on...
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Pekin track teams clean up at district meet
RIVERSIDE — Don’t expect any elaborate celebrations this week in the wake of the Pekin boys’ track team’s 18th district title in school history. No, that’s just not Davis Eidahl’s style. “It was just...
View ArticleFairfield golfers finish second Friday, advance
MORAVIA — Just advance. In the postseason, it doesn’t matter how a team does it, just that a team does. Few area teams have had more recent success turning the idea into reality than the Fairfield...
View ArticleIowans worry as health care debate continues
DES MOINES (AP) — As negotiations drag out in the state Capitol over how to best provide health coverage for low-income residents, some Iowans are starting to worry about what the debate means for...
View ArticleHistoric Dubuque structure shelters varied items
DUBUQUE (AP) — Every loose brick in the former Dubuque Brewing & Malting building is a chunk of Dubuque history. The controversy surrounding the iconic structure at 30th and Jackson streets that...
View ArticleBurlington solar project offers power, publicity
BURLINGTON (AP) — A familiar landmark on Burlington's riverfront soon will draw its power from the sun. The Hawk Eye reports the city's renewable energy and conservation advisory committee has a plan...
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Program helps young people learn job skills
Area youth will get a taste of what a full-time job is like this summer. Susie Drish of Indian Hills Work Force Development told the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors today about an opportunity...
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