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Going the distance
The entire Fairfield High School student body and faculty walked around the track at Trojan Stadium May 6 for 30 minutes. The half-hour of exercise was part of the Live Healthy Iowa Kids initiative...
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Fungal snack
Jessica Christofferson displays the 6-inch mushroom recently discovered by her boyfriend, Adam Sisler.
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BIRMINGHAM A pizza party is planned at 5 p.m. May 23 at the Birmingham Library for fourth- through sixth-grade children to sign up for a book club. The club will meet at 10 a.m. on Saturdays in July....
View ArticleChamber music society reviving for new season
The Chamber Music Society of Fairfield is being revived for the 2013-14 Sondheim Chamber Spotlight Series at the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center’s Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing...
View ArticleFree program focuses on bugs in gardens
A free “lunch and learn” program, “Good Bugs-Bad Bugs of the Garden,” is planned from noon to 1 p.m. May 23 at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office. According to ISU Extention horticulture...
View ArticleCongregate meal planned in East Pleasant Plain
EAST PLEASANT PLAIN — A congregate meal will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 23 at St. Joseph Church in East Pleasant Plain. The menu will include stuffed pork loin, mashed potatoes and...
View ArticleLibrary begins new seed library
The Fairfield Public Library has a new unique feature: a seed library. Rebecca Johnson, Fairfield Public Library director, said the seeds can be checked out with a library card, and returned after six...
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Birthday card shower set for Kessel
Alice Kessel of Fairfield will celebrate her 85th birthday May 23. A card shower is being planned. Cards can be sent to Mrs. Kessel at 2237 Highway 34, Room 111, Fairfield 52556.
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McReynoldses celebrate 60th wedding anniversary
Bob and Mary Ann McReynolds of Richland will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary May 24. A card shower is being planned. Cards can be sent to the McReynolds at 30532 320th Ave., Richland 52585....
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Dutch advance
Central College second baseman and former Cardinal High School student Chelsea Greiner makes a play on a line drive during action last week at the NCAA Division III Pella Regional championship....
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Trojan girls prep for busy weekend in Des Moines
Few Trojans ever have an opportunity to defend a state title, let alone two. But Fairfield senior Sydney Howard will get that chance in the 100- and 200-meter dashes with the start of the Iowa state...
View ArticleInfluence game: Tech, labor spar on immigration
To the U.S. technology industry, there’s a dramatic shortfall in the number of Americans skilled in computer programming and engineering that is hampering business. To unions and some Democrats, it’s...
View ArticleBomb in Afghanistan kills 15, including 6 Americans
A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy during rush hour in the Afghan capital today, killing at least 15 people, including six U.S. military advisers and two children, officials said. U.S....
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Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reported an accident involving a Harley-Davidson motorcycle at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 34 near Batavia. Driver Eric Lee Woodard, 46, of Freemont, and an unnamed...
View ArticleState economic development budget approved
DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Legislature has approved a $41 million compromise economic development budget. The House and Senate both easily approved the plan Wednesday. It funds the Department of...
View ArticleIowa lawmakers approve justice budget
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa legislators have approved a compromise budget plan for the state justice system. On Wednesday, lawmakers in the state House and Senate approved $547 million in spending that...
View ArticleDecontamination drill practiced in central Iowa
DES MOINES (AP) — Authorities in central Iowa are practicing decontamination procedures in case of a bioterrorism threat or industrial contamination event. The Polk County Health Department and other...
View ArticleISU engineers design taller wind turbine towers
AMES (AP) — Engineers at Iowa State University are working on a way to make wind turbine towers taller by building them from concrete instead of the steel currently used. Increasing tower height to...
View ArticleColumbia University seeks to alter whites-only bequest
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University is seeking to change the terms of a 93-year-old trust earmarked for white students from Iowa. The Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship stipulates that money be...
View ArticleFairfield to welcome RAGBRAI riders with circus, musical acts
RAGBRAI in Fairfield is a communitywide effort, hosting thousands of bicycle riders and support teams overnight on July 26. While committees have been at work for more than two months and volunteers...
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