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Water wars
Second-graders at Libertyville Elementary School played water games Monday afternoon with equipment supplied by the Libertyville Fire Department. Ellie Stever, far left, Brookelynn Silvers, second...
View ArticleComets fall to No. 2 Notre Dame
WEST BURLINGTON — No. 2-ranked (Class 3A) West Burlington/Notre Dame picked up a 5-1 win over Cardinal in Southeast Iowa Super Conference softball action Tuesday in West Burlington. Delaney Ridgway,...
View ArticleCardinal baseball tops Notre Dame for third straight win
ELDON — The Cardinal baseball team picked up its third straight win Tuesday, blasting West Burlington/Notre Dame 9-1 in a Southeast Iowa Super Conference South showdown in Eldon. Junior Conner...
View ArticleAt UN, Rice has led U.S. policy on Syria, N. Korea
Susan Rice, tapped by President Barack Obama to become the next National Security adviser, has been at the center of the international feuding over Syria’s disastrous civil war as the outspoken U.S....
View ArticleDriver license renewals coming online mid-July
Renewing a driver’s license online is expected to become a reality in mid-July, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. In May, Gov. Terry Branstad signed House File 355 that paved the way...
View ArticlePekin softball earns 11-4 win
LETTS — Everything seemed to be working for the Pekin softball team Tuesday as it picked up an 11-4 victory over host Louisa-Muscatine. The Panther girls collected 15 hits through seven innings and...
View ArticleVan Buren seniors come through
MORAVIA — Van Buren’s seniors stepped up in a big way to hand their team a 10-4 victory Monday in Moravia. The school’s recent graduates went a combined 8-for-14 from the plate and totaled seven of...
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Barker fires no-no
FORT MADISON — One start was all Robert Barker needed to record his first ever no-hitter, and Van Buren cruised to a 15-2 victory over Holy Trinity in Fort Madison Tuesday. Making the first start in...
View ArticleU.S. targets leaders of violent street gang
The government today designated six leaders of the violent street gang MS-13 as international criminals, stepping up a crackdown on the sprawling U.S. and Central American gang’s finances. The...
View ArticleSolid defense carries Pekin to 4-2 victory
PACKWOOD — Pekin first-year baseball coach Pie Reighard said his team had its “best defense to date” in a 4-2 victory over conference foe Highland Monday in Packwood. Behind starting pitcher Petie...
View ArticlePublic meeting
TODAY Postponed: Fairfield City Council Civil Service Commission — Jefferson County Health Center conference room 1:30 p.m.: personnel; new hire preparation.
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Local soccer team repeats at Osky tournament
OSKALOOSA — The Fairfield Area Soccer Association’s U14 team became champions for the fourth straight year at the season-ending tournament in Oskaloosa Saturday. The local team won three straight...
View ArticleCedar Rapids council member running for U.S. House
CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) — A member of the Cedar Rapids City Council says she'll seek the Democratic nomination for Iowa's 1st Congressional District seat. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports that Monica...
View ArticleIowa residents can fish for free this weekend
DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa residents can fish without a license this weekend. The Department of Natural Resources says the free fishing weekend will run from Friday through Sunday. The event typically is...
View ArticleIowa regents to select new board president
IOWA CITY (AP) — Members of the Iowa Board of Regents will name a new president to lead their board, which governs Iowa's three public universities. The regents meet today at the University of Iowa....
View ArticleReport cites Iowa racial disparity in pot arrests
DES MOINES (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union says the racial disparity between blacks and whites arrested for marijuana possession in Iowa is the worst in the nation. The Des Moines Register...
View ArticleAlliant Energy to provide nearly $19,000 for solar panels at Fairfield library
Alliant Energy is providing an incentive of up to $18,928 toward the installation of new solar panels at the Fairfield Public Library. In addition, a monitoring system will be installed to help inform...
View ArticleSuperintendent’s contract to last through 2016
Fairfield Community School District Superintendent Art Sathoff has job security through the 2015-16 school year, after the school board performed an annual job review in closed session Tuesday and...
View ArticleFairfield shares RAGBRAI notes with other towns
Fairfield Executive RAGBRAI Committee’s six co-chairs attended a conference in Des Moines last week to network and discuss strategy with the seven other host communities’ representatives and RAGBRAI...
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Students raise money for Oklahoma
Students in the Fairfield Community School District have raised more than $3,000 to help the victims of a tornado that struck Moore, Okla. The tornado that hit Moore May 20 killed 24 people, injured...
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