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Last-minute requests
Santa and some elves made a stop at Central Park during the Fairfield Rotary Club’s annual Christmas Eve parade Monday evening, riding in a tractor led by flying reindeer and heralded by caroling...
View ArticleDouglas, Taylor highlight year in Iowa
DES MOINES (AP) — Gabby Douglas moved to Iowa with dreams of following in the footsteps of Olympic champion Shawn Johnson. The effervescent Douglas one-upped her hero and became the toast of the...
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Having a 'Winter Blast'
Fairfield varsity boys’ basketball coach Tyler Miklo demonstrates to fifth-grader Zach Martin the correct form for shooting a basketball during the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department’s “Winter...
View ArticlePolice
Fairfield Police Department arrested Yvette Andrea Stepp, 48, of 304 S. 17th St., at 2:49 p.m. Sunday, at home. She is charged with assault on a peace officer (any other assault), interference with...
View ArticleFire
Fairfield Fire Department responded to the alley of 51 N. Second St., Wednesday and extinguished a wire on fire.
View ArticleTickets
The following traffic tickets were processed through the Jefferson County Clerk of Court: Anthony James Law of 606 W. Monroe Ave., No. 5, defective tires. Sara Ann Zakris of 503 W. Stone Ave., Apt 2,...
View ArticlePublic Meeting
FRIDAY Regional Utility Service Systems emergency board meeting — via conference call, 1 p.m., R.U.S.S. board of directors will hold an emergency conference call to hire and fill the position of...
View ArticleNew laws address gays, children, immigration
Measures on gay rights and child safety are among the top state laws taking effect at the start of 2013, along with attempts to prevent identity theft and perennial efforts to restrict abortion and...
View ArticleCalendar: December 27, 2012
THURSDAY Enchanted Forest Walk, Waubonsie Park, Cantril, 5-8 p.m. Ends Monday. Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings, Fairfield Friends Church, 8 p.m. Celebrate Recovery, New Life Community Church, potluck, 6...
View ArticleSeneca: Beware of phone scams
The Iowa Senior Medicare Patrol has reported a scam call in Burlington. A woman received a call stating her grandson was in trouble and the caller had what was believed to be personal information...
View ArticleBirmingham
BIRMINGHAM The Rebekah Circle of Birmingham United Methodist Church will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Ann Boley will be hostess. ——— A blood drive will be held from 2:30-6:30 p.m. Jan. 3 at the...
View Article2013 blood drives beginning Jan. 3 at Birmingham Lions
The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center is planning blood drives in January. The first is set from 2:30-6:30 p.m. Jan. 3 at the Birmingham Lions Building in Birmingham. Walk-in donors are...
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Eagle Scout awards
Aaron McConeghey and Ammon Shaner from Troop 007, sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, achieved the rank of Eagle in the Boy Scouts of America and received their awards in a...
View ArticleMemorial to 38 hanged Dakota men unveiled in Minnesota
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday for the unveiling of a memorial to 38 Dakota men who were hanged 150 years ago to the day in what is the largest mass execution in U.S....
View ArticleChristmas tree pick up set Jan. 7; Information sought for 2013 Fairfield...
Christmas tree pick up set Jan. 7 Fairfield’s Christmas tree pick up will be Jan. 7. The city street department will begin picking up trees at 7 a.m. Crews will not return once they have passed by. To...
View ArticleIn polarized nation, Iowa finds itself oddly split at state capitol
DES MOINES (AP) — Republicans and Democrats in state capitols across the country are talking ambitiously about what they’ll do next year with the unchecked power they amassed in the fall elections. In...
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Local farmers making use of water plant byproduct
Employees of the Fairfield water department have learned a new skill this holiday season — how to operate an excavator to extract 4,225 tons of agricultural lime from a lagoon to haul to neighboring...
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Supervisors not recommending approval of new hog facility plan
The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors will recommend not approving KK Finisher’s construction application to the Department of Natural Resources for building a new 1,200-head deep-pit swine...
View ArticleSEISO Young Artist winners named
SEISO Conductor Robert McConnell, following the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra’s Marilyn Minford McCoid Young Artist Competition Dec. 1 in Mount Pleasant, announced the winners. Violinist Sarah...
View ArticleCalendar: December 28, 2012
FRIDAY Enchanted Forest Walk, Waubonsie Park, Cantril, 5-9 p.m. Ends Monday. Narcotics Anonymous, New Life Community Church, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Enchanted Forest Walk, Waubonsie Park, Cantril, 5-9 p.m....
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