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Last day of school
Today (June 7) was the last day of school for children in the Fairfield School District. Pence Elementary School celebrated the occasion with a plethora of outdoor games. Riley Terrell, front left,...
View ArticleJV Orange swept; JV Black wins Tuesday
The Fairfield JV Orange softball team dropped a pair of home games to Mount Pleasant Monday in Fairfield. The Trojans lost game one by a score of 7-1, then came up just short 8-7 in the nightcap. In...
View ArticleCardinal boys tack on two wins
The Cardinal baseball team upped its record to 9-4 with a pair of wins Monday and Tuesday. The Comets blasted Holy Trinity 10-1 Monday in Fort Madison and stretched their winning streak to two games...
View ArticleLocal gymnastics team crowns seven champions at nationals
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — IDE Gymnastics took its usual success to a new level Saturday-Sunday and returned from the AmeriKids National Gymnastics Championship in St. Joseph, Mo., with seven national...
View ArticlePekin baseball, softball win big at Lone Tree
LONE TREE — A little bit of patience at the plate went a long way for the Pekin baseball team Tuesday as it racked up three home runs en route to a doubleheader sweep of Lone Tree in Southeast Iowa...
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New London rallies past Cardinal in seventh
ELDON — Cardinal put itself in good position for a win, but visiting New London got the hitting bug just in the nick of time Tuesday. After scoring four runs in the first six innings of the Southeast...
View ArticleFire
Fairfield Fire Department responded to a car versus semi accident with personal injury on Highway 34 at midnight today. No one was trapped and firefighters returned to the station at 12:35 a.m.
View ArticleBorder security at issue in immigration bill; Grassley wants amendment in...
Senate debate on far-reaching immigration legislation turned to border security today, with Republicans arguing that the bill needs much stronger provisions in that area and Democrats suggesting that...
View ArticleUnusually massive line of storms aim at Midwest today
The National Weather Service is upgrading the risk of storms to its highest alert level for parts of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. The agency’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., says...
View ArticleLawmakers concerned about U.S. surveillance programs
The former spy agency contractor who fled to Hong Kong to leak U.S. secrets said he’s not there to hide from justice and has faith in “the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate.” “I am...
View ArticleDanish supermarket got drugs instead of bananas
Drug traffickers back in Colombia must be going bananas over how their shipment ended up at Danish supermarkets and not on the streets. Police say employees at the supermarket chain Coop got a big...
View ArticlePublic meeting
THURSDAY Fairfield City Council — Fairfield City Hall, council chambers, 6 p.m.: resolution – ratifying, confirming and approving publication of notice of public hearing for the issuance of not to...
View ArticleNearly 2,000 trees sold by DNR in planting effort
DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says a program designed to plant new trees in Iowa this spring distributed nearly 2,000 trees to homeowners. Operation ReLeaf is a...
View ArticleSome Iowa plates to carry ‘Choose Life’ message
DES MOINES (AP) — Some Iowa license plates soon will carry an anti-abortion message, “Choose Life.” The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa Right to Life said Tuesday that the plates soon will be...
View ArticleDwarf wrestling show will go on in Dallas Center
DALLAS CENTER (AP) — The Dallas Center council has approved closing some streets so a local bar can host a dwarf wrestling show that had raised some concerns. The Des Moines Register says the council...
View ArticleUnderground blasts force evacuations
DES MOINES (AP) — The apparent cause of explosions beneath downtown Des Moines streets is believed to be a short in underground cable wires and not natural gas. No injuries have been reported. An...
View ArticleLabor department sues businessman for misuse of Fairfield workers’ pensions
DES MOINES (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor said Tuesday it sued a Kentucky businessman claiming he and others took $4.9 million from the pension plans of Fairfield Castings union workers and a...
View ArticleGarden pests accompany warm weather
Anyone who has spent time outdoors lately knows the gnats are out there and mosquitoes will be multiplying. Has the wet spring produced more insects? Yes, and no, depending on the type of insects....
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Group brings Toastmasters into prison
A group of Fairfield residents is helping inmates sharpen their public speaking skills. Betty and Fred Krueger volunteer at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison where they help prisoners run a...
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Sno cones
Lulu Miller, left, and Paloma Braun make sno cones at their booth Saturday morning at the Fairfield Farmers’ Market in Howard Park.
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