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Pekin baseball clobbers Columbus
■ Pekin boys collect 18 hits in four-inning rout. PACKWOOD — Hits. Walks. Errors. The Pekin baseball team benefited from a bit of all of those things Thursday and sailed to a 15-run rule victory over...
View ArticleRoad conditions much discussed at meeting
Jefferson County Board of Supervisors discussed roads Monday with input from the public and a representative of Maharishi Vedic City. County Engineer Scott Cline reported work would begin this week to...
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Fairfield school hires tech director
Fairfield Community School District officials have announced the hiring of a new technology director. John Grunwald has accepted an offer to become the next technology director for Fairfield Community...
View ArticleRising temperatures good for crops
In spite of a planting season that ran detrimentally late due to wet field conditions, recent dry weather and rising temperatures have crop conditions looking up. “The crops are really improving,”...
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Police log Monday 12:11 p.m. dispatch received a call about a possible mail scam. Resident received a letter announcing a $100 win. Upon calling the phone number in the letter, the resident was asked...
View ArticleBig disconnect: Telcos abandon copper phone lines
Robert Post misses his phone line. Post, 85, has a pacemaker that needs to be checked once a month by phone. But the copper wiring that once connected his home to the rest of the world is gone, and...
View ArticleCalendar: July 10, 2013
WEDNESDAY Youth Fitness, class for boys and girls in fifth-12th grades, Roosevelt Community Recreation Center, 5:15-6:15 p.m. For information: 472-6159 or www.fairfieldparksandrec.org. Fairfield...
View ArticleKnox College, AIB College of Business, University of Kansas
KNOX COLLEGE GALESBURG, Ill. — Bethany Jean Larson of Fairfield has been named to the dean’s list at Knox College for spring term 2013. Larson, a junior, is a student of Asian studies. ——— AIB COLLEGE...
View ArticleBirmingham
BIRMINGHAM The annual summer Bible school for 4-year-old through sixth-grade children will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday through July 18 at Heartland Christian Camp at Birmingham. For information, call Ann...
View ArticleFairfield Women's Club Garden Department
FAIRFIELD WOMEN’S CLUB GARDEN DEPARTMENT Fairfield Women’s Club Garden Department is planning a tour in Des Moines Friday. Participants will meet at the McElhinny House Friday to depart at 8 a.m. The...
View ArticleSwimming lessons planned for adults
The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is offering two sessions of adult swimming lessons. Session 1 meets Monday through July 18, and Session 2 meets from July 22-25. Classes meet from 8-8:45...
View ArticleBicycle tire artwork class set with Kella J
The Fairfield Art Association announces an unusual class for youth in third through eighth grades using bicycle tires to create artwork. Just in time for RAGBRAI, the class will be held from...
View ArticleCancer prevention project presentation planned
The Iowa Cancer Prevention Project: What We Learned About Cancer in Iowa, and the next steps in cancer prevention is a presentation open to the public 7:30-8:30 p.m. July 17 at Fairfield Public...
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Award to honor Fairfield gardener
A new annual garden award jointly announced by the Fairfield Beautification Commission and the Fairfield Art Association was presented to long-time gardener Dorothy Bell, whom the award is named...
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Fairfield Police Department arrested Ketan Haridas Shah, 29, of 101 N. Main Street, No. 217, at 4:42 p.m. Tuesday at the Jefferson County Law Center on warrants for stalking and contempt of court and...
View ArticlePublic meeting
THURSDAY Fairfield City Council Ways and Means Committee — Fairfield City Hall, 3:30 p.m.: ambulance service; expenditures.
View ArticlePekin scores 13 runs in one inning
The Pekin softball team went 2-1 in recent action. The Panthers lost to a highly touted Highland team July 2 by a score of 3-0. The Panthers rebounded by defeating Keota 13-0 the next day and then...
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Trojans fall in marathon 14-inning game
The Fairfield Trojans essentially played two games in one Tuesday night against Burlington. The Trojans were supposed to play a doubleheader, and in some sense they did as they played 14 innings of...
View ArticleVan Buren fair starts Sunday
The Van Buren County Fair is slated to run July 14-22 at the fairgrounds in Keosauqua. According to Van Buren County Extension staff members, communications entries will be judged at 1 p.m. Sunday....
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Webster sentenced to 50 years
Tyler Webster, 33, of Fairfield, found guilty April 16 of second-degree murder by a jury trial, received Iowa’s mandatory sentence of 50 years in state prison Tuesday for the shooting death of Buddy...
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