Andy Hallman

A Fairfield woman was sentenced to six months in prison on Tuesday, Jan. 6 after pleading guilty to domestic abuse assault with a dangerous weapon and child endangerment.

Zehr Electric celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2025, and that was also the company’s final year in business as owner Randy Zehr has chosen to retire.

The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors voted to appoint Assistant County Attorney Ed Kelly to the Symmetry Music Festival Committee.

The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors had questions about internet coverage for the county’s rural residents when it met with Liberty Communications’ General Manager Andy Meader Monday morning, Jan. 5.

A shed in Fairfield caught fire early Saturday morning, though fortunately no injuries were reported.

Fairfield’s Street Superintendent did a good deed recently by donating his time to a Fairfield homeowner needing help to move a fence.

Jefferson County has agreed to pay a settlement with a man who blinded himself while being held at the county jail.

A group of four Fairfield residents traveled to Vietnam in early December to represent the city in an international competition.

A group of seven mayors from the African nation of the Ivory Coast visited Fairfield in early December to learn from the town’s success as an entrepreneurial hub in Rural America.

One of the recently empty storefronts in downtown Fairfield has a new tenant, who has turned the inside into a showroom for her custom signs.

It was not a white Christmas for Southeast Iowa, but that did not bother the dozens of children in line to visit Santa and Mrs. Claus on Christmas Eve in Fairfield’s Central Park.

The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors debated the merits of a load embargo on 146th Boulevard in the northeast corner of the county, but opted instead to pursue a traffic count after hearing from local property owners and representatives of a sand and gravel company near Coppock.

Chilling temperatures and a howling wind did not stop Fairfield’s Jewish community from gathering in Central Park on Dec. 18 to celebrate the fifth night of Hanukkah.

The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors discussed a proposed event permit and noise ordinance at its meeting Monday, Dec. 22, which focused on a large music festival that has taken place in the southwest corner of the county.

The business, called Grip it N' Rip it Golf Simulators, held its grand opening on Saturday, Dec. 20, complete with a ribbon-cutting ceremony courtesy of the Mt. Pleasant Chamber Alliance.