Andy Hallman

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 377, and severely damaged two elementary schools among many other buildings, according to the Associated Press.The three elementary schools in the district raised money for the tornado victims every day last week. ...

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 from left, and Peyton McCabe are seen here playing a game whereby they must use a waterhose to spray a volleyball past their opponent on the other end of the two pipes. Libertyville firefighters Jeff Johannes and Drew ...

Kim Keller, left, shows Cathleen Casey and Rob Hubler a box of eggs she had for sale at the Fairfield Farmers? Market Wednesday in Howard Park. Casey and Hubler said it won?t be long and they will be setting up a booth at the market as well.

STOCKPORT ? Jefferson County Sheriff?s deputies engaged in a 22-minute car chase early Sunday morning before apprehending the target of their pursuit.Austin Wayne Countryman, 20, of Hillsboro, was arrested at 1:47 a.m. Sunday in Stockport for eluding law enforcement vehicles, among other charges.Bart Richmond, Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office chief deputy, said the chase began at 1:25 that morning when a ...

Washington Elementary principal Jeff Eeling, left, is duct-taped to the wall by elementary students this morning in the Washington Elementary School lunchroom. The students got to tape Eeling to the wall as a reward for collecting so many ?Trojan Trait Tickets? for good behavior the past nine weeks.

The Libertyville Fire Department sponsors a coloring contest at the Libertyville Elementary School every year and the winner of the contest gets to ride to school in a fire truck. Hailey Pickerd, left, won the contest this year, and was escorted to school Friday morning by Libertyville firefighter and training officer Jeff Johannes.

Fairfield Economic Development Association director Tracy Vance showed the Fairfield City Council a video Tuesday his office commissioned to attract workers and business owners to town.Vance showed the council the introductory video, which is just one of a four-part series of videos.In the video, people from the community are interviewed about what makes Fairfield special. Interviewees included Mayor Ed Malloy, ...

The threat of rain Monday morning forced Memorial Day services in Fairfield to move to the Iowa National Guard Armory. Members of the 34th Army Band provided music for the event. Trumpet player Jeff Six, left, plays ?Taps? along with David Krcil, not pictured.

WASHINGTON, D.C. ? A woman born and raised in Fairfield has dedicated her life to finding a cure for Lou Gehrig?s disease.The disease, also known by its technical name amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, causes motor neurons in the body to die, which prevents carriers of the disease from using their muscles.Orte became active in ALS awareness last year when her stepfather Mike Johnston of Libertyville contracted...

The Fairfield Beautification Commission issued a Historic Preservation Award May 17 to Neil Cunningham and Ellen Chenoweth of 902 S. Main St. Pictured are, from left, Lou Bolster, Nancy Morrissey, Chenoweth, Cunningham, Karin Hauring and Joan Salts.

BATAVIA ? A Fairfield attorney representing about 70 people near Batavia said a lawsuit is highly likely against the owners of hog confinement buildings being constructed near the town.Attorney David Sykes said the group of neighbors will probably sue Valley View Swine once the hog confinement buildings are built and operational. Valley View Swine is run by Nick Adam and his sons, Jeff and Shawn Adam, of ...

David Fredericks, left, of French-Reneker-Associates and Shawn Worley, Fairfield wastewater plant supervisor, display an award they received for the quality of the wastewater biosolids storage system French-Reneker designed for Fairfield. French-Reneker and the city received the award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Iowa at an awards banquet May 2. Fairfield?s sludge storage system placed ...

PACKWOOD ? Pekin Community Schools closed today because of an electrical fire that cut power to the school buildings.The fire was reported at 7:30 a.m. in the electrical transformer on the school grounds. The Packwood Fire Department arrived within five minutes and put out the fire, which was confined to the transformer box. The transformer supplies power to the school buildings.Packwood Fire Chief Dave ...

The city of Fairfield wants to make sure the town looks nice when the RAGBRAI riders come to town July 26.To that end, city officials are reminding residents to mow their lawns and trim their trees and bushes if they block sidewalks.Fairfield Code Enforcement Officer Scott Vaughan said residents must remember to keep their grass or weeds under 10 inches tall. If they do not, they will receive a written warning ...

Jessica Christofferson displays the 6-inch mushroom recently discovered by her boyfriend, Adam Sisler.