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Andy Hallman
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News Nov. 6, 2024 12:54 pm338d ago
Republicans across the country were in a celebratory mood Tuesday night as results showed former President Donald Trump as the likely victor in the presidential race, plus Republican majorities in the House and Senate.
News Nov. 6, 2024 1:03 pm338d ago
Susie Drish has been re-elected to the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors, and Joe Ledger is set to join the board at the end of this year.
News Nov. 6, 2024 1:07 pm338d ago
According to the unofficial results released by the Jefferson County Auditor’s Office on Tuesday, Nov. 5, voters in the school district cast 4,102 votes in favor (57.95 percent) of the bond and 2,976 votes against it (42.05 percent). Though the “yes” side won a majority of the votes, it needed to cross the 60 percent threshold required for bonds, so the measure failed.
News Nov. 4, 2024 1:44 pm340d ago
Dr. Nilfar Karimova of Fairfield visited one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World in October when she spent a week hiking to Machu Picchu.
News Nov. 4, 2024 12:25 pm340d ago
The Fairfield City Council voted to approve the second reading of an ordinance to change the zoning of the former Lincoln School.
News Oct. 30, 2024 3:33 pm345d ago
Fairfield Area Community Theatre will put on its winter play six times over two weekends in November.
News Oct. 30, 2024 2:15 pm345d ago
Fair Field Productions has received much praise and recognition for its Fairfield History Series, and this week the group announced it had received the most prestigious award of all - an Emmy.
News Oct. 30, 2024 1:23 pm345d ago
Jefferson County Health Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning, Oct. 29, to unveil a new Little Free Pantry built in memory of pediatrician Dr. Jay Heitsman.
News Oct. 28, 2024 3:06 pm347d ago
Shoppers at Fairfield Hy-Vee will notice new recycling bins when they enter the store, thanks to the group TerraCycle Fairfield.
News Oct. 28, 2024 11:06 am347d ago
The pork industry is in the midst of a rebound from its least profitable year in a generation, according to an Iowa State University Extension swine specialist.
News Oct. 28, 2024 1:43 pm347d ago
Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church was a noteworthy landmark on Highway 1 half-way between Keosauqua and Birmingham. On the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 24, the church burned to the ground.
News Oct. 24, 2024 10:54 pm350d ago
Amber Meixner has been co-owner of Fairfield Precast Concrete for the past eight years, and has helped the business to expand its product line during that time.
News Oct. 24, 2024 1:49 pm351d ago
Laura Atwood and Christina Freeman are two former educators who have gone into business together as co-owners of Sip & Glo Nutrition Bar on the east side of the Fairfield square.
News Oct. 24, 2024 1:01 pm351d ago
Teah Benkoczy co-owns the eatery Due South with her husband, Camp Boswell, one of several restaurant adventures the pair have undertaken.
News Oct. 24, 2024 10:19 am351d ago
LeAnn Titus is the owner of LeAnn’s Sewing Shoppe on the north side of the Fairfield square. Titus moved her business there two years ago, after having run it from the alley north of Central Park. She purchased the business in 2015 when it was known as Dottie’s Sewing Nook, where she had been an employee since 2002.