Andy Hallman

No two days of work are the same for Amy Vetter, and that’s one reason she loves her job as Marketing and Community Relations Manager at Jefferson County Health Center.

Rosie Witherspoon opened At Home Store on the west side of the Fairfield square in 2002. She was inspired to try something new because her kids were grown, and her father had passed away, leaving her a cabin he had built. Witherspoon liked the idea of turning the structure into a shop and marketing it as a “cabin in the woods,” where customers would come to purchase beeswax candles, Irish pottery and things that other stores wouldn’t have.

A new business is moving into the office previously occupied by Axis Vision Care on North Court Street in Fairfield.

Motorists who travel between Libertyville and Fairfield will need to take a detour starting Monday, Oct. 28.

Fairfield Street Department Superintendent Joe Hird said he wants residents to know there will be more opportunities for them to get rid of yard waste next year than there have been the last few months since the compost site on South 20th Street closed in August.

The Fairfield Evergreen Cemetery Board wants the public to know it is more than a quarter of the way toward reaching its goal of raising $2 million in its endowment fund.

Suzan Bates Kessel (Class of 1971), Brad J. Rose (Class of 1984) and Paul D. Wohlers (Class of 1970) were all inducted onto the FHS Wall of Honor on Oct. 18 in a ceremony attended by the whole high school.

Residents of the Fairfield area were treated to a candidate forum on Wednesday featuring races for the Iowa statehouse.

Jefferson County has a number of teenagers and young adults who are making their mark in the hog industry.

Fairfield City Council member Paul Gandy was among 15 elected officials to receive the Certified Elected Municipal Official (CEMO) designation this year from the Iowa League of Cities.

The City of Fairfield is recognizing October as National Pedestrian Safety Month by putting up signs reminding pedestrians to be alert, giving away chamber bucks to people who walk to work, and by inviting “celebrity” crossing guards to help students get to school.

Chuck Hanson set an ambitious goal for this year’s Villages of Van Buren Scenic Drive Festival: to make 1,000 pounds of fudge. This endeavor took nine days and required 101 pans. Hanson said it went quicker than he expected, since he guessed it would take 11 days. He said it felt good to finish two days early. “That gave me a chance to rest,” he joked.

JC Huffman Cabinetry hopes to host its popular Whoville festivities at the former Lincoln School this winter.

The Fairfield Community School District has placed a ballot measure up for vote on Nov. 5 on whether to take out general obligation bonds for a new middle school.

The Drive-by Supper meals served at First Lutheran Church in Fairfield have become very popular, and that’s why volunteers are asking for help.