Andy Hallman

The Fairfield area has loads of events to attend this holiday season.

A Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy was recently honored for helping to save a woman’s life with CPR. Deputy Rusty Simpson received a Heartsaver Hero Award from the American Heart Association a few weeks ago for an incident earlier this fall in which he gave cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a woman who was unresponsive. Thanks to the timely and dedicated attention she received from Simpson and other first-responders, the woman regained a pulse and has since made a complete recovery.

FAIRFIELD – The Fairfield Elks hosted its annual Hoop Shoot at the Fairfield High School on Saturday, Nov. 9. The …

Fairfield Middle School students spent Wednesday morning touring local businesses to get a flavor of the jobs that await them after graduation.

The Fairfield City Council approved the third and final reading of an ordinance to rezone the former Lincoln School as mixed use, which will allow Jim and Teresa Huffman to hold their “Ho Ho Ho Holiday Event” there this season.

Sandy Stever has worked in human services for over 50 years, and she’s ready to call it a career.

Christy Conner was elected as Jefferson County’s next auditor, and Bart Richmond won his re-election bid as county sheriff.

Fairfield High School paid tribute to the area’s veterans on Veterans Day, Monday, Nov. 11, with a ceremony in the Mitcheltree-Slechta-Edgeton Auditorium.

A Fairfield family is asking for the public’s help to fundraise for a van to transport their mother who was paralyzed in a car accident.

Jefferson County voters approved a ballot measure on Tuesday, Nov. 5 to create an EMS levy to fund the ambulance service.

Fairfield High School student Tristen Garretson finished his Eagle Scout project this fall, which included painting the hand railings, parking lot lines and curbs at the Fairfield Community Center.

Republican Adrian Dickey won his re-election bid to the Iowa Senate and Republican Jeff Shipley was re-elected to the Iowa House of Representatives on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

A special guest attended the event at the McElhinny House, and that was U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Miller-Meeks was in the midst of a busy day of campaigning for re-election to represent Iowa’s District 1 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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.

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.