Andy Hallman

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.

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.

The Fairfield City Council voted to approve the second reading of an ordinance to change the zoning of the former Lincoln School.

Fairfield Area Community Theatre will put on its winter play six times over two weekends in November.

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.

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.

Shoppers at Fairfield Hy-Vee will notice new recycling bins when they enter the store, thanks to the group TerraCycle Fairfield.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Teah Benkoczy co-owns the eatery Due South with her husband, Camp Boswell, one of several restaurant adventures the pair have undertaken.

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.

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.