To the editor:My name is Robert Miller. I am 96 years old. I live in Iowa in the little town of Batavia. My home is one short block from the BNSF railroad track.While many folks are complaining about the rumble and noise; about the whistles blowing day and night, I have to say, it?s music to my ears.There are many, many stories I recall about the interesting things that I had to do, because the railroad ...
To the editor:With Christmas approaching, it might be a good time to do something special for those who are serving our country in the military. There is an organization, ?Operation Gratitude? that sends care packages to individual service members. To have a care package sent, to make a donation or to find out more about this organization go to OperationGratitude.com. ? LaVon Hostetler, Fairfield
Our complicated world just gets more complicated.I hope Fairfield never gets around to installing mounted cameras above our streets to record traffic violations.Last month I received a letter with a nice snapshot of my car near Menards in Muscatine. It was only a warning and informed me I was going 59 miles per hour in a 45 speed limit area.About the time I started thinking it couldn?t have been my car, ...
To the editor:Great News!! Last week City Council once again for the second time voted to open the beach at Bonnifield Lake/Waterworks Park. Better yet, Council reduced the restrictions on swimming. They ended the requirement to take a qualifying test in order to swim outside the roped off swimming area. That means no more tickets for swimming outside the boundaries. This is great news. A special thanks to ...
Local government is alive and well in Fairfield and Jefferson County. I know because I spent four hours of my Monday at the courthouse and city hall with a pen and notepad.With Ledger reporter Lacey Jacobs gone for the day, those duties fell on my plate. I thought I might have gotten away with just a morning supervisors meeting, but a ?Willy Wonka? dress rehearsal and school board meeting took Michael Leach ...
Eugene Theodore “Gene” Vonderhaar, 81, of West Point, Iowa, passed away at 10:55 p.m. Saturday, September 29, 2018. Born August …
SERVICE PENDING Richard Ray “Rich” O’Neill, 55, of Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, September 28, 2018 at his home. Arrangements are …
Phyllis Pat Newbold, 88, of Tecumseh, Minnesota, formerly of Hillsboro, Iowa, passed away on July 22, 2018 at Lynwood Manor …
Betty Arlene (Mrs. Merle) Unkrich, 84, of rural Winfield, died Friday, September 28, 2018 at the Great River Hospice House …
Max Norton, 90, Mt. Union, died, September 20, 2018 at his home. He was born September 16, 1928, in Mt. …
SERVICE PENDING Larry Dale Jacoba, 81, of Yarmouth, died Friday, September 28 at his home in Yarmouth. Arrangements are pending …
James Brady Young, age 89, of Fairfield, passed away September 24, 2018 at Henry County Health Center. Per his wishes …
Frank L. Deierling, 90, died on Friday, September 21st, at his home in Buffalo. Visitation with the family will be …
Linda Marie Groff, 71 of Wayland, died peacefully at her home in Wayland, Tuesday, September 18, 2018. Mass of Christian …
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