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OTTUMWA ? Milestones Area Agency on Aging will feature a guest speaker at the next Caring for the Caregiver support group meeting.Lorie Davis, a registered nurse from the Treatment Options Program at Fresenius Medical Care, will cover preventing and living with kidney disease, knowing about the symptoms and exploring home and treatment center dialysis.The program will be presented twice. Caregivers can attend ...

Producers can now submit CRP offers for new land or re-enroll CRP land that is expiring Sept. 30.To be eligible for this CRP general enrollment period, land must be considered cropped four of six years from 2008 to 2013 and meet certainly erodibility factors.This is a competitive bid process and offers will be ranked according to the environmental benefits.The deadline to submit an offer is Friday. Therefore, ...

FHS CLASS OF 1958Beginning Wednesday, the 1958 graduating class of Fairfield High School will have its monthly lunch at 11:30 a.m. the last Wednesday of each month at Kokomo?s Bar and Grill at Best Western Fairfield Inn.Call 472-6140 for information.

?Imaginative Little Libraries? will be the theme for the 2016 Fairfield Art Association?s summer art installation opening on the June 3 Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk and continuing through the end of summer.This will be the eighth year artists have been invited to participate in creating artworks placed in the downtown garden nodes.The ?Imaginative Little Libraries? will be inactive while downtown, but can be ...

The County Committee annual election was held in December. Brian Hollander, second from left, was re-elected to a three-year term, which began Jan. 1. Hollander represents Walnut, Lockridge, Round Prairie and Cedar townships. Jim Flinspach, third from left, serves as chairman for the COC, and Mike Ledger, left, is vice chairman. Shirley Mosinski, right, serves as the advisor for the committee. The committee?s ...

Fairfield Women?s Club will serve a lasagna luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 23 at the McElhinny House, with proceeds to help maintain the historic house.The menu includes lasagna, salads, bread sticks, pie and beverages.Deliveries and carry-out lunches are available and can be called to 472-5762 or 919-5761.Tickets, available Tuesday at the McElhinny House, are $10.The McElhinny House on Court Street, ...

AMES ? The total cost of corn and soybean production in Iowa is expected to fall this year, according to a report published by Alejandro Plastina, an assistant professor in economics at Iowa State University and ISU Extension and Outreach economist.The report, titled ?Estimated Costs of Crop Production in Iowa - 2016,? shows the cost of corn production dipping by 6 percent and soybean production falling by 2.5 ...

BIRMINGHAM ? The Birmingham Homecoming Committee will host a fish and chicken fry supper starting at 5 p.m. Friday at the Birmingham Lions Building.The menu will include fish, chicken, macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, baked beans, dessert and drink.The meal is $8, with proceeds to help with the Birmingham Homecoming festivities planned in June.? Arlene Lyon, The Fairfield Ledger correspondent

Each school month, the Fairfield Elks Lodge sponsors the Fairfield Middle School ?Students of the Month? award to acknowledge positive contributions of students at school.The ?Students of the Month? certificates are awarded after a nomination and voting process is completed by each grade-level teaching team.Ivy Larsen is a fifth-grade January Student of the Month. Her certificate states: ?Ivy shows her Trojan ...

The VFW in Fairfield will host a fish and chicken dinner from 5-7 p.m. Friday.The dinner is open to the public. Carry-out meals will be available.Entertainment will be Slo Moe?s Karaoke from 7-11 p.m.

AMES ? To celebrate the impact of Iowa 4-H and to honor four supporters of the program, the Iowa 4-H Foundation will host the Iowa 4-H Legacy Awards Gala.Slated for 6 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Embassy Club West, in West Des Moines, the signature fundraising event will showcase Iowa 4-H and raise funds to support the program.The evening will feature interactive 4-H exhibits, entertainment by talented 4-H?ers, dinner ...

Cambridge Investment Research Inc. announced the annual Jim Guy Memorial Scholarship program will award two $1,000 educational scholarships.One scholarship will be awarded to the son or daughter of a Cambridge associate, and a second will be given to the son or daughter of an independent Cambridge advisor.Applications will be accepted through May 2, with scholarship funding intended for the fall terms later ...