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Band playing at Eldon churchELDON ? Piercing the Darkness, a band from the Sigourney area, will be performing at 6 p.m. April 27 at Living Hope Bible Church in Eldon.Everyone is invited.A free-will offering will be taken for the Promiseland Music Fest planned later this summer.For information, call the church at 641-652-3420. Mormon church showing Tabernacle choir, orchestra concerts today, SaturdayThe ...

EAST PLEASANT PLAIN ? A congregate meal will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 24 at St. Joseph Church in East Pleasant Plain.The menu will include ham balls, mashed potatoes, green beans, a salad bar, bread, pie, cream puffs and beverages.Bingo will be played after the meal.All ages are welcome. An elevator is available at the church.Reservations are not required, but appreciated. Reservations ...

Fairfield school district has listed its menu for the coming week.Monday ? breakfast at all schools: assorted cereals, cereal bars and Nutri-Grain Bars, orange juice, milk. Lunch: sloppy joe on bun, sweet potato fries, green beans, fresh orange, milk; and in addition for high school students: fruit choice and tomatoes.Tuesday ? breakfast at the middle and high schools: assorted cereals, egg on bagel, orange ...

A free Blue Zones event, ?The Cutting Edge of Health and Wellness,? is set for 7 p.m. Saturday at the Fairfield Public Library.Fairfield Mayor Ed Malloy, Seth Braun, Chris Estle and Ken Daley will update citizens on the state of the community?s varied health and well-being initiatives, including the Blue Zones Project.Questions-and-answers, a meet-and-greet with the Blue Zones Project team and roundtable ...

The SEED Folk School is planning two upcoming workshops Saturday and April 26 at Stacy Maurer?s greenhouse on the northeast side of Abundance EcoVillage.The first workshop, ?Drip Irrigation Workshop,? will be from 2-4 p.m. Saturday.Participants will learn how to install a drip irrigation system in a garden, which will help save water.A show-and-tell of the rainwater catchment and drip irrigation system in the ...

Community Childcare Center and Preschool will be celebrating young children with a week full of activities for the annual ?Week of the Young Child: Early Years are Learning Years; Make Them Count!? Monday through April 25.Monday, the 3- and 4-year-old children at the child care center will be tie-dying T-shirts. Children should bring a white T-shirt to dye.The children also will make a necklace or pin for their ...

OTTUMWA ? Indian Hills Community College is giving area residents the chance to dispose of their used electronic devices Monday through April 24.A semi-trailer will be parked in the east lot of the Advanced Technology Center on the IHCC Ottumwa campus where old computers, printers, laptops and cell phones can be discarded. Televisions cannot be accepted.The annual free collection this year coincides with Earth ...

Blue-ribbon winners from the 2014 Iowa Artists Region 12 Show are, from left, Margaret Schwind of Burlington, Ann Porter of Mt. Pleasant, Jane Shank standing in for Marcia Tiffany of Fairfield, and Carol Gunn of Bonaparte. The blue-ribbon winners will compete at the Iowa Artists State Show May 3 in Marion.

Fairfield resident Judith Cox, an Iowa Child Advocacy Board volunteer, is sworn in by Judge William Owens April 2 at the Jefferson County Courthouse as a Jefferson County Foster Care Review Board volunteer. The volunteers advocate for Iowa?s abused and neglected foster children.

Registration is underway for Fairfield Park and Recreation Department?s Healthy Kids day camp sessions scheduled in June and July.Eight sessions are planned, with different age groups in each session.Each session will meet from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday in the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center?s Go Jindy Room on the second floor and rec center?s yard.The campers will make crafts, play games, ...

MidWestOne Bank is hosting Community Shred Days 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through April 25 at both Fairfield locations.The public is invited to bring up to three grocery bags full of paper to be shredded and recycled for free.On-Site Information Destruction Inc. of Waterloo is supplying locations of MidWestOne Bank with secure collection bins for paper drop off each of those days.Paper clips and staples do not ...

Shea Dahlstrom, a member of Hay Bales 4-H Club paints a barn quilt during a 4-H barn quilt painting workshop April 5 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Activity Building. Many 4-H?ers were painting the 2-by-2 foot boards to display as projects at the Greater Jefferson County Fair June 26-30. Plus, each 4-H club is being asked to paint at least one barn quilt for a fundraising project. Those barn quilts will be ...