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Hometown Harvest of Southeast Iowa is celebrating fresh, healthy foods for students in the Fairfield Community School District through the month of October as part of National Farm to School Month.Iowa Department of Agriculture Land Stewardship is spotlighting the success of a national farm to school movement by donating fresh, locally grown apples to school lunch menus across the state.Apples grown at Apple ...

Farewell reception planned Sunday afternoon for KochsFirst Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will host a farewell reception for Keevin and Marcia Koch from 2-4 p.m. Sunday.Community members are welcome to come say good-bye to the Kochs before they relocate to Spring Hill, Tenn., to be near their three children and two grandchildren.The Kochs moved to Fairfield from Fairday, La., in 1975 to fill the pulpit ...

The Prospects for Independent Living Conference will be Monday and Tuesday at the Ames Scheman Center.More than 50 speakers will share their expertise and insight on a variety of topics that will provide aging and disability network professionals, family caregivers, nursing home administrators, direct care workers, and consumers with replicable cutting edge approaches which encourages independence for older ...

The Education Foundation of Fairfield Public Schools recently awarded its fall grants.Each school in the Fairfield Community School District received a grant with a total of more than $16,000, including a grant from the Greater Jefferson County Foundation.Grants awarded to Fairfield Middle School included funds to purchase a new tuba, iPads, atlas sets for social studies, white boards, books, literature and ...

A mosquito/public health pest management continuing instructional course for commercial pesticide applicators will be presented Oct. 24.The program will be shown through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pest Management and the Environment program at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office.Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., followed by sessions from 9-11:30 a.m.The registration fee is $35 on or ...

Several members of the Jefferson County 4-H program man a booth at the October Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk in Central Park. From left are, Jefferson County 4-H Youth Committee secretary Sherry Taglauer, Jefferson County 4-H Youth Coordinator Courtney Taglauer, Hay Bales 4-H Club leader Janice Shaw in the background and Hay Bales and Jefferson County 4-H Teen Council member Aaron Shaw. As part of its observance ...

The Broadway Players of FHS will be presenting the fun little play ?Harvey? this weekend in the Fairfield High School Auditorium.?Harvey,? by Mary Chase is the story of Elwood P. Dowd (Coren Hucke), a middle-aged, amiable and somewhat eccentric man whose best friend, Harvey, is an invisible 6-foot, 3.5-inch tall invisible rabbit.Elwood?s sister Veta (Madison Nelson) and her daughter Myrtle Mae (Shea Malloy) ...

Lockridge Fire and Rescue will sponsor a Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drive from 3:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Lockridge Senior Center.To donate, call Sonja Graber at 319-696-3686.A donor must have last given blood on or before Aug. 20 to be eligible to give at this drive.The Batavia community will sponsor a blood drive from 3-6:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Batavia Senior Community Center.To ...

Fairfield Middle School officials have announced the names of students honored as September Students of the Month.Each school month, the Fairfield Elks Lodge sponsors the FMS Students of the Month award to acknowledge positive contributions of students at school. The positive contributions range from assisting teachers and peers in classroom activities to displaying characteristics as a role model in and out of ...

OTTUMWA ? Ottumwa-native Sarah Horgen, education and outreach coordinator for the University of Iowa Museum of Natural History, will be the speaker at the annual Borlaug Fall Seminar Oct. 15 at Indian Hills Community College.Horgen will speak at 7 p.m. in room 5 of the Rural Health Education Center on the college?s Ottumwa campus. The presentation is free and open to the public.Since 2012, Horgen has been ...

Kevin Curran, left, representing Fairfield Elks Lodge 1192, presents the Most Improved Grade Point Average to Fairfield High School students during halftime of the homecoming football game Friday night in Trojan Stadium. From left are, seniors Ethan Tillis and Leah Browning, juniors David Haynes and Sabryna Gilmore and sophomores Jacob Fairchild and Jocelyn Neff. The students had the most improved GPA from the ...

OTTUMWA ? Internationally-acclaimed marimba virtuoso Matthew Coley will present a solo concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Auditorium on Indian Hills? Ottumwa campus.As part of the Indian Hills Community College Performing and Visual Arts series, the concert is free and open to the public.Coley has distinguished himself as one of the country?s most versatile percussion artists and educators. Performing on ...