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BONAPARTE ? Vintage bride dolls have been dressed by southeast Iowa women for a doll-dressing contest held in conjunction with Bonaparte Main Street?s Civil War Experience Saturday.Sponsored by Gianna and Roy Barrow of Bonaparte, the dolls dressed in 1860-era outfits now are on display for voting by quarters in Waterfront Place. The voting will end, and winners announced at 4 p.m. Sunday.The doll winning the ...

DES MOINES ? Iowa?s long winter and recent spring rains can really take a toll on homes, especially older ones with aging roofs, siding or windows.If your house is in need of essential repairs this spring USDA Rural Development has low-interest loans and grants available to help eligible families make needed improvements. Loans have a fixed interest rate as low as 1 percent and typically may be repaid over a ...

CHRISTNER HILLThe annual reunion of relatives of the John and Bertha Christner Hill family will be Sunday at the Wayland Community Center in Wayland.A covered-dish picnic is planned for noon.All relatives and friends are invited and welcome to attend.???

Orders are due Friday for the S.H.A.R.E. Iowa Inc. food packages available in June.Orders can be placed by calling the St. Mary Catholic Church office at 472-3179 or the Southern Iowa Economic Development Association office at 472-6140. Orders also can be placed online at www.shareiowa.org. The pickup date will be at 8 a.m. June 22 at the Fairfield Eagles Club.Several different packages are available; participan...

Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation is sponsoring a Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drive June 10 in honor of Cody Cohen.Cohen, a 2013 Fairfield High School graduate, was diagnosed in December with Myelodysplastic Syndrome, a rare blood cancer, and prescribed a bone marrow transplant as treatment.In March, Cohen?s disease had progressed from MDS into acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), said Dawn Safrit, ...

OTTUMWA ? The Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra will culminate its 26th anniversary season of concerts in Ottumwa with a free outdoor concert, Music-on-the-Green, at 7 p.m. Sunday on the Marge Dodd Stage at Indian Hills Community College.Folks can bring lawn chairs and picnic baskets. The concert will be under the direction of David Sharp, a professor of instrumental music at Indian Hills Community College. Jim ...

VFW LADIES AUXILIARYThe Ladies Auxiliary to Dimmitt-Vorhies Post 2271 met May 13 at the post home, with 11 members present.Installation of officers was held. Deb Rowe was the installing officer.The audit was read and approved.Memorial Day plans were discussed.Joyce Hostetter was given a life membership in the National Home for Children.Cake was served to honor Mother?s Day.The next meeting will be held ...

Fairfield Middle School officials have announced the winners of the school?s Positive Behavior Supports System drawing for May.With the Positive Behavior Supports System, FMS students are rewarded for positive behavior by staff by being given a ticket for when they are ?caught? doing something good.Once a month, the school has a drawing and gives out prizes to reward students for their positive behavior. For ...

BIRMINGHAM ? The Birmingham Homecoming is set June 7-9 in City Park.The Birmingham Lions Club will kick off the annual festivities with a tenderloin supper at 5 p.m. June 7. The prince and princess contest and a cakewalk are planned that evening.June 8 will begin with a biscuits and gravy breakfast served by the Lions at 7 a.m. in the shelter house. A lunch will be served by Birmingham United Methodist Church ...

Habitat for Humanity has teamed up with Fairfield?s Hometown Rewards program to use the construction of a Habitat for Humanity home as a model in simple, affordable, energy efficient construction. On-site workshops for residents, contractors, students and landscape architects will highlight appropriate uses of technology and techniques that can be replicated in Iowa. Alliant Energy will film various parts of the ...

OTTUMWA ? Indian Hills Community College will hold an informational workshop 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday in Room B of the Community Education Center at the IHCC North Campus at the Ottumwa Airport to provide details on a new national program to train adults age 50 or older for new jobs in health care, education and social services.The ETC Plus 50 initiative will combine current programs and classes offered by the ...

Fairfield High School student Trent Taglauer joined other top students from across Iowa last month to explore scientific, agricultural and global career opportunities at the World Food Prize Iowa Youth Institute at Iowa State University.The day was filled with interactive workshops. Students, who had all researched and written a five-page paper on a global food security topic, presented their innovative solutions...