Fairfield News

KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren Community School District Board of Directors met Feb. 29 for a work session and two closed-session employee discussions.During the work session, the board outlined many of its priorities on repairs to Douds and Keosauqua facilities and placed them into a tentative 10-year plan, according to Superintendent Lisa Beames.Repair work identified at the elementary center in Douds includes: ...

Kaye Gilbert has worked part-time for two years as Van Buren County?s 4-H youth coordinator and since Feb. 15, has expanded her responsibilities, filling the same position in Jefferson County.?The previous Jefferson County 4-H youth coordinator resigned and rather than hire a new person and expect them to get up to speed less than four months to fair time, I was hired for six months to get 4-H through fair ...

The Fairfield Community Education Association is proposing a total package increase of 6 percent for the 2012-13 Master Contract between teachers and the Fairfield Community School District.The association, with head negotiator Kevin Hosbond, presented its initial proposal for next year?s master contract to the school board Monday evening at the ~ Center.The association?s proposal would increase the wages and ...

The Fairfield High School track runners have yet to attend their first meet, but there?s already an unmistakable new spring in their steps.A new six-lane running track at FHS?s Trojan Stadium, completed in September to replace a two-decade-old track surface, is the source of the spring.?The kids that have trained on the old surface ? which was hard and didn?t have a lot of bounce to it ? they noticed right away ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office responded to an accident at 6:56 a.m. Monday on Jefferson-Van Buren Avenue, Birmingham. According to the accident report, a 2007 Ford pickup driven by Ronald Regan Boyd of Keosauqua was westbound when it hit some potholes, snow and ice. Boyd lost control of the vehicle, which rolled onto its top in the north ditch. Estimated damages are $8,000 to the vehicle.The sheriff?s ...

The mostly mild winter has afforded Fairfield?s street department more time for tasks such as trimming trees.Without snow to haul, public works superintendent Darrel Bisgard said his crew has been able to police overgrown trees.According to city code, trees hanging over sidewalks need to leave 7 feet of clearance and not encroach on the width of the sidewalk. Additionally, trees along the street must be behind ...

Stanley Gene Heckethorn, 58, of Brighton was arrested Wednesday evening in rural Washington County and charged with possession of pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture, a class D felony punishable by up to five years in prison.Heckethorn also was charged with violating pseudoephedrine purchase restrictions, a serious misdemeanor that could bring up to one year in prison. He is being held in the Washington ...

Fairfield Wastewater Superintendent Ellen Myers has submitted her resignation.Myers plans to retire at the end of June. She said this morning she submitted her letter before becoming aware of city administrator Jeff Clawson?s upcoming resignation.?There?s a lot of work that I accomplished, and there?s a lot that still needs to be done,? Myers said.The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has mandated roughly ...