Fairfield News

Who gets the bride ? the groom or the best man?In a modern romance, it could be the best man. In real life, the groom is expected to get the bride. The best man stands to witness the union of man and wife.Did you know Jesus had a bride? This is not a ?Da Vinci Code? secret. She is still getting ready for the wedding.The best man? He introduced the bride and groom. Then he quietly left the scene so that ...

LEBANON ? The United Methodist Church in Lebanon is hosting a holiday crafts sale, cookie walk, bake sale and lunch from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 26, at the church.A freewill offering will be accepted for lunch.

The Van Buren County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing Monday afternoon on the status of Eagle Drive near Farmington, but has not yet decided if the road will be closed.During the meeting, 18 people voiced concerns about emergency-response, farming and tourism access if the road was not repaired and re-opened.Additional slides on the road, which runs along the Des Moines River near Farmington, were ...

Indian Hills Community College?s new Regional Economic Advancement division puts all of the campus? economic development tools under one umbrella.Workforce development, regional entrepreneurial and leadership, advanced technologies and customized learning and training departments have been united under the direction of Regional Economic Advancement Executive Dean Tom Rubel.?Indian Hills has always been a ...

After falling a year behind on the Lake Darling project due to weather, workers constructing the new dam for Lake Darling are within a week of completing the main structure and about 30 days from completion of the total dam project.Vance Polton, an Iowa Department of Natural Resources fisheries management technician, said for this year the project has been running ahead of schedule with dry weather over the ...

Emma Jo Phillips, left, takes the high road ahead of Heather Pickard and Karen Phillips, right, in a flag-lined Central Park this morning. Volunteers had the more than 500 Central Park flags in place before 8 a.m. A free breakfast was served at the Veterans of Foreign Wars building.

Iowa?s Senate Republicans picked Boone Sen. Jerry Behn as their new floor leader on Thursday after a heated leadership fight.Behn told reporters afterward that he supports a conservative, pro-business agenda, and that despite the contest for the minority leader position, Republican lawmakers are united in their goals.?We?re coming out of a united caucus,? Behn said. ?We?re all going to move in the same ...

Extreme drought withered grain across the Great Plains. Flooding from the Mississippi and Missouri rivers drowned corn and other crops from Nebraska to Louisiana. A tropical storm on the East Coast submerged Carolina tobacco fields and New Jersey blueberry bushes.When it comes to natural disasters, this has been a ?monster? year for farmers, one agriculture official said.Yet few farmers are taking advantage ...