Fairfield News

Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors discussed the role of a school board and learned about financing during a work session Monday evening.Superintendent Art Sathoff opened the session by asking the board, including new members Amy Miller, Jeremy Miller and Jerry Nelson ? Rich Metcalf was absent due to the death of his father ? what rules they thought were important so that the board functione...

The fake alligator head placed in Reservoir No.1/Bonnifield Lake by volunteer Frank Wintroub to deter the geese from the beach in July seems to have lost some of its scare factor as several Canada geese swam near it Wednesday afternoon.Wintroub and other volunteers had been stretching a line across the beach at the water?s edge to keep the geese away. Wintroub also looked into obtaining a flashing white light, ...

DES MOINES ? Somewhere, perhaps tucked away in a car?s glovebox or in a sock drawer at home, is a Hot Lotto ticket worth a whopping $16.5 million ? and time is running out for the winner to claim the prize.Nearly nine months have passed since the jackpot-winning ticket was purchased during the holidays at a Des Moines convenience store along the interstate. No jackpot winner in Iowa Lottery history has ever ...

M.U.M. recycles 4 tons of e-wasteFor the fourth year in a row, Maharishi University of Management collected old computers, monitors, fax machines, printers, and more this summer and took advantage of a free service from Apple that responsibly recycles this e-waste.This year 10 pallets of e-waste were collected, adding up to some 4 tons.E-waste should no longer be left at Verrill Hall, but as an option, ...

A sweet potato that bears a striking resemblance to a turkey? Dee Zillman and Louise Berg shared their discovery at The Ledger Wednesday. The sweet potato was gathered recently from the garden of Harry Stever.

States are about to get some guidance from President Barack Obama about how they can get around provisions in the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law ? a step the administration has undertaken to effectively gut the law since Congress had been slow to rewrite it.In advance of Obama?s speech Friday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan has said states would be able to seek waivers around requirements in the law if ...

Southeast Iowa Multi-County Solid Waste Agency landfill staff is preparing to move operations into a new permanent office and scale structure next month.The mobile office directly across from the site under construction has been in use the last 25 years. SEMCO manager Bill Sloop said its cracking floor, sagging and leaking roof and single-pain windows resulting in excessive heat bills prompted the SEMCO board ...

The Fairfield Fire Department extinguished a brush pile at 8:53 p.m. Wednesday at 2167 Key Blvd.