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Suzanne Wolfson checks to see if her reeds have soaked enough before continuing on with the basket in progress. In the background, Denyce Rusch weaves a beaded breadbasket. The women were but two of the eight participants weaving baskets Tuesday at the Jefferson County Park Nature Center basket class taught by naturalist Therese Cummiskey. Cummiskey scheduled classes four days this week and also will teach basket

The Jefferson County Service Agency will again send out a call for bids on operation of the recycling center.During a meeting Wednesday, the agency dismissed a bid from Waste Management Inc. because it did not meet the specifications.?Even if we were willing to accept the language ? we cannot accept that bid. It?s not legal because a [request for proposals] was sent out, and other potential bidders bid on that RFP,

Students, graduates, parents, former teachers and teachers asked the Fairfield school board to reconsider their possible plans to close Libertyville Elementary School, discontinue French classes and reduce the number of speech team coaches as cost-saving measures.A dozen people addressed the school board about the proposed actions, although board president Gail Miller announced the issue was not on the agenda for

LOCKRIDGE ? Test results for Lockridge water have all returned negative since one test came back positive for coliform bacteria in August.Lockridge City Clerk Joyce LeDuc said testing completed in response to the positive also came back negative. Those tests were conducted at water line locations on both sides of the faucet in question.Because further testing came back negative, LeDuc said the most likely

LIBERTYVILLE ? A few of the people who made Libertyville ?a great place to live? in 2010 were recognized by the Libertyville City Council during its meeting Tuesday.Mary Ann Copeland and the late Donald ?Doc? Dunn were honored.Copeland, recently retired owner and operator of Mary Ann?s Beauty Salon in Libertyville, was honored with the Business of the Year award.?Mary Ann has been a licensed cosmetologist for 48

Boys, machines and snow are an unbeatable combination and boys grow up to use real machines. Due to a teacher in-service day, which resulted in no school for Fairfield Community School District students, several boys who would normally be at school were instead playing in the snow at Community Childcare Center. Bradley Smithburg chose to use a toy bulldozer to push the snow into a pile while other boys used a broom,

A felony conviction may lead to the deportation of a Lockridge man charged with setting fire to his family?s home in October.Jefferson County Attorney Tim Dille said 31-year-old Geoffrey Karugo Kimani is only listed as a permanent resident, not a citizen, of the United States. The second-degree arson conviction entered Tuesday could be grounds for deportation to Kimani?s homeland Kenya; however, Dille said that

Two months into Fairfield?s new recycling program, Waste Management collected a record 65.04 tons of recyclable materials in December ? a 132 percent increase from Fairfield?s monthly 28-ton average.In November, Fairfield recycled 46.93 tons ? a 67 percent increase. If Fairfield were to maintain a 46.93-ton collection rate, the city?s annual tonnage of recycled material would increase to 563 tons. According to