Fairfield News

The Fairfield Fire Department responded to a car fire at 8:06 p.m. Tuesday at Highway 34 exit 214. The fire department responded to a problem with an electric heater at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday at 201 E. Buchanan Ave. The fire department responded to a truck fire at 7:37 a.m. today at Brookville Road and Gear Avenue.

The Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors named Art Sathoff as the district?s next superintendent during a special meeting Monday evening at the ~ Center. Sathoff, who is currently the Fairfield High School principal, was offered a three-year-contract, with a salary of $122,500 for 2011-12, $125,000 for 2012-13 and $127,500 for 2013-14. School board member Margaret Dwyer pointed out the ...

Southeast Iowa Blood Center announces four upcoming area blood drives. A blood drive sponsored by Birmingham Lions Club is scheduled from 2:30-6:30 p.m. March 31 at the Birmingham Lions Building. Donors who last gave blood before Feb. 3 are eligible. To schedule an appointment, call Harry Anderson at (319) 498-4201. A Van Buren High School blood drive sponsored by National Honor Society will be held ...

From the wilds of Alaska, with a stop in Branson, Mo., the RedHead Express arrives at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts for a night of fun and high energy. Their performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and is sponsored by the Fairfield Concert Association as part of its current season. The RedHead Express features a wide variety of original songs, bluegrass, traditional, Irish, country, ...

Fairfield High School teacher Scott Slechta inspects luggage while FHS student Tyler Breeding and his mother Rose Reynolds fill out luggage tags Sunday afternoon in the FHS Commons before the 117 students and 17 chaperones boarded three chartered buses bound for New York City. After a 21-hour drive, including two meal stops and two rest stops, the group arrived today. Tuesday highlights of the trip include the

City officials are asking drivers to be patient until the problem of poorly timed traffic lights along Burlington Avenue can be resolved.?We know they?re not right, and we?re not happy with it,? said Fairfield Public Works Superintendent Darrel Bisgard.Traffic lights along Burlington Avenue and Highway 1 were adjusted in an attempt to alleviate bottleneck situations on Highway 1, but have instead caused traffic to

KEOSAUQUA ? Van Buren Community School Board of Directors, on a 4-2 vote during a meeting Wednesday evening, approved a recommendation to relocate its middle school students.Beginning in the fall, instead of going to school at the Stockport attendance center, sixth graders will go to the elementary school in Douds, while seventh and eighth graders will go to the high school in Keosauqua.Before the vote, board

Twenty-seven envelopes, sealed and taped closed, identified only with a letter from A through Z, plus AA, were accepted by the Fairfield school board during the board meeting Monday evening.Each of the envelopes containing the name of a teacher, whose contract is being terminated at the end of this school year, was passed on to district business manager Kim Sheets to be filed as a confidential document in each

The last day of classes for Fairfield High School seniors will be May 20.The Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors approved the date Monday evening.FHS principal Art Sathoff said the seniors would be making up three of the five snow days accrued this year, but if ?we have a freak snowstorm in March and miss a couple of days, we might want them to come back the next week to make them up.?But, as of

Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors accepted the resignation of Pence Elementary School Principal Nathan Wear at the Monday night meeting at the high school.Wear notified the board Feb. 28 of his intention to resign at the end of his 2010-11 contract.He has been hired as Solon High School principal in Solon.Board president Gail Miller expressed appreciation for Wear?s service to students,

A contract for three blocks of water main improvements was awarded to a newly formed company out of Cedar Rapids Monday night.Premier Excavating?s bid of $62,552.67 was the lowest of six Fairfield received.?[City administrator Jeff Clawson] and I discussed this some, and I guess we?re both of the opinion that we have a bond, everybody has to have a first job and as long as their attitude is right ? they?re willing

Trae Van Tasell of Fairfield Middle School, right, plays a drowning victim with physical education teacher Nancy Diers this morning at Roosevelt Aquatic Center. During the exercise, it was Diers? job to escape the student?s hold so she could attempt a safe rescue. Others in the class practiced the defense mechanism, once as the drowning victim and again as the rescuer.For this photo, see the Tuesday, March 15, 2011,