Fairfield News

STOCKPORT ? Although the Stockport Elementary Center is a fairly new structure, it is getting a facelift to become the Van Buren Middle School.During the past few weeks, new middle school principal Chuck Banks and his staff have been getting the school ready for when students arrive in August.Little things, like changing the ?feel? of the entrance. And big things, like an improved online presence.?We?re doing the

The Richland and Keosauqua communities are both planning annual Fourth of July celebrations.Richland?s time to shineRichland?s 100th year Celebration of Homecoming is planned Friday through Sunday, with the theme ?A Fine Time to Shine.?Events will kickoff by introducing and honoring of the Richland area?s 90-year-old residents at 4 p.m. Friday in Central Park. Opening ceremonies at 5 p.m. will include guest

After three years of court proceedings and several trial delays, parties involved in a hog confinement lawsuit are set to have their day in court.In mid-May 2006, the Pleasant Plain Property Owners Association filed a lawsuit against James Kaska, owner of a hog confinement ? under construction at the time and now in operation ? approximately 3 miles north of Fairfield at 1589 Nipa Boulevard. A court order filed

The July 1 deadline to destroy noxious weeds may be too late, as many have already gone to seed.?You have to mow them before they go to seed,? Jefferson County Weed Commissioner Dan Miller said, explaining mowing is the preferred method to abate area weeds.He said the rainy, hot weather has caused many weeds, including a significant amount of thistle, to seed sooner. Because his office is unable to take action

The annual kickoff parade for the 2009 Greater Jefferson County Fair will step off at 6:30 p.m. today from the Fairfield High School parking lot.Parade coordinator Denny Thomes said the parade route from the high school will be west on BROADWAY Avenue past Central Park, then north on Main Street and east on Briggs Avenue past the Jefferson County Courthouse and back to the school.The parade does not end at the

The Fairfield Community School Board of Directors approved a wage scale and 2009-2010 wages for support staff during a special meeting Monday evening.The support staff will be receiving a 5.21 percent pay raise.The new support staff wage scale is the first scale the district has had for its food service, custodians, maintenance, mechanics, secretaries, associates, bus drivers and substitutes.?This shows where

morning by the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities is in effect until 9 p.m.A heat advisory means that a period of hot temperatures and high humidity, which can lead to possible heat illnesses, is expected.The weather service advised people to drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun and check on relatives and neighbors, especially the elderly.The hot temperature is

Plans for an American Bicycle Association-sanctioned BMX racing track have gone by the wayside.The Fairfield City Council accepted Clayton Sander?s request to withdraw from his property lease during Monday?s meeting.After three years of dedicating a significant amount of time and money to building the hills and smoothing the track at O.B. Nelson Park, Sanders requested to terminate his lease due to health reasons