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The Fairfield Public Library had a lot to be proud of in 2024, and saw its number of visitors take a big jump from the prior year.
Washington Evening Journal
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The Fairfield Public Library had a lot to be proud of in 2024, and saw its number of visitors take a big jump from the prior year.
A Florida man was arrested Sunday, Dec. 29 after leading law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase through Fairfield.
Jefferson County’s only passport agent is retiring after nine years on the job. Chris Carter, who works in the Jefferson County Recorder’s Office, is stepping down from her post on Tuesday, Dec. 31 and handing the reins to another employee in the department, Jacklyn Smith. A going-away party for Carter is planned for 1-3 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 30 at the courthouse.
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Wendy Mariko Johnson of Charles City has been selected as the 2024 Iowa Leopold Conservation Award recipient.
Twenty-three students from Fairfield High School were inducted as new members of the National Honor Society in a ceremony held …
This Hanukkah, Chabad N.E. Iowa will light a public 10-foot menorah erected at Fairfield’s Central Park at 6 p.m. on Sunday Dec. 29, the fifth night of Chanukah.
FAIRFIELD – The City of Fairfield wants residents to know that it is no longer taking credit card payments over …
Sterling Spees and Chandler Parsons each have pickup trucks, and they’ve placed colorful lights on just about every square inch of their trucks. The lights are powered by the trucks’ cigarette lighter outlet, so when they drive them around town, they look like a Christmas tree on wheels.
The Fairfield wrestling team showed out at the 2024 Bill Van Horn Invitational in Pella on Saturday. The Trojans entered …
Club members believe the event is the oldest and longest running tradition in the town’s history, which started in 1920 and was only suspended for a few years during World War II.
Fairfield hurler to take her skills to the collegiate level
A teacher at Washington Elementary School in Fairfield made Christmas wishes come true for a few hundred students earlier this month.
Fairfield residents who were outside on the evening of Thursday, Dec. 19 might have noticed a large group of cyclists spreading holiday cheer as they rode through town with their bikes decked out in Christmas lights.
