Fairfield High School officials have announced the students who earned recognition on the honor roll for the second quarter of the 2013-14 academic year. ?A? honor rollStudents on the ?A? honor roll, with an * denoting straight ?A?s,? are:Seniors ? Sara Adam, Eden Bell, *Kathryn Box, Elaine Brandt, *Matthew Carr, Mason Ellis, *Joanna Funkhouser, *Hanna Greiner, *Kara Greiner, Leon Grund, *Joseph Hietpas, ...
BRIGHTON ? Lake Darling will begin impounding water when the gates are closed during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Feb. 12 marking the beginning of the end of a more than $12 million project to renovate the lake and park that began more than a decade ago.The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Friends of Lake Darling, state legislators, local officials, the Washington County Riverboat Foundation, Natural Resources ...
Iowa?s midwinter bald eagle surveys indicate high numbers of eagles in areas of open water where gizzard shad are plentiful, but, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Mississippi River has the greatest concentration.As many as 2,300 eagles hav been reported from Fort Madison to Keokuk along the Mississippi River. During Keokuk?s Annual Bald Eagle Appreciation Days, upwards of 900 eagles ...
From left, Tom Louden Sr., Willard Boyd and Eugene Copeland celebrate at a reunion held Nov. 19 in Fairfield. Louden and Copeland are both graduates of the University of Iowa College of Law, and Boyd is a law professor and retired president of the University of Iowa. Louden was on the board of regents that elected Boyd president of the university, a position he held twice. Boyd was professor and mentor to ...
More than $200,000 in grants is available to cost-share land acquisitions with private organizations. Applications are available at www.iowareap.com, then click on ?REAP Grants? in the left column.Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. March 14.The cost-share arrangement entails 75 percent of the acquisition costs coming from Resource Enhancement and Protection and the other 25 percent coming from private contributio...
JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU WOMENThe Jefferson County Farm Bureau Women will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pizza Ranch in Fairfield.Carol Messer will be hostess.Roll-call response will be on the buildings, landmarks, land and transportation of Russia.All interested women are invited to attend.???
Registration is due Feb. 4 for the Fairfield Park and Recreation Department?s Valentine?s Party.The party is an opportunity for first- through fifth-graders to make valentines for the special people in their lives.The Valentine?s Party will be from 4:15-5 p.m. Feb. 11 at the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center.Advanced registration is required. Information and registration is available by calling 472-6159 or ...
The Fairfield Park and Recreation Department is planning its 10th annual Polar Plunge for Feb. 8 at Waterworks Park.The preregistration deadline is Friday. The completed preregistration form and a minimum contribution of $30 per participant must be received at the park and rec office in the Roosevelt Community Recreation Center on or before Friday.Participants who preregister receive a T-shirt and are eligible ...
Doug Flournoy, the Fairfield Rotary Club?s grants director, left, presents Fairfield Fire Chief Scott Vaughan with a $1,553 donation. The local Rotary Club recently received the $1,553 grant from The Rotary Foundation. The funds will be used by the Fairfield Fire Department to purchase equipment, such as a rescue pole that extends to 75 feet and can be used for both water and ice rescues, for its new water rescue ...
Two Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center blood drives are planned in Fairfield and Keosauqa.SunnyBrook Home Care Center will host a blood drive from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Feb. 4 in its conference room in the SunnyBrook Living Care Center in Fairfield. Donors who last gave on or before Dec. 10 are eligible to participate again. To donate, call SunnyBrook Home Care Center office manager Michelle Rauscher at 472-4808....
Confinement site manure applicators should plan to attend a two-hour workshop offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to maintain or renew their confinement site manure applicator certification.The Jefferson County workshop will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 13 at the Jefferson County ISU Extension Office on the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in Fairfield....
KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGECEDAR RAPIDS ? Kirkwood Community College has released its dean?s list for the fall 2013 semester.Kirkwood students from the area earning the distinction are:From Eldon ? Nicole Bedford, who is working toward an associate?s degree in the horse science technology program;From Fairfield ? Jacob Adam, Maryanne Eagleson, Max Johnson and Holden Ketterhagen, who each is working toward an ...
BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Library Board will meet at 9 a.m. Feb. 4 at the library.???The Rebekah Circle of the Birmingham United Methodist Church will meet at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at the church.Barb Jamison is the hostess.???The fundraising fish and chicken supper planned by the Birmingham Homecoming Committee will start at 5 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Birmingham Lions Building.The fish and chicken supper also will ...
BIRMINGHAMThe Birmingham Lions Club will meet for its carry-in supper at 7 p.m. Monday at the Birmingham Lions Building.A guest speaker is planned.Carroll Unkrich and Harry Anderson are the January committee.???The four Lions clubs in Van Buren County ? Birmingham, Keosauqua, Stockport and Milton ? and the Keosauqua Leo Club presented Zina Hardin $8,000.The funds, proceeds from the Festival of Trees held in ...
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