Fairfield News

North Campus Ridge is a joint venture between Doug Bachar of DRB Contracting and Martin Brett of Vastu Partners LLC that is going up on the north edge of town, just west of their other housing development called North Campus Village.

Thad Chamberlain told his wife Karla that he wanted his retirement home to include “40 acres and a pond.”

The Carnegie Historical Museum in Fairfield has a new natural history exhibit available for viewing, focusing on mushrooms.

A Fairfield couple appeared before the City Council on Aug. 27 to bring attention to a case involving their daughter, who needed stitches after being bitten by a dog a few weeks prior.

Trojans look to get back on track on the road at Chiefs

Fairfield Community School District will celebrate Homecoming Week Sept. 23-27, including the varsity football game against Benton Community that Friday night.

Kiwanis Kids’ Day has been one of Fairfield’s premier events ever since its inception in 1966, and residents will celebrate it once more on Saturday, Sept. 21.

A group of local thespians is putting on a dessert theater staged reading of the play “Pygmalion” in Fairfield on Saturday, Sept. 28.

Iowa Local Food Day, the third Wednesday in September, was established in 2018 by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to celebrate Iowa-grown food and support schools, nutrition directors and farmers.

The Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the annual Barnyard Bash Friday night, Sept. 13, at the historic Maasdam Barns on the south side of Fairfield.

Hillcrest sophomore, VBC junior victorious

Teachers from Fairfield, Maharishi, Van Buren, Pekin and Cardinal School Districts are invited to attend this event being put on by the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce.