Obituaries

One day, Kynsington Deutsch will know first-hand what it means to be one out of 1,461 ? the probability of being born on Leap Day. The only baby born to Southeast Iowa parents Monday at Ottumwa Regional Health Center, Kynsington joins a unique group of only 4 million others in the world who were born on the day that comes once every four years. ?It?s really exciting,? said Kynsington?s mother, Fairfield ...

KALONA (GTNS) ? Residents approved a $3.9 million bond issue to finance an enlarged community center in a special election Tuesday. The project found solid support among those voting in the election, with 400 residents voting for the project and 204 casting votes against it. For passage, a margin of more than 60 percent was required. Just over 36 percent of the city?s registered voters turned out for the ...

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, right, and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey participate in a roundtable discussion on agriculture Wednesday afternoon at the Jefferson County Farm Bureau Office in Fairfield. The stop was part of a two-day tour of southeast Iowa to meet with ag leaders.

DES MOINES (AP) ? An advocacy coalition in Iowa says it will deliver thousands of petitions to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley to protest his recent comments about the selection of a U.S. Supreme Court nominee. A coalition of organizations plan to deliver 42,000 petition signatures today to Grassley?s six regional offices around Iowa. They also plan to deliver excerpts from the U.S. Constitution. Why Courts Matter ...

Several Fairfield Community School District teachers urged school board members Monday night to reconsider proposed faculty cuts from the music and athletic departments.Mick Flattery, life skills instructor at Fairfield Middle School and head coach for both the Fairfield High School girls? basketball and FHS boys? golf team, told board members that he didn?t envy them when it came to making staff cuts, but that ...

In the tradition honoring the birthday and agricultural legacy of the nation?s first president, Future Farmers of America Week begins next week for Fairfield High School students.?Next week is National FFA Week. It starts around George Washington?s birthday. He was a leader of our country, and we?re trying to instill leadership,? said Courtney Taglauer, FHS agricultural education instructor and FFA advisor.Accor...

KEOSAUQUA ? The Van Buren Community School Board approved a resolution to study the question of reorganizing with Harmony Community School District during the Van Buren school board meeting Feb. 10.Harmony is scheduled to vote on the resolution at a special meeting Wednesday. The motion to study reorganization anticipates that the reorganization would occur on or before July 1.Last month, the two school ...

MUNFORD, Tenn. (AP) ? An eye-popping, unprecedented $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot that became a national fascination will be split three ways, by mystery winners in Florida, Tennessee and California. The lucky trio did not immediately identify themselves today, but they bought their tickets in Munford, a town of about 6,000 in Tennessee; the modest Los Angeles suburb of Chino Hills; and at a supermarket in ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) ? The South African Air Force says two cheetahs, which live on an air base to keep other animals off the runway, have attacked an officer.Air Force spokeswoman Marthie Visser said today the male cheetahs wandered into a hangar. A warrant officer saw them and tried to take a picture when they attacked her. The woman was not seriously injured and has been released from a hospital. The cheetahs ...

Several Fairfield community school board members attended the Iowa Association of School Boards's annual convention Thursday in Des Moines.?There were at least four board members and two administrators present at the meeting,? said board president Phil Miller, adding that board members were impressed with Fairfield High School English teacher Kevin Hosbond's presentation.Hosbond, who was selected by the IASB, ...