Obituaries

JULIE?JOHNSTON/Ledger?photoFive-year-old Landon Harward says, ?Gobble, gobble, gobble? with his turkey hand puppet to wish all Ledger readers a happy Thanksgiving. Landon and his classmates at the Community Childcare Center pre-kindergarten class made their puppets Tuesday from paper bags, construction paper and glue, using outlines of their hands for the multi-hued feathers.

Fairfield will become Christmas City when the holiday lights are turned on for the first time this season during a dedication ceremony beginning at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Central Park.The ceremony will begin with caroling by members of the Fairfield High School choir, followed by the announcement of the Gingerbread Children Art Contest.After the contest results, Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce?s Christmas committee

Correctional officers could become the first and only group of Jefferson County employees to form a collective bargaining unit.The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 61 filed a petition with the Iowa Public Employment Relations Board Oct. 14 to first establish an appropriate bargaining unit and second hold an election to determine if that unit should be represented by AFSCME.Accordi

JEFF WILSON/Ledger?photoAlliant Energy is undertaking a roughly $400,000 project in downtown Fairfield. The company is replacing utility poles and lines, predominantly just north and east of Central Park, to increase service reliability. An Alliant spokesman said the project is part of the company?s ongoing efforts to replace equipment that has undergone wear and tear over time. The spokesman said the new poles and

The Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors voted Monday to proceed with a project to air condition Fairfield Middle School.The next step, as the board discussed during its work session Oct. 18, will be to secure the services of the architecture and engineering firm Shive-Hattery Inc.Auxiliary services director Fred McElwee said Shive-Hattery is to draft a proposal to move forward with the heating,

The Greater Fairfield Area Habitat for Humanity broke ground on its ninth house May 3. As construction has progressed, the local organization has had a steady stream of teenagers eager to lend a hand.?We?re so happy with them,? said Pam Ausman, who serves on the volunteer committee. Construction chairwoman Kathy Brown agreed the young volunteers have been integral to the project.?I?ve been impressed with the kids

The Iowa Department of Transportation?s Mount Pleasant construction office has announced the closure of Hemlock Avenue west of Fairfield beginning today.Work associated with the bridge construction project over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad requires the closure of Hemlock Avenue 3 miles west of Fairfield between old and new U.S. 34 to allow contractors to prepare the west approach of the bridge for new

Douds Road south of Libertyville is open to traffic, according to Mark Bell of the Jefferson County Secondary Roads Department.The road had been closed since mid-April while the Lick Creek bridge, located about 1.5 miles north of the Van Buren County line, was replaced.For information, call 472-6528.For this article, see the Friday, July 23, 2010, printed edition of The Fairfield Ledger.

The almost 2.5 inches of rain that fell Monday and Tuesday on Fairfield resulted in about 794,003 gallons of sanitary sewer overflows to Crow Creek and Cedar Creek.According to information from the Fairfield Wastewater Department, the largest overflow to Crow Creek was at a manhole in the Conger hayfield with 373,346 gallons overflowing. That amount combined with other overflows caused a total overflow to Crow Creek

A vote by the full Fairfield City Council is now all that stands between the would-be developer of an AmericInn hotel and roughly $700,000 in property tax incentives.?We want this hotel,? but the city has to be able to justify the incentives, councilman Ron Adam said Tuesday during a meeting of the council?s economic development committee. Based on figures provided by city administrator Jeff Clawson, the committee