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Unofficial results of Fairfield municipal elections show:? The public measure was approved with 64 percent, or 764 yes votes; against 36 percent, or 426 no votes.? Ed Malloy was re-elected mayor with 85 percent of the votes, or 1,050 votes. Challenger Gary Kessler received 180 votes, or 15 percent. Write-in votes for Fairfield mayor were 11, or 0.89 percent.? The contested Fairfield city council seat at-large ...

Trojan baseball players have the opportunity to play in Busch Stadium in St. Louis where games 3-5 of the World Series were played in October between the Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox.The Fairfield school board approved the plan at its Oct. 21 meeting for a potential game July 6 against Wilton High School.Fairfield Community School District Activities Director Jeff Courtright said to make certain the ...

Richard Walbaum is one of four candidates running for a Fairfield City Council at-large seat being vacated by Connie Boyer.He is an electronics engineer by profession, and retired in 2007. He manufactures and sells water ionizers of his own design. He has lived in Fairfield for 30 years.?I am running for office because someone needs to represent and speak for Higher Law,? he said.?We have unalienable rights, ...

Rules for health care insurance have changed for small-business owners and the Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce provided an overview from two insurance brokers Wednesday evening.?Now is the time to get acquainted with the new Affordable Care Act,? said Stephen Ringlee, founding director and chief financial officer of CoOpportunity Health.Ringlee?s health insurance company, doing business in Nebraska and Iowa, ...

Jefferson County Board of Supervisors agreed Monday to get on Fairfield City Council?s Nov. 25 meeting agenda to discuss the county and city 28E agreement for the Jefferson County Law Enforcement Center.?This is a joint agreement about the law center and we probably should review it annually just to make sure we?re all on the same page,? said Supervisor Dick Reed. ?I think it?s been a few years.?Jefferson ...

Spending is down this school year in the district technology budget compared to last year, John Grunwald, technology director for Fairfield schools, told board members Oct. 21.Grunwald, formerly a Fairfield elementary/middle school music teacher, was hired as the technology director in July after Mark Cremer resigned. Grunwald has 11 years experience as technology director concurrent to teaching music in the ...

Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors will have a vacancy and plan to appoint a new board member at its next regular board meeting Nov. 18.Board member Amy Miller, elected in 2011 to a four-year term, announced she and her family are moving back to Des Moines in December. Board President Jennifer Anderson said Monday she had talked with Miller, and would like to appoint a replacement in November ...

Jefferson County Board of Supervisors Monday asked the county attorney?s office to send a letter of 30 days to vacate to Lutheran Services, which has been using the top floor of the county attorney?s office for storage of Parents as Teachers program materials.Stephanie Bard, representing the Early Childhood Services with Lutheran Services Decategorization, attended Monday?s board meeting.?I?m new to the area ...

Greater Fairfield Area Habitat for Humanity is asking for more volunteers to work on finishing a new home being built at 807 N. Ninth St. in Fairfield.Workdays are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays. Volunteers can sign up for specific time slots with Scott Timm by calling 515-291-2560 or emailing him at stimm@iastate.edu or call the Fairfield Volunteer Center at 209-9045 or email the center at fairfieldvolu...

Jefferson County supervisors report weekly about the committees they serve on in conjunction with being an elected county official.Monday, board of supervisors chairman Lee Dimmitt said the Regional Utilities Service Systems is moving forward to re-do Argyle?s sewer system.?It hasn?t worked properly since the beginning,? said Dimmitt. ?The costs to re-do it will be 75 percent covered by a USDA grant.?Dimmitt ...