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PACKWOOD ? Pekin High School starts homecoming celebrations Sunday with hallway decorating, warrior volleyball, powder puff football, a kickoff rally and homecoming king and queen coronation.The overall theme for homecoming is super heroes; each class is decorating its hallway paying homage to different super heroes. Freshmen will have an X-men theme; sophomores will be the Avengers; juniors will recreate a ...

Executive director Dawn Safrit at Noah?s Ark Animal Foundation in Fairfield, gave her pint of blood Monday during Noah?s Ark blood drive in honor of Cody Cohen. Cohen, 18, of Fairfield, is a volunteer at the animal shelter. He was diagnosed last winter with MDS, a blood cancer which progressed to AML ? acute myelogenous leukemia. He is being treated at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Safrit said 28 ...

Fairfield school board president Jennifer Anderson proposed restructuring the board?s committees based on a model she learned about in the Indianola Community School District.?I think superintendent Art Sathoff does a good job with the administrative team, but we as board members are not always aware of what is going on,? said Anderson during a work session Monday to set board goals for the 2013-14 school ...

ELDON ? The Cardinal Comets have been celebrating homecoming events this week, culminating in a Friday afternoon parade, Friday?s football game with West Burlington and a Homecoming dance Saturday at school.Seniors Brandon Eklofe and Leea Ostrander were crowned homecoming king and queen Wednesday evening, and Mike Owings and Schylar Conger are homecoming prince and princess.A jersey auction was held in conjuncti...

The Fairfield Community School District Board of Directors set a goal a year ago to end fiscal year 2013 with $1 million in spending authority, and came close, closing the former school year out with a $996,828 unspent authorized budget balance.?It?s definitely trending in the right direction, to be short by $3,172,? said Kim Sheets, district business manager.The school board has been aggressive the past few ...

Anyone interested in serving as mayor or on city council needs to return candidate papers and signatures this week to their city clerk.The deadline to file is 5 p.m. Thursday. Municipal elections are Nov. 5.Candidate papers are available from city clerks. Each candidate, including incumbents, needs petition signatures of persons eligible to vote from the area the candidate represents. Check with the city clerk ...

ELDON ? Cardinal middle school and high school students and teachers have been using Kuno tablets and the educational program CurriculumLoft Cloud for nearly a year, enabling technology to be used as a tool for teaching and learning.Kuno tablets replaced MacBooks in October. Kuno was chosen because it accesses CurriculumLoft, a mobile learning system.Kuno has a 9.7-inch touch screen, weighs a little more than 1 ...

Fairfield?s Water Department was working at the northwest corner of Second Street and Kirkwood Avenue today, fixing a water main that broke late Wednesday night.A report was called into 911 dispatch at 10:15 p.m. Wednesday about a water leak.?We?re working on it this morning, trying to stay out of the highway,? said Carl Chandler, water superintendent.Iowa Department of Transportation has jurisdiction over ...

Jefferson County supervisors are receiving calls about new gravel on county roads, mostly with complaints about dust.?I had a conversation with a resident on Hemlock Avenue between Brookville Road and 170th Street,? said Lee Dimmitt board of supervisors chairman. ?Our new contract rock was used. He said the road is now getting tons of traffic, and there is lots of dust.?One of our thought processes in changing ...

More than 70 people attended a public hearing at Fairfield City Hall Wednesday to ask questions, express concerns and hear information about the city?s planned sewer improvements.Two property owners south and west of Fairfield Wastewater Treatment Plant may be forced to move, and about a dozen residents along the route for a new sewer line in Phase I will need to grant easements.Terry and Edith Meyers own two ...