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Early-bird RAGBRAI bicyclists appeared at Central Park and around the Fairfield square by 9 a.m. today.?I left Osky at 6 a.m., so it?s about a three-hour ride,? said Mark Stanek of Ottumwa. ?Today was the flattest route we?ve had.?This is his second consecutive RAGBRAI ride. He graduated with a music education degree from Simpson College in May. He rides with Southern Iowa Cyclists team.?The weather is a lot ...

By 10 a.m. more RAGBRAI bicycle riders arrived in Fairfield but there was still room to ride around the square on the blocked off streets.

Jefferson County Public Health included a letter about a new required vaccine to parents and guardians in student registration information mailed in Fairfield Community School District.Iowa has a new requirement of a one-time booster vaccine of tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis for students entering grade seven and above, if born on or after Sept. 15, 2000, no matter when the last tetanus/diphtheria ...

A large white dog enjoyed playing fetch the tennis ball with her owner Saturday afternoon at Bonnifield Lake. She didn?t mind sharing the water with folks taking canoe rides, courtesy of Maharishi University of Management Recreation Center. Mark and Sandy Stimson trailered 10 canoes to Waterworks Park for anyone to enjoy at no cost. Canoeing was one of several activities during Fairfield?s Blue Zones Project ...

Friday is the premier of an archery competition reality TV show on NBC Sports airing at noon local time.Fairfield?s 2012 Paralympic silver medalist archer Matt Stutzman is one of the competitors on the show, ?Nock Out,? featuring 12 archers competing in field, 3D and target archery.Interviewed in May about the show, Stutzman said, ?I like promoting the sport of archery and I like encouraging kids. It?s one of ...

Jefferson County Board of Supervisors had the first reading Monday to adopt a social host ordinance to hold adults responsible if they provide alcohol to minors or host parties that serve alcohol to those under age 21.The ordinance was drafted by Assistant County Attorney Pat McAvan and supported by the Jefferson County Alcohol Consumption Task Force.The ordinance needs to go through two or three public ...

A public hearing at the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors today regarding the sale of the former county attorney?s office and a consideration to identify a local Realtor to handle the sale, turned up surprises for many in attendance.The board first held an auction in June that was unsuccessful to transfer the building at 117 W. Broadway Ave., out of county ownership to a private buyer.Options had been ...

Fairfield Community School District has the first year of a Career Academy program under its belt with the participating school districts, Indian Hills Community College and area businesses growing a partnership, Karen Swanson told the school board Monday.Swanson is high school programs director at IHCC. She and IHCC?s Tom Rubel, executive dean of Regional Economic Development, spoke with school board members at ...

StruXture Architects working with the Fairfield Community School District on renovations at the high school updated school board members of its progress in a letter shared at Monday?s school board meeting.According to Nicholas Hildebrandt, principal architect, the building floor plans have been fine-tuned to get closer to the exact square footage and layouts prior to meeting with teachers and staff.The architect...

The Fairfield school board approved on a split vote Monday to create a new parking lot between the current west parking lot and old tennis courts at the high school.Matt Walker from French-Reneker Associates Inc. brought estimates of six options to pave with concrete, pave with asphalt or use gravel in different combinations to build a new lot and repair the south lot.The board settled on the original proposal ...