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Residents in the unincorporated areas of Jefferson County will have a chance to vote Aug. 6 to approve or veto the county supporting a project with $1 million to build a new outdoor pool at O.B. Nelson Park and a new gym in Fairfield.The board of supervisors Monday discussed grants and zero-percent interest loans it could apply for to make the donation. The board decided in previous months to borrow the full $1 ...

Fairfield?s summer is packed with outdoor music, food and activities, and a community favorite, All Things Italian Street Festival is a week away.Last year, Fairfield hosted the first-ever Italian zampogna festival in America, bringing zampognari musicians from Italy and the U.S. here at the invitation of Society of Fairfield Italian Americans, which sponsors All Things Italian.?Last year we had rain, but we ...

ELDON ? Six students, ages 15-17, face charges of disorderly conduct to simple assault from a fight involving Cardinal and Davis County high school students May 22 at the Wapello County Fairgrounds.Davis County Deputy Sheriff Josh O?Dell said he took the call from Davis County Community School District Superintendent Dan Maeder May 23 that a video of the fight was posted on YouTube.?Before we could notify ...

Fairfield Executive RAGBRAI Committee?s six co-chairs attended a conference in Des Moines last week to network and discuss strategy with the seven other host communities? representatives and RAGBRAI staff.?All eight overnight communities were represented plus RAGBRAI staff,? said Dennis Lopp, one of Fairfield?s co-chairs. ?Each community had a chance to tell about their events and share information.?People ...

Fairfield Community School District Superintendent Art Sathoff has job security through the 2015-16 school year, after the school board performed an annual job review in closed session Tuesday and extended his contract one year.Sathoff?s contract already was set for 2013-14 at $139,900, and 2014-15 at $144,000. It was extended to school year 2015-16 at $149,040 in annual salary at a special school board meeting....

Jefferson County Board of Supervisors spent nearly two hours Monday reviewing a third application and Master Matrix submitted by Ryan Robertson within 18 months to expand his hog confinement operation at KK Finisher site near Pleasant Plain.The supervisors, two members of Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors Inc. and John Everly, a manure management planner and soil sampling specialist from Pinnacle in Iowa ...

Jefferson County Board of Supervisors turned down a request of $1,500 in additional funding for 10-15 Transit today after a discussion about federal and state funding cuts to the public transit service in Jefferson and nine other regional counties.Supervisor chairman Lee Dimmitt also serves as chairman of the 10-15 Transit System Board, and said the transit system asked its 10 counties each for an additional ...

Fairfield High School will award diplomas to 135 seniors in a graduation ceremony beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday in Trojan Stadium.The ceremony moves into the high school gym in case of inclement weather.Seating in the bleachers is first come, first served.The Class of 2013?s colors are black and silver, and the graduation gowns are black for males and silver for females.Honor society members also will be wearing ...

Fairfield?s biggest need preparing for RAGBRAI right now is housing, Tracy Vance, director of Fairfield Economic Development Association, told the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.?All of the committees are making good progress,? he said. ?There is a need for more residents to volunteer to house bicyclists. Mostly what riders are looking for is access to showers, bathrooms and drinking water.?A ...

Jefferson County Supervisors had meeting agenda items today to set a date for scoring a Master Matrix for KK Finisher and a date for a public hearing about the site matrix, but took no action this morning.?All of this paperwork does not include the Master Matrix scoring,? said supervisor chairman Lee Dimmitt. ?There?s the cover letter that says the Master Matrix is included, along with construction plans, but I ...