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FAIRFIELD ? Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office is investigating five burglaries and an attempted break-in at rural churches this month.Saturday, the Fairfield Police Department received a report of another burglary, this time in Fairfield at Foursquare Gospel Church.At the beginning of July, the sheriff?s office investigated a report of burglary, breaking and entering, through a window with no force, to Jubilee ...

FAIRFIELD ? Thirty years ago, the U.S. ranked No. 1 in academic achievement and the number of college graduates in the world, and Iowa was the No. 1 state in the nation, said Jason Glass, director of the Iowa Department of Education in Fairfield Tuesday. ?We were at a pinnacle,? he said as the featured speaker at the fifth and final in a series of colloquia on educational change hosted by the department of ...

Southeast Iowa Multi-County Solid Waste Agency will decrease its tipping fee by $5 per ton effective with the new fiscal year.The current $55 per ton fee will be lowered to $50 July 1. SEMCO?s tipping fee increased from $45 to $55 per ton in July 2009.?We?ve finished our capital projects, building a permanent office and scale building and constructed a nearly 5-acre cell just last year,? said Bill Sloop, SEMCO ...