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For nearly nine years Amy Van Winkle has worked with primary students, volunteering in Sue Carr?s first grade classroom at Lincoln for six years, and at Pence Elementary School more than three years.She volunteers an hour twice a week in Taryn Ryan?s kindergarten class at Pence.?When I worked with first grade students, some of them could read to me,? said Van Winkle. ?In kindergarten, I read a poem to them and ...

The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors followed through Monday on last week?s intention and approved supporting the re-designation of a portion of Highway 78 as the Jay N. ?Ding? Darling Memorial Highway.The county is one of several governmental bodies asked to approve re-designating a portion of Highway 78 as the Jay N. ?Ding? Darling Highway, with the Brighton Chamber of Commerce leading the project.In ...

Fairfield Fire Department and Packwood Fire Department responded at 4:46 p.m. Sunday to a structure fire at 1675 Invincible America Blvd., Maharishi Vedic City.A residential building was ablaze on the pandit campus from an unknown source. The fire is under investigation.No one was injured.Fairfield Fire Chief Scott Vaughan said the frigid temperatures froze water hoses, which then had to be brought back to the ...

Mandy Hammes of Packwood won $30,000 from the Iowa Lottery Aug. 5 and gave a portion of her winnings to the Richland Fire Department.She donated a large share of the money to the fire department for a safety day demonstration of grain bin rescue equipment and training at Pekin High School last fall.Grain bin safety is important to Hammes because she lost her father-in-law to a farming accident in January 2012. ...

Jefferson County Board of Supervisors is one of several governmental bodies asked to approve re-designating a portion of Highway 78 as the Jay N. ?Ding? Darling Highway.?One of the criteria to re-designate a highway name is having a resolution from each county and city along the portion of the highway being considered,? said Rose Jaynes from Brighton Chamber of Commerce.Jaynes and Rosemary Pacha attended ...

Jefferson County Engineer Scott Cline told the board of supervisors today the bridge consultants reported a railroad bridge crossing over Nutmeg Avenue received a rating of 4 out of 9.The supervisors have discussed this underpass previously in connection with the urban renewal district the county is proposing for the development of Heartland Co-op?s grain storage facility at Nutmeg Avenue and Highway 34.?It?s a ...

Jefferson County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to follow the Compensation Board?s recommendation to provide a 2.5 percent increase in salary for elected county officials in fiscal year 2015.?Usually the increase trickles down from the department heads to the rest of the employees,? said supervisor chairman Dick Reed.The supervisors are working to finalize the county budget and approve it March 17.?We?ve ...

1st Friday Art Walk of Fairfield has been awarded a $10,000 Challenge America Fast-Track grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.?It?s a very specific grant,? said Cindy Woodbury, director of art walk. ?It?s to be used in support of musicians, between May and October this year. It will allow us to pay musicians, which we haven?t done.?Musicians who have partnered with us before have graciously donated ...

Fairfield Middle School students jumped rope for 1.5 hours after school Thursday and raised $1,153 for the American Heart Association.

Fairfield Community Education Association, the teachers? union, and the school district have opened negotiations for a master contract.The current contract, negotiated two years ago, expires at the end of this fiscal year, in June.The school board met early today to offer the district?s first proposal.?The tone was good, and we have a few dates lined up for our closed session bargaining,? said Superintendent ...