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Jefferson County political party caucuses are scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday.All county Democrats will meet at Fairfield Community School District?s Lincoln Center at Fourth Street and Stone Avenue.Attendees must be in line or signed in by 7 p.m. to participate.Republicans will meet at three locations around Jefferson County, by precinct, also at 7 p.m. Tuesday:? Blackhawk-Polk-Packwood township residents will ...

Jefferson County Supervisor Lee Dimmitt said the arbitration ruling that Wapello and Mahaska counties cannot withdraw from the 28E agreements signed with the Regional Utilities Service System means the counties will have to continue paying $8,000 annual dues.Dimmitt said the arbitration panel didn?t have much latitude because the law says the counties cannot take action that would be detrimental to the bondholder...

Fairfield?s playwright and actor Andrew Edlin wants people to understand his production of ?Churchill? is a play ? with humor and actual quotes as well as words supplied by Edlin that Sir Winston Churchill could have thought or said.Two performances are this weekend at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfield, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $20 general admission, ...

Fairfield native Elaine La Van earned a degree in fine arts from Iowa State University and was working at a photo company when she wondered what more she could offer in life.She looked to her church, and explored the possibilities and opportunities in Global Ministries in the United Methodist Church.La Van signed up for US 2, a mission outreach for young adults. She attended three weeks of training with other ...

ELDON ? The Wapello County Sheriff?s Office recovered stolen items Monday that were dumped into the frozen Des Moines River beneath Cliffland Bridge southwest of Agency.Authorities determined the items were from a Christmas Day home burglary in Eldon. Ottumwa firefighters Derrick Fye and Jeff Box assisted the sheriff?s office in recovering the belongings from the frozen river.?We got a lead on the suspects, ...

Van Buren County Sheriff?s Office will issue a press release, with charges, but some information is known that a vehicle stop Monday on the south side of Fairfield was the result of an alert issued from Van Buren County.The sheriff asked neighboring counties to be looking for persons involved in a home burglary in Van Buren County. Fairfield officers spotted a gray van with at least three subjects ages 20 to 30 ...

Jefferson County Board of Supervisor meetings in the past year have covered a lot of ground ? or roads.From the first meeting in January, when supervisors were wrapping up claims for windshield damage from Salina Road?s summer chip and seal, to Monday?s meeting discussing two bridge replacements on Ash Avenue, the care and maintenance of county roads is a large share of the work done by the county.In February, ...

Two bridges on Ash Avenue are scheduled for replacement and bids will be solicited in April, Jefferson County Engineer Scott Cline told the board of supervisors today.The northern bridge over Cedar Creek is the larger project, and will be made about a foot higher than its current height. Both bridges, the second one over Honey Creek, will be 24.5-feet wide.?This will make them both legal for semis,? said ...

The Rev. Jim Wotherspoon will complete his active pastoring at First Baptist Church Sunday with his 931st sermon in Fairfield.Wotherspoon and his family came to Fairfield from Columbus, Neb., in July 1995. He?s also served in Portland, Ore., and was raised in southern California.His wife, Betsie, is the department head of special education at Fairfield High School and their four children graduated from FHS.?Ser...

Saturday and Sunday were scheduled to be the first of two consecutive weekends for a trial archery doe hunt within Fairfield city limits, as approved by Fairfield City Council Nov. 25, in hopes of reducing the urban deer population.This first year trial hunt was to be limited to six hunters per weekend. According to organizers, no eligible hunters signed up.?I had quite a few phones calls from people interested,...