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Pekin School Board President Announces Resignation

Steve Copeland, Pekin School board President has announced his resignation that will go into effect May 1st. Copeland has served on the board for the last 12 years. The reason behind the move is...Read More

House Fire Claims The Life Of Lockridge Man

Fire departments from Fairfield, Lockridge and Mount Pleasant responded to a house fire on Saturday afternoon that left a Lockridge man dead. A call came in to the Jefferson County Communications Center that fireworks...Read More

FCSD Partners With Food Bank Of Iowa To Open Pantry For Students And Families Of The District

The Fairfield Community School District in partnership with the Food Bank of Iowa is now operating a School Pantry. This Food Pantry will be housed out of the Fairfield Middle School. The goal of...Read More

Sheriff/Police/Fire Log

Government Contact: Assist Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office In Keosauqua Arrest: Michael Judge Capobianco, 46, Fairfield, Domestic Abuse Assault-2nd Offense And Disorderly Conduct. Citation: Shannon Johnson, 41, Fairfield, Fraudulent Use Of Registration And Failure...Read More

Sigourney Woman Arrested, Facing Two Counts Of Child Endangerment

A Sigourney woman is behind bars facing two counts of child endangerment after her 4 year old daughter was found wandering the streets of the city several blocks away from the family’s home twice...Read More

2 Men With Last Known Ottumwa Addresses Added To Most Wanted Sex Offender List

Two men with last known Ottumwa addresses have recently been added to the most wanted sex offender list. Authorities are currently on the search for 53 year old James Jessop, with a last known...Read More

2nd Case Of Measles Confirmed In Iowa

A second case of measles has been confirmed in Iowa, through testing at the State Hygienic Lab. This case is an unvaccinated Northeast Iowa resident, who is a household contact of the recently confirmed...Read More

Latest Local Sports News

Busy Day On Local Scene

High school sports in the area today (weather permitting): Golf Fairfield girls hosting Mount Pleasant and Washington Van Buren boys and girls face Holy Trinity in Fort Madison Soccer Boys IMS at Fairfield (4:30 varsity with JV...Read More

Area Athletes Going To Drake

Qualifying for the Drake Relays this week from the area: Cardinal The boys 4 by 100 (96 total advance from around the state) Davis County Alyssa Shirkey the girls 100 (32 make it) The girls 4 by...Read More

Van Buren Boys Track Highlights From Louisa-Muscatine

The Van Buren boys track team was at Louisa-Muscatine Thursday. They had wins from Caleb Johnson the high jump, the shuttle hurdle relay that featured Bryson Mineart, Lane Davis, Caleb Stoltz and Austin Denney plus the 1600...Read More

Prayer Service For Annalyssa Noll Tonight

A candle light prayer service is taking place from 8 until 10 tonight for Van Buren High School senior Annalyssa Noll at the high school softball field in Keosauqua. She is undergoing treatment at the University of...Read More

Fairfield Varsity Soccer Teams Top Keokuk

Fairfield picked up a 4-1 varsity boys soccer win at Keokuk Thursday. Leone Gichure provided 2 goals. Juan Rojo scored once and had an assist. They got an own goal from the opponent and Chance Swan contributed...Read More

Cardinal 2nd In WMU Boys Track Meet To Lead The Area

The Cardinal boys track team was at Winfield-Mount Union Thursday. Their wins included Griffin Greiner the 400, Landon Becker the 800, the 4 by 100 with a probable Drake Relays qualifying time from Colby Aschenbrenner, Trey Albert,...Read More

Megan Higgins Of Fairfield Takes 14th At Golf Competition, Trojan Boys Golf Squad Defeated By Mount Pleasant And New London

Fairfield was at Kalona for the Mid-Prairie girls golf tournament Thursday and Megan Higgins finished 14th after shooting 101. The other 2 Trojans Lindy Kaska and Ella Phillips each had a 140. With only 3 playing, they...Read More