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Board Approves Projects, Cline Gives Update On Completed Roadwork

The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors met in regular session this morning where they approved a Resolution for Final Acceptance of 227th St. paving Highway 1 Turn-Lane Projects. They also approved a Resolution for...Read More

Greater Jefferson County Foundation Disburses $197K In Grants

The Greater Jefferson County Foundation disbursed $197k in grants on Thursday, August 15th to 35 organizations in Jefferson County at an event held at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center. 2019 Grant Recipients: Arc...Read More

Governor Reynolds Announces Home Town Water Contest

In conjunction with Drinking Water Day last week at the Iowa State Fair and in celebration of 2,000 State Revolving Fund (SRF) water quality loans made to Iowa communities, Governor Reynolds and Lt. Governor...Read More

Semi Carrying Cattle Overturns Near Eldon

Just after 7am Friday morning a semi truck carrying cattle overturned on Highway 34 around exit 16 near Eldon bringing morning traffic to a slow. The driver of the semi lost control of the...Read More

City To Hold Public Meeting Regarding South Main Street/Highway 1 Improvements

The City of Fairfield is in the conceptual stage of design for improvements to the South Main Street/Highway 1 corridor. The City will be hosting a public meeting regarding the improvements on Tuesday August...Read More

Man Believes Raccoons Are Responsible For Blaze That Destroyed His Home

A Blakesburg man lost his home to a blaze on Thursday morning and he believes raccoons are responsible for the fire starting. Firefighters were called to the scene at 2744 710th Street, Southwest of...Read More

Shoplifting Incident Leads To Arrest Of Wayland Man, Fairfield Woman

A shoplifting incident at a Washington Walmart store just before 6:30am Tuesday morning led to two arrests just North of Mount Pleasant. Deputies from Henry County were alerted of the incident were two subjects...Read More

Latest Local Sports News

Area Baseball Players Make All-State

Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association 2019 All-State selections have been announced. Austin Simpson of Fairfield (pictured) was 1st baseman on the Class 3A 1st Team. The senior finished the year with a 473 batting average going...Read More

Keaton Winn Pitches Well At Augusta

The San Francisco Giants Augusta, Georgia Class A minor league baseball team blasted Greenville 11-1 Tuesday night. Pekin graduate Keaton Winn (pictured below) was the starting pitcher going a career high 7 innings, totaled 6 strikeouts, allowed...Read More

Van Buren Preparing For Cross Country Competition

Van Buren will open the cross country season Tuesday September 3rd at 4:30 in Albia. Coach Lucinda Moews said the 2 high school runners are Jonah Heckenberg and Faith Neeley (pictured)....Read More

Cardinal Has Good Numbers Out For Cross Country

The Cardinal High School cross country season will begin at Wildwood Park in Ottumwa Thursday September 5th at 4:30. Coach Lindsay Albert is happy to have a total of 14 runners. There are 8 boys led by...Read More

Cross Country Season For Fairfield Starting August 26th

Fairfield will have the first high school cross country meet this year in Knoxville Monday August 26th starting at 5. This is the 12th season Jerrod Belzer has coached the Trojans, 9th leading both the boys and...Read More

Pekin Cross Country Preview

The Pekin boys and girls cross country season will start Monday August 26th in Knoxville at 5. Long time coach Davis Eidahl said overall numbers are down but they have a lot of quality. He feels there...Read More

Physical Night Raises Money For Fairfield School District

Fairfield Community School District, in conjunction with Jefferson County Health Center and JCHC Clinics held an athletic physical night on August 1st for middle school and high school students planning to play sports in the upcoming school...Read More