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Noah’s Ark Hosting Low Cost & Vaccination Clinic This Saturday

Noah’s Ark Animal Foundation is hosting a low-cost Microchip and Vaccination Clinic on Saturday, October 19th from 11:00a.m. – 2:00p.m. The clinic will be held at the Noah’s Ark Animal Foundation, 1986 Gear Avenue...Read More

PS&T Committee Discusses Street Parking, Intersection Safety Concerns

Recently the Fairfield public safety and transportation committee was contacted by a homeowner on Iowa Avenue requesting the city limit on-street parking to one side of the street to alleviate bottlenecks when vehicles are...Read More

Lake Sugema Will Close Oct. 29th For Gizzard Shad Treatment

Weather pending, The Iowa DNR will treat Lake Sugema on Tuesday Oct. 29th with a very low concentration of rotenone to eliminate gizzard shad. If the treatment is postponed, it will be rescheduled for...Read More

Wayland Man Suffers Injuries In Single Vehicle Crash

A Wayland man suffered injuries as a result of a single vehicle crash on Saturday, just West of the City limits. Trevor Medina was tended to by first responders after he was found with...Read More

Cardinal’s Pederson Named Iowa Superintendent Of the Year

Joel Pedersen, superintendent of the Cardinal Community School District, has been named the 2019-20 Iowa Superintendent of the Year by the School Administrators of Iowa. SAI Executive Director Roark Horn said, “Joel is a...Read More

Fairfield Area Girl Scouts Collect Over 600 Pounds Of Food For The Lord’s Cupboard

These Girl Scouts did an AMAZING job of canvassing the town for The Lord’s Cupboard! They gathered a whopping 606.2 pounds of food, plus $54 in cash on Tuesday evening. That will feed a...Read More

Traffic Changes Proposed Around Washington Elementary

The Fairfield Community School District has implemented a new pickup/drop off system for students at Washington Elementary this year which has created a bottleneck of traffic in the immediate area surrounding the school.Washington School...Read More

Latest Local Sports News

Fairfield Highlights From SEC Cross Country Competition

Fairfield was at Mount Pleasant for the Southeast Conference cross country meet Thursday. Earning All-Conference recognition by finishing in the top 10 were: Varsity boys 4th Alex Forrest 17:35 (in 1st picture below) 6th Bryan Wilkins 17:44...Read More

Cardinal Offering Free Basketball Camp For 3rd Through 6th Graders

The Cardinal High School basketball program is putting on a free basketball camp October 26th, November 2nd and November 16th from 8:30 to 10:30AM for grades 3 through 6th. It takes place in the High School gym...Read More

Football Friday

High school football games of regional interest Friday night will feature: (overall/district records) 5-2/2-1 Washington at 0-7/0-3 Fairfield (7:30 varsity game on 1570 KMCD/ coverage starting with the Radio Iowa Scouting report at 7, Band Aides band...Read More

Darren Roberts Event Is Saturday

The 2nd annual Darren Roberts Memorial 5K/1.5 mile walk starts 9 Saturday morning at Waterworks Park on north B street in Fairfield. The fee is 20 dollars and preregistration is not necessary. Money raised will help provided...Read More

WACO Volleyball Players Reach Milestones

The WACO varsity volleyball team hosted Class 2A 8th rated Van Buren County Tuesday night. Junior Aubri Garnsey (1st picture below) set new school records for digs in a career and season. Another junior Morgan Graber (2nd...Read More

State Qualifying Assignments Released For Cross Country

Area schools found out where they will go to try and make the state cross country competition on Thursday October 24th. The coed meets include: Class 1A Pekin and Van Buren County at Iowa City Regina Class...Read More

Van Buren County And Cardinal CC Highlights From Columbus Junction

Jonah Heckenberg of Van Buren County was the 1st place boy at the Columbus Junction cross country invitational Tuesday. The Cardinal girls team finished 2nd in the meet. They were led by Alexia McClure taking 3rd, Allison...Read More