Fairfield News

SOFIA's All Things Italian Street Festival Saturday in the Fairfield square featured treats for the eyes, ears, nose and taste buds.

Fairfield residents Harry and Marie Clark recently spotted this very small fawn laying in the grass under a tree in their backyard when they went outside to pick up sticks after an overnight storm.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Animal Rescue League or Mercy Hospice in Johnston.

Maxine French of Fairfield will celebrate her 90th birthday with a reception hosted by her family from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at SunnyBrook Assisted Living.

Wagon Wheel Senior Housing hosted a Flag Day ceremony Friday morning in its parking lot.

Recipents of Dexter Laundry Inc. scholarships are: from left, seated, Seth Jensen, Paige Jensen and Mariah Creamer, with, standing, Dexter Laundry President Andy Kretz and Dexter Laundry Director of Human Resources Todd Reifsteck.

Meals are offered on a contribution basis for persons 60 years of age and older and their spouses of any age.

Registers Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa, known as RAGBRAI announced in January Fairfield is the last overnight stop on the week-long bike ride.

Nancy Baird of Fairfield will celebrate her 80th birthday with an open house from 1-3 p.m. June 23 at St. Mary Catholic Church Parish Hall.

Fairfield Police Department investigated at 6:47 a.m. today the report of sugar poured into a motor vehicle's gas tank in the 100 block of North Sixth Street.

Robert E. and Connie Keller of Fairfield will celebrate 25 years of marriage with an open house from 2-4 p.m. June 23 at the Fairfield First United Methodist Church.

After All Things Italian Street Festival and before RAGBRAI, a very big music festival plays in Fairfield, the inaugural FAIRfest - four days with numerous genres of music and food, art and speakers - emphasizing sustainability, creativity, economic fairness and community empowerment.

The RAGBRAI bikers coming to Fairfield July 26 will about double the size of Fairfield and in that group could be potential business people looking to invest or conduct other business which could help our community.

Clifton and Pops wait for a call while Connie looks on in a scene from "The 1940s Radio Hour."

Pictured are current and past volunteers from Fairfield who have helped with the Toastmasters program in the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison.

Residents in the unincorporated areas of Jefferson County will have a chance to vote Aug. 6 to approve or veto the county supporting a project with $1 million to build a new outdoor pool at O.B. Nelson Park and a new gym in Fairfield.

The Department of Labor is suing pension trustees of two subsidiaries of Revstone Industries LLC and an investment adviser to recover $4.9 million in defined benefit plan assets that the agency claims were misused.

The Filipino American community from across Iowa traveled to Fairfield Saturday to celebrate the 115th Philippine Independence Day in the Fairfield Arts & Convention Center.

Fairfield seniors Daniel Schwarz, left, and Jonny Swanson represented Iowa in the Senior Spotlight track and field meet Saturday at St. Francis University in Joliet, Ill.

A traffic accident at 9:58 a.m. Saturday in Jefferson County resulted in personal injury to the driver, Courtney B. Reid, 20, of Fairfield.