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Bypass brings challenges, opportunities
Vehicles travel on the new Highway 34 Bypass just west of the Highway 1 interchange south of Fairfield. -Julie Johnston/Ledger photo
Vehicles travel on the new Highway 34 Bypass just west of the Highway 1 interchange south of Fairfield. -Julie Johnston/Ledger photo
The exit ramp east of Fairfield has yet to be completed, so westbound traffic must now exit for Fairfield at Highway 1.

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Music teacher hits right notes with grant funds
Brooke Priesman expands elementary music program with instruments and posters.
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Man killed in quarry accident
The funeral for Robert Gire will be held Friday.
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Couple's home destroyed by fire
Fairfield and Libertyville firefighters battle a house fire Tuesday evening at 1103 South B St., the home of Gary and Dorothy Henson. -Julie Johnston/Ledger photo
Fairfield and Libertyville firefighters battle a house fire Tuesday evening at 1103 South B St., the home of Gary and Dorothy Henson. -Julie Johnston/Ledger photo
Fairfield fire chief says the blaze is not suspicious.
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After 25 years, teacher still loves her job
Carol Wells uses a visualizer to project work on a screen for her students to see. -Vicki Tillis/Ledger photo
Carol Wells uses a visualizer to project work on a screen for her students to see. -Vicki Tillis/Ledger photo
Libertyville fourth-grade teacher Carol Wells was honored as a finalist for the 2009 Iowa Teacher of the Year.
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Supervisors hear green plan
Planning commission asks county supervisors to assume a leadership role in
supporting green initiatives.
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Mayor asks school board to weigh in on green plan
Moving Fairfield Forward: Sustainability Plan has six objectives which would include the Fairfield school district.
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Vehicle registration fees rising
Registration fees will be increasing for newly purchased pickup trucks and special trucks.
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Books Are Fun to close by Christmas
Reader's Digest Association Inc. plans to cease its Books Are Fun business and close the Fairfield office.
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Committee looks at FHS plan example
Architectural firm Shive-Hattery Inc. used information from FHS staff to organize the building in a way that would be helpful to them.
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Corridor project complete
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver speaks at the Des Moines-to-Burlington corridor ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday morning at the interchange of Highway 34 and Highway 1. -Julie Johnston/Ledger photo
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver speaks at the Des Moines-to-Burlington corridor ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday morning at the interchange of Highway 34 and Highway 1. -Julie Johnston/Ledger photo
Fairfield is poised to compete for jobs, while using the route for more efficient transportation.
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Books Are Fun assets sold for $17.5 million to Kaplans
Certain assets of Books Are Fun Ltd. are being bought from its owner Reader's Digest Association Inc. by Imagine Nation Books Ltd. of Boulder, Colo.

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State: Bus can't go into Cardinal district
Fairfield school officials say the next step is to talk to state legislators.
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Road needs elevated so floods don't isolate homes
Construction of the Highway 34 Bypass has created the potential for a few residences on Mint Boulevard to become inaccessible during flooding.
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Loan needed to move house
The house at 107 W. Briggs Ave. could be moved to the site of the barns within the next 60 days.
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Dickey: model citizen
In the time between 1998 when Ashley Dickey graduated from Pekin High School to 2008, she has become a full-time model.
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Fairfield honors its veterans
From left, Jan Hunerdosse, Madhava Martin, Keagan Richmond, the Rev. Joe Phipps, Don Samuelson and Tom Voorhees listen to speaker Co. Roy Webb during the Veterans Day program. -Julie Johnston/Ledger photo
From left, Jan Hunerdosse, Madhava Martin, Keagan Richmond, the Rev. Joe Phipps, Don Samuelson and Tom Voorhees listen to speaker Co. Roy Webb during the Veterans Day program. -Julie Johnston/Ledger photo
Col. Roy Webb, chief of the joint staff of the Iowa Army National Guard, and former commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 224th Engineer Battalion in Fairfield, was the guest speaker.

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