Batavia, Iowa

The Iowa Department of Education has upheld the Great Prairie Area Education Agency's ruling that a Fairfield school bus cannot travel through the Cardinal school district to pick up open-enrolled students at a ...

Thirty-one passengers and the driver of a tour bus were transported to Jefferson County Hospital after an accident involving a deer Wednesday evening.

The general election is set Tuesday throughout Jefferson County, with polling locations open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Voters in Fairfield's 1st Ward can cast their votes at the Fairfield High School gym lobby.

Fairfield Community School District is waiting for a decision from the Iowa Department of Education on whether or not one of its buses can enter Cardinal school district to pick up open-enrolled students.

Around 10:30 a.m. Friday morning, the driver of a pickup truck reportedly fell asleep at the wheel while driving home from this 3rd shift job.

Parents of students open-enrolled from the Cardinal to the Fairfield school district expressed their concerns about the new bus stop location to the Fairfield Community School Board of Directors Monday.

Area officials are hoping for a favorable outcome to their proposed local option sales tax when Jefferson County voters take to the polls Tuesday for a special election.

Editor's note: It was a pleasure to receive Dave Mello's news about how the Batavia Lions Club worked hard to build a memorial to one of its former citizens.

Ask any 4-H'er and they'll tell you the organization provides lessons in responsibility, especially when it comes for caring for livestock.

July 5: To Ashley and Quenton Dodson of Ottumwa, a boy. July 3: To Kristi and Tyler McDonough of Ottumwa, a girl.