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85-year-old farmer plants his 69th year of crops this spring
By JULIE JOHNSTON, Ledger photographer
Roy Rogers of rural Fairfield won’t be 86 until July, but has been continuously planting and harvesting on the farm where he was born since he ...
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Park upgrade
Access Energy is putting in new electrical lines at Round Prairie Park. Looking into the trench being dug by Chuck Rila is Jay Prichard. Anthony ...
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Post removal
Using a Handyman Jack, Harold Munson works to remove a steel fence post from the yard of the recently purchased home he plans to move into next ...
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Special-needs rodeo to raise funds for Families of SMA
By DIANE VANCE, Ledger staff writer
Young and Wild Rodeo, the spring kickoff rodeo event at Jefferson County Fairgrounds this weekend, is hosting a rodeo for people of all ages with ...
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Digging a hole
It’s a tight squeeze. The small flag at lower left indicates where telecommunications lines are buried, which doesn’t leave any room for error in ...
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Sandy concoction
Two-year-old Annabella Anderson, at left, adds a double handful of sand to her bucket of sand and water while her sister, 4-year-old Aurora, gives ...
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Planting tomatoes
Don Essary loves to garden and it shows. On Friday morning, he was putting in the last of the 48 tomato plants in his large garden. Already ...

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Birth

By Kim Swanson - Apr 24
Clara Reese Steward was born April 7, 2012 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. She weighed 6 lbs 12 oz and was 20" long. Parents are Heather & ...

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Re: Fairfield real estate market gets boost from national spotlight

By Seth Cecil - May 08 - 1 Comment
I dont know how it can because of Opera's show, she didn't even show "Fairfield", she just showed a part of the community and ignored the rest of ...
Re: Unemployment in Jefferson County remains steady in March

By Seth Cecil - Apr 27 - 1 Comment
Actually the unemployment rate in Jefferson County dropped by .01% by the numbers above, from 6.718 to 6.624.
Re: What I didn’t learn in college

By Norman/MUM Public ... - Apr 25 - 1 Comment
Lacey, Didn't know about you leaving town until I read this piece. While we're happy for your next career move, speaking for all of us at the ...

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4:30 PM	Weight Watchers
May 17, 2012
11:45 AM	Weight Watchers
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM	Preschool Story Time
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Knitter's Clinic
6:30 PM	Bingo
May 18, 2012
12:00 PM	Rotary International
May 19, 2012
10:00 AM	Dual Recovery Anonymous
12:00 PM	Al-Anon
12:00 PM	Alcoholics Anonymous
1:30 PM	Narcotics Anonymous
6:30 PM	Narcotics Anonymous

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