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5 days ago | 
southeastiowaunion.com | Andy Hallman
Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY – Fairfield resident and Agri-Industrial Plastics Co. founder Dick Smith received a special honor from the University of Iowa in May, being named to its list of “Eight Over 80” exceptional alumni.
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5 days ago | 
southeastiowaunion.com | Andy Hallman
Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. PACKWOOD – A Pekin senior who had just graduated high school was killed in a head-on collision last week. Ava Eleanor Ford, 17, of Packwood, was southbound on Packwood Road just south of Packwood at 7:35 a.m. on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
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1 week ago | 
southeastiowaunion.com | Andy Hallman
Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. FAIRFIELD – The Fairfield Arts & Convention Center will show the documentary film “Observer” from 3-4:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 1. The film is written and directed by Ian Cheney, a resident of Maine but someone with Fairfield connections, who has visited the town several times. Cheney is the nephew of Fairfield resident Ginger Belilove, who arranged for the showing of Cheney’s latest documentary.
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1 week ago | 
southeastiowaunion.com | Andy Hallman
Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. FAIRFIELD – Fairfield residents paid homage Monday morning to those who lost their lives serving in the U.S. military. Per custom, the Memorial Day ceremony in Central Park featured hundreds of American flags on both sides of every sidewalk in the park, donated by the families of service members. The Tarnished Brass Band performed, and the National Anthem was sung by Lydia Bonebrake.
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1 week ago | 
southeastiowaunion.com | Andy Hallman
Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. FAIRFIELD – A prefabricated home rolled into Fairfield Tuesday morning, May 27, having made the 96-mile journey from Newton. The home measures 24 by 50 feet, and its large size forced the temporary closure of roads on its route, which led to its new home at 700 South Seventh Street.
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1 week ago | 
southeastiowaunion.com | Andy Hallman
Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. FAIRFIELD – The Fairfield High School Class of 2025 closed the book on their K-12 education at Sunday afternoon’s graduation ceremony. School board president Meghan Dowd Robbins gave the class her well wishes, and the class’s commencement speaker Haleigh Strickland reflected on life as a Trojan.
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2 weeks ago | 
southeastiowaunion.com | Andy Hallman
Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. KEOSAUQUA – Keosauqua Sale Co. is a bustling livestock and agriculture market that has grown over time. Bill and Becky Goehring of Libertyville own the sale barn, which was established in 1942. Bill’s folks acquired it in 1986 while he was in college, and he went to work for them. Before then, the family had run an auction that sold some cattle but mostly machinery.
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2 weeks ago | 
southeastiowaunion.com | Andy Hallman
Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. FAIRFIELD – Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield will feature artwork from Mark Shafer all June and July, highlighting 18 pieces from the town’s beloved art teacher and historian. A reception is planned for 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, June 6 at the funeral home, located at 203 S. Main St. The opening coincides with the June First Fridays Art Walk, and refreshments will be provided.
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2 weeks ago | 
southeastiowaunion.com | Andy Hallman
Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. FAIRFIELD – The Jefferson County Ambulance Service Agency (JCASA) is being dissolved at the end of June now that it is no longer needed to administer funding of the ambulance service.
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2 weeks ago | 
southeastiowaunion.com | Andy Hallman
Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. LOCKRIDGE – A major road improvement project in Jefferson County is now underway, and residents should be mindful of these construction zones to allow more time to get to their destination. Jefferson County Engineer DeWayne Heintz said this week that work has begun to chip and seal a series of Farm to Market roads totaling 16 miles.
