Fairfield News

Iowa's corn harvest is more than three weeks behind schedule and the soybean harvest is almost a month behind schedule, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday, due to the wettest October in 128 years.

David Lynch, signature director of quintessentially dark, sometimes confusing, occasionally erotic, often non-linear films, is also a representative for world peace and meditation.

Francis and Susan Thicke, whose Radiance Farm organic dairy products are marketed in the Fairfield area, have earned the Spencer Award for Sustainable Agriculture.

The scene in the basement at First United Methodist Church in Fairfield would have warmed the heart of any Texan: lines of people, waiting to get servings of chili, with cornbread or crackers to go along with it.

Transcendental meditation reduces stress and improves the emotional and mental well-being of breast cancer patients, new study findings suggest.

Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 9:23 p.m. FAIRFIELD, IOWA -- The Jefferson County Conservation Board opened up the Ceder View Trail to vehicles for some drive by sight seeing Sunday.A This one and a half mile section of trail offers some of falls beautiful colors.

The Fairfield Arts and Convention Center is taking a look at potential buyers even as it pursues a proposed buyout by the Fairfield and Jefferson County governments.

A meditation technique has been found to help relieve stress and improve mental health among women with breast cancer.

Wait For Me is an introspective and deeply personal effort that Moby recorded and produced at his home in New York City.

Monday, October 12, 2009 at 5:37 p.m. FAIRFIELD, IOWA -- A Entrepreneurship was the word in Fairfield at the 8th Tri-State Development Summit Monday.

Mark "The Messenger" as a Film to Watch for Its Gritty, Realistic Performances, like "The Wrestler" Before It "The Messenger" played at the Chicago Film Festival on Saturday, October 10th, and its star, Ben Foster, plus Executive Producer Nathaniel Bolotin and Director Oren Moverman were present after the film to answer questions.

For Brad Lisk and Kevin Webster, co-owners of Body Masters in Ottumwa, it was an easy business decision.

What's shaping up to be a Super Bowl type weekend for the local MAS, kicks off tomorrow with a Chamber sponsored event : The Quincy Business and Technology Center , located at 3rd and Oak, is hosting Business After Hours this Thursday, Oct.

For more than eight years, the Boyd family has lived for pedal pull competitions.

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." ~ Mother Teresa ~ Most people believe that peace is not possible and will never happen.

It is indeed interesing to witness real scientic debate is alive and well in crusty scientific journals: Molecular Ecology, 2009 News and Views COMMENT Insufficient evidence for the discovery of transgenes in Mexican landraces BERND SCHOEL and JOHN FAGAN Genetic ID NA, Inc, SO4 N 4th Street, Fairfield, Iowa 52556, USA a a The authors claim either ...

State Reps. Mary Gaskill, D-Ottumwa, and Dave Heaton, R-Mount Pleasant, along with state Sen.

Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 11:52 a.m. Press release from the office of State Senator Becky Schmitz State Senator Becky Schmitz of Fairfield announced today that she is running for re-election to the Iowa State Senate in 2010.

Friday, September 25, 2009 at 6:37 p.m. FAIRFIELD, IOWA -- University Receives $1 Million NIH Grant for Mind-Body Medicine Research The National Institutes of Health recently awarded a grant of $500,000 per year for two years for research on the Transcendental MeditationA technique in the treatment of coronary heart disease in African Americans.

Melvin E. Blunt, 80, of Fort Dodge, passed away in his home on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009.