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Fairfield Mayor Mike Dreith says he is seeking help from civic groups willing to help with Renew Fairfield, a consolidated effort to clean up the City. It will be held on April 23rd, and the mayor says he needs people willing to volunteer to paint houses, as well as ideas for what houses need work. Appearing on the Community Connection, he says Renew Fairfield will include a variety of offerings outside of the painting including paper and electronics recycling and taking large-items at the Stree...

Walmart is abruptly closing some stores around the country, including here in North Texas, where it says COVID-19 infection rates are high.

'Investors have put in strenuous efforts to engage and their feedback seems to have fallen on deaf ears'

The Fairfield Park Board will meet tonight at 6 with a busy agenda. It is scheduled to discuss the ongoing Splash Pad Project for the swimming pool, and it could open a new savings account for said project. It will also discuss pool deck resurfacing with Concrete Evolutions and Lakeside Playground Equipment in old business. Fairfield Mayor Mike Dreith says Fairfield Police Officer Kody Moore tendered his resignation from the department yesterday. The city accepted and will not require two-weeks ...

Wayne County Board Chairman Bruce Reeves says the board will not vote on naming an Interim Sheriff at its meeting tonight. He says the board must first formally declare a vacancy for the position, and letters will then be sent to the Republican and Democratic Party Chairs. The board is expected to hold a special session in the coming days to bring the matter to a vote. The North Wayne School Board held a special session last night to vote on following the state mask mandate for schools. The boar...

For his family, the citizens of Lee County and the wounded soldiers he evacuated during the Vietnam War, Fred Bartleson was the right person at the right time.

Listen   Like many businesses, the Arbinger Institute revamped its business model on the fly during the pandemic. Unlike most, it redesigned its new headquarters building, which was under construction when the pandemic began, to reflect the new normal. That includes ensuring its staff and clients have fast, reliable network connectivity. Based in Farmington, Utah, the management training and consulting firm traditionally held live, in-person workshops, but during COVID-19, it switched to recor...

Descended from Florida pioneers and conservationists, Fred Bartleson Jr. worked to preserve and protect the wild Florida he loved.

For his family, the citizens of Lee County and the wounded soldiers he evacuated during the Vietnam War, Fred Bartleson was the right person at the right time. “A man of unquestionable integrity” is how Bartleson’s one-time executive assistant, Mike Everett, describes the retired Air Force lieutenant colonel, who’d been working as commercial fisherman when then-Governor Bob Graham tapped him to replace former Commissioner Ernie Averill. Averill had lost his seat following a corruption s...

After a COVID issue last week, Wayne County Sheriff Mike Everett says the county jail is back to normal, with isolations ended. This was the first outbreak of cases at the jail since the pandemic began, not counting random one-offs, and the sheriff praised his staff, correctional officers and deputies, for stepping up to keep things running smoothly. He also said he was in contact with Illinois State Police District 19, which was willing to aid the county as necessary as it worked through the is...