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Lynn E. Stallbaumer, 72, formerly of Centralia, Kansas, died on December 30, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada after battling cancer for over eight years. Lynn was

Alderman Tyler Lampley has announced that all flags in the city are to be flown at half-staff until further notice in honor of the passing of Fairfield Mayor Dr. Mike Dreith. Dr. Michael L. Dreith, age 65, of Fairfield, died Saturday, May 28th. According to the Wayne County Coroner's office, local responders were dispatched to a rural Wayne County location Saturday afternoon. Dr. Dreith was transported by ambulance to Fairfield Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Dr. Dreith&...

The local community, families and veterans will honor our fallen heroes at numerous Memorial Day events happening around the Puget Sound region on Monday.

Multiple reports Saturday indicated that Fairfield Mayor Mike Dreith passed away. According to reports, Dreith had been at his cabin Saturday. Dreith had also served as past President of Frontier Community College, and manager of WFIW/WOKZ Radio. Memorial Day Services will be held in Fairfield and Wayne City on Monday. Fairfield's service will be held in the Veterans Section in Maple Hill Cemetery at 11 a.m. Dave Land will emcee, and Robert Taylor will be the featured speaker. Taylor served...

Fairfield Mayor Mike Dreith says a report at Tuesday's City Council meeting about Fairfield Police response time to Fairfield Community High School was inaccurate. On May 11th, FCHS went on soft-lockdown due to threat made on social media. Reports at the council meeting indicated FPD took 15 minutes to respond to an emergency call from the school, but police logs indicate officers were on scene in just over two minutes and cleared any alarms with eight minutes. The Wayne City School Board m...

The Fairfield City Council met last night. Aldermen approved a $1.8 million bid from Caldwell Tank, Inc., out of Louisville, Kentucky for a new water tower next to the million gallon storage tank on Northwest Seventh Street. Funding will come from a combination of TIF and city funding and a grant from then-Representative Darren Bailey. The City will likely need to finance about $700,000 of the project, per Alderman Tyler Lampley, and it may utilize a line of credit to do so. Payment would take o...

Parades, patriotic ceremonies abound in cities and villages for Memorial Day.

A memorial ceremony was held Sunday in honor of an Irish-American pilot who was killed in a freak accident nearly a century ago.

FCHS Assistant Principal Bobby Wells says the school is planning to move away from the block schedule used for classes this past year, going back to a normal 8-3 format. He also says the school hopes to be completely maskless next year, but it is waiting to see where the CDC, IDPH, and state Board of Education guide them in the coming months. A good crowd was on hand for Memorial Day services yesterday in the Veterans Section of Maple Hill Cemetery. Fairfield Mayor Mike Dreith was the speaker f...

Observances slated for Tomahawk, Merrill, Rhinelander By MMC Staff NORTHERN WISCONSIN – Veterans organizations and the public are set to celebrate Memorial Day with numerous ceremonies in the area. Events are scheduled for Saturday, May 29, as well as on Memorial Day on Monday, May 31. The Lincoln County Veterans Service Office announced they will observe the day with flags to mark veteran graves in the cemeteries. “Volunteers from the area will be placing Memorial Day flags at the grave of ...