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- How Fairfield childhood memories helped shape a new Pulitzer Prize winner
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Wednesday: Partly sunny and windy, with a high of 74 and low of 46 degrees.
- Thursday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 78, low: 55.
- Friday: Warm; a stray morning shower, with a high of 86 and low of 59 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• Fairfield Native Daniel Kraus Wins 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (ottumwaradio.com) — Fairfield can now claim a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist: Daniel Kraus, who grew up here before attending the University of Iowa, has earned the 2026 Pulitzer for Fiction for his experimental World War I novel Angel Down. He credits Fairfield’s quiet pre-internet days, limited entertainment options, and hours spent writing and renting horror movies with shaping his imagination and resilience. 
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Oskaloosa Boys JV Soccer @ Fairfield →
Fairfield High School, 605 E Broadway Ave, Fairfield
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Friday May 15
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Track: Girls Varsity State Qualifying Meet vs Multiple Schools vs.
Mapleleaf Athletic Complex - Mount Pleasant
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Track: Boys Varsity State Qualifying Meet vs Multiple Schools vs.
Mapleleaf Athletic Complex - Mount Pleasant
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Soccer: Girls Varsity Match vs Centerville (Home)
Fairfield High School
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Soccer: Boys Varsity Match vs Centerville (Home)
Fairfield High School
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Soccer: Boys Varsity Match vs Oskaloosa (Home)
Fairfield High School
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Soccer: Girls Varsity Match vs Oskaloosa (Away)
Lacey Sports Complex
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Soccer: Boys JV Match vs Oskaloosa (Home)
Fairfield High School
6:30 pm
Thursday May 14
Friday May 15
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Track: Girls Varsity State Qualifying Meet vs Multiple Schools vs.
Mapleleaf Athletic Complex - Mount Pleasant
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Track: Girls Varsity State Qualifying Meet vs TBA (Away)
Fairfield Middle School TBA
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Track: Boys Varsity State Qualifying Meet vs Multiple Schools vs.
Mapleleaf Athletic Complex - Mount Pleasant
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Track: Boys Varsity State Qualifying Meet vs TBA (Away)
Fairfield Middle School TBA
4:00 pm
Thursday May 14
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Myself and my wife would be at MIU campus from 1 June to 14 June.
We are looking for a furnished accommodation for 2 weeks. We then plan to move to Fairfield from 25 July for a year. Would appreciate any information… (Nextdoor MIU North Campus Village)
- LifeWise Academy posted a job opening for Elementary Teacher in Fairfield. Apply here.
- Fairfield Community Schools posted a job opening for High School Math Teacher ($51,156-$75,906) in Fairfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fairfield here.
🗞 Nearby News
Ottumwa
- Trump Revoked Temporary Protected Status in 2025. Ottumwa, Iowa Is Still Reeling. (sentientmedia.org)
- Hidden Adventures: Geocaching in Wapello County (ottumwaradio.com)
- Hear Congress candidates Nunn, Trone Garriott on immigration, tariffs (desmoinesregister.com)
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