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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 in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. The service will be streamed on wfiwradio.com In case of rain the program will take place in the CP Church sanctuary on West Delaware Street. Wayne City will hold its Memorial Day service at 2 p.m. at Thomason Cemetery. Sharon White will emcee and Lamar Choate will be the features speaker. The Fairfield VFW and American Legion will also be on hand. COVID-19 cases are creeping a little higher in recent days, according to reports from around the area. On Saturday, it
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 met this week. Members confirmed they will not qualify for a free lunch program next year, and the policy committee said it was working on the final exam schedule and rules to prepare students for the college experience while following new state rules on attendance. Members heard the Scholarship Foundation Dinner raised over $16,000 for scholarships this year; at the time of the meeting, the class of 30 seniors had won more than $390,000 in scholarships, with more coming in. Memorial Day services
Crimestoppers is offering a reward for the person or persons who had taken a catalytic converter off of a vehicle owned by Gerald Burkholder. If you have any information about this or any other crime, call or text Crimestoppers at 842-9777. The Fairfield City Council will meet in regular session tonight at 6 p.m., with a public hearing on Rezoning of Property to be held prior to the meeting at 5:50 p.m. Items on the agenda include properties owned by the city up for condemnation; appearing on the Community Connection, Mayor Mike Dreith spoke about the situation regarding condemned properties in the city. Also on the agenda will be the purchase of used vehicles for the Police Department as well as the sale of two used police vehicles. Another topic of interest in the meeting will be a response to recent social media posts regarding the condition and maintenance of the cemetery. Mayor Dreith touched on this topic during Community Connection as well. Wayne County Farm Bureau members atten