Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been nominated by their peers for providing extraordinary patient care and customer services within and outside of the Hospital. Angela Bruns, who works as a Patient Access Specialist in the Urgent Care Department at Fairfield Memorial Hospital, was selected as the November 2022 Employee of the Month. Angela has been with Fairfield Memorial Hospital since August of 2021. Angela strives for excellence in customer service and is a role model for displaying credo behaviors set forth as a Fairfield Memorial Hospital standard. "Angela is highly skilled in all phases of her position as a patient access specialist. She is highly efficient in her role by registering appointments, labs and radiology tests. While also verifying insurance, demographics and healthcare needs. She greets each patient with a warm welcome and makes them want to keep coming back to utilize the Urgent Care Services. Fairfield Memorial is fortunate to
Funeral services for Mike Dreith will be held at 10 AM, Saturday, June 4th at the Johnson and Vaughn Funeral Home in Fairfield, IL. Dr. Michael Dreith, 65 of Fairfield passed away at 4:06 PM, Saturday, May 28, 2022, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Mike was a founding stockholder in WBGZ radio in Alton, IL, and was Dean at Lewis and Clark Community College where he founded their radio program and their station, WLCA. He became the first graduate of a community college to become a community college president in Illinois when he came to Frontier Community College in 2001. He later went on to be president of Western Texas College in Snyder, TX, John A. Logan College in Carterville, IL, and provost at St. Louis Community College in Wildwood, MO. After semi retiring, he came back to Fairfield to be general manager of WFIW and WOKZ before becoming Mayor of Fairfield in May of 2021. Wayne City Market in the Park will be held on Friday, June 3 at 6 p.m. Frey Farms will be selling Watermelons fo