Obituaries
SPORTS

VanFleet steps aside at WB after two years

WEST BURLINGTON - Cody VanFleet has resigned as West Burlington High School’s boys basketball coach after leading the Falcons to back-to-back Southeast Iowa Super Conference championships. …

Lorence shines at Dickinson Relays Monday

CEDAR FALLS – Fort Madison’s Brylie Lorence let her presence be felt early in the season after a run at the IGHSAU state meet in 2024. Lorence won the loaded Dickinson Relays at the …
FORT MADISON - Erica (Martinez) Darnell thought it was just going to be a simple podcast interview. The Fort Madison native was going to be on CyCast, a podcast at Iowa State University, but …
FORT MADISON – Three Fort Madison Lady Hounds were named first team All-Southeast Conference, while freshmen James Fuller and Aaron Warner were named 1 st team on the boys' side. – do we …
LEE COUNTY NEWS
Lee County News

County wants more of traffic fine money

LEE COUNTY – Supervisors on Monday almost passed a new law that will allow more of the funds from a traffic citation to be kept in the county. An ordinance that will change moving violations …

For the Record

For the Record - Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Fort Madison Police Report 03/17/25 – 7:22 a.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a report of vandalism in the 3100 block of Avenue J. 03/17/25 – 12:58 p.m. - – Fort Madison …

Opinion

Success of Iowa's next coach hinges on NIL resources

I had to laugh when I saw that “Blue Chips” was available this month as one of the free-with-ads movies on YouTube. The 1994 movie about corruption in college sports was well received …
EMPTY NEST - By Curt Swarm

Former FM woman wants to be your pen pal

Wanna get letters in the mail from a pen pal?  Aimee Gauley, formerly of Ft. Madison, now living out west with her husband, son and three dogs, has an ambitious writing project, in addition to …

Soundtrack of youth fading away

My formative years happened in the 80s. Don’t do the math, that’s just rude. But I’m speaking to a specific group of readers this week. The rest of you can Google it - those of you …
Education News
EDUCATION NEWS
A youngster climbs into a farm tractor at the Fort Madison Elementary School's S.T.R.E.A.M. Night event Thursday outside the school. Grant Weisinger, in red, brought the tractor and was one of 40 vendors that participated.

S.T.R.E.A.M. Night gauges curiosity

FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison S.T.R.E.A.M. event was a hot-bed of activity Thursday night at the district’s PreK-6th grade building. A line formed prior to the 5 p.m. start time, about …

Johnson City offers Dr. Slater post

FORT MADISON - Fort Madison Superintendent Dr. Erin Slater has been chosen to be the next superintendent of the Johnson City, Tenn. school district. That district voted Thursday to hire Slater, who …

FMHS to roll out Career Pathways program

FORT MADISON – Students at Fort Madison High School may have a new program that allows them to save substantially on the cost of a degree past high school, or even enter the workforce with a …
LATEST NEWS
FORT MADISON - Lee County Health Department will be holding a Children’s Immunization Clinic Thursday, March 27th  from 1:00 pm until 4:30pm at Lee County Health Department, #3 John …
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison City Council got an update on the progress of the new Fort Madison Fire Station. The new station is scheduled to be completed in 2027 with work potentially …
Roland D. Batten, 90, of the Keosauqua Health Center, formerly of Croton, Iowa, and Chicago, Illinois, passed away at 5:30 a.m. Monday, March  7, 2025 at the Keosauqua Health Center. Born …
Linda K. Schulz, 75, of Coralville and formerly of Ft. Madison passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM at Grand Living at B
Jean Rowlett Lawson, 74 of Keokuk passed away Sunday, March 16, 2025 at the Montrose Health Center in Montrose. She was born May 8, 1950 the daughter of Levi Stewart and Ethel Marie Beghtol …
Health News
Cancer survivorship seminar at SEIRMC
WEST BURLINGTON – Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center, West Burlington will host A Time To Heal Survivorship 101, a nine-week program for cancer survivors. The program will start March 12, …
Trump ices federal funding
LEE COUNTY – A federal freeze on grants, including local government grants, has Lee County officials searching for answers about how the freeze will affect local grants in place. The largest, …
Construction on the Lee County Health Department/EMS facility is fully underway despite the cold temperatures. An update provided Monday said roofing is near completion on the EMS bays and walls will be ready to go up after flooring is finished this week. The project received another $250,000 donation from the North Lee County Community Foundation Monday.
North Lee foundation gives another $250K to LCHD/EMS build
LEE COUNTY – The new Lee County Health Department/EMS facility got another boost from a local non-profit Monday. At the regular meeting of the Lee County Board of Supervisors, now being held at …
Business News
Link Wealth Advisors earn Ameriprise award
FORT MADISON– Link Wealth Advisors, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial, Inc has earned the Ameriprise Client Experience Award for 2024. Link Wealth Advisors was honored …
Alliant and foundation give $9.3 million in 2024
MADISON - Alliant Energy and the company’s charitable foundation, along with the company’s employees and retirees, collectively contributed nearly $9.3 million and over 80,000 volunteer …
LCEDG surpasses 60% of campaign goal
LEE COUNTY – Even before they kicked off their public Connect Lee County Campaign, the Lee County Economic Development Group announced it is past 60% of its goal. The news came as an …