BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Firefighters were called to the scene of a fully-engulfed garage fire on the city’s west side Monday evening at about 6:20 p.m. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison City Council will have to vote once again on a finalized version of the sublease agreement with the railroad to move forward with it’s [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Aubrey Mendonca and Chelsea Smith of Fort Madison have announced the birth of their daughter, Dreyleigh Ivanna Mendonca on April 27, 2018 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. Dreyleigh is the couple’s [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 04/26/18 – 1:24 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 700 block of 9th Street, reported at the police department. 04/26/18 – 1:43 p.m. [Read More…]
Rylan Lee Bihn-Hattan, one month old, of Farmington, Iowa, entered Heaven on Friday, April 27, 2018, in the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa surrounded by his family. Rylan Lee [Read More…]
Edward Joseph Noll, 63, of Wever, passed away on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 5:20 PM at his home. He was born on January 9, 1955 in Ft. Madison to James R. “Bob” and [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls soccer team got a hefty dose of big city soccer with three losses at the Adidas Tournament of Champions at the Burlington Rec Plex. [Read More…]
Steven James Gates, 66 of Keokuk, IA died Monday, April 23, 2018 at UnityPoint Health-Keokuk. He was born December 2, 1951 in Keokuk, IA the son of James and Ruth Donnelly Gates. He was united [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The 2018 Holy Trinity Catholic Volleyball team will be hosting its first annual Pajama Run on June 2. All proceeds from the 5K run run/walk event will benefit the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – Kearstyn Johnson continued her hot tennis for the Fort Madison Bloodhounds as she won the title at No. 3 singles at the Burlington Invitational on Saturday at Dankwardt Park. But [Read More…]
Ginnie’s been having a rough go lately. The other night she was delivering a dozen eggs to my son and his family. She had a nice chat with my son and his wife at their [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Shirley Thornton, 94 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died at 7:28 pm Saturday, April 28, 2018 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison. She was born August 12, 1923 in rural [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After nearly four years of activity, three neighborhood watch groups in Fort Madison met Sunday to talk about the progress of the effort to help curb crime [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Retiring State Rep. Jerry Kearns (D-Keokuk) said the agreement reached on the state’s largest ever income tax relief bill leans too heavily in favor of the state’s [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WAYLAND – The Fort Madison boys and girls high school track team picked up a meet in Wayland on Thursday night, and picked up eight first place finishes for their efforts. On [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – The Fort Madison boys tennis team fell in a tight match that came down to the No. 3 doubles match. Blake Feuerhammer and Gage Hind, who play at Nos. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – Denise Fraise, Lee County Auditor, announces that early voting for the Primary Election to be held Tuesday, June 5, 2018 will begin Monday, May 7, 2018. Voting will take [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison boys soccer team fell to Iowa City Liberty Friday at home 2-1. The Hounds gave up two goals in the first half as they fell to the Lightning and [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhound girls swept Mt. Pleasant Friday night for the second sweep of the season for the tennis team. The Hounds also went 9-0 against Davis County back on April [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – Keokuk city officials were notified on Friday that they had received $200,000 to assess the former Elkem Carbide site, which is reported to have contamination issues. Congressman Dave Loebsack applauded [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Brett Schneider runs track for Fort Madison High School. Next year she’ll run for UNI, but this Saturday, she’s running at Drake University in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Three candidates for the Iowa House District 83 talked about a variety of issues as part of a forum in Fort Madison Thursday night. The forum is [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – More than 70 cars were part of the 2017 Pen City Cruiser’s Car Show in Fort Madison, but this year event coordinators are pushing for 100. With [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 04/25/18 – 11:22 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a property damage accident in the 5400 block of Avenue O. Lee County Sheriff’s report 04/25/18 – 11:44 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KEOKUK – A countywide housing study has given local economic and housing development groups plenty to think about in the near future. The Lee County Economic Development Group, in conjunction [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – The following is the weekly southeast Iowa fishing report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the week ending May 2, 2018. Big Hollow Lake Water temperature is up [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – FMHS’s Brett Schneider had the best finish at Tuesday’s Keosippi Relays at Keokuk’s Calvert Stadium. Schneider’s 2:29.30 mark in the 800-meter run was less than one second off the pace of [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Post 82 The American Legion will meet 7 P.M. Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at the Eagles Club, 4821 Avenue O in Fort Madison, IA. All members and those interested [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Friends of Paula De Kraai will be holding a cancer benefit on Saturday, May 12th, from 1 to 10 p.m. at the Eagles Club at 4821 Avenue O in Fort Madison. A [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Caitlin and Gordon Johnson of Montrose have announced the birth of their son, Eric Tylor Johnson, on April 21, 2018 at Fort Madison Community Hospital. Eric joins Emeilia Johnson at home. Grandparents [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 04/23/18 – 6:56 p.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a report of a burglary in the 100 block of 2nd Street. 04/24/18 – 4:42 p.m. – Fort Madison police responded [Read More…]
BY AVA PEITZ HTC Intern/PCC FORT MADISON – Ryan Alfred, Holy Trinity Catholic’s 2018 Teacher of the Year, has been tapped to receive another award, a James Madison Graduate Fellowship. A James Madison Graduate Fellowship [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MEDIAPOLIS – The Fort Madison boys track team took fourth place at the Mediapolis Invitational on Tuesday evening, but several Hounds brought home titles. The Bloodhounds captured 113 points. Mediapolis won the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – In what can only be considered bucking the trend of recent meetings between duck hunters and the Lee County Conservation Board, a proposal was submitted Tuesday night [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Kensington senior living community in Fort Madison, Iowa, welcomes Leia Morrison as its new Director. Joining a team of more than 65 locally and 800 nationally, Morrison will move [Read More…]
ANIAH ROSS PCC INTERN FORT MADISON – Last Friday a couple dozen FMHS students walked out of their classrooms at 10:00 am. They stood outside the building for 26 minutes and 13 seconds, 26 minutes [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Despite facing some very tough high seed tennis, the FMHS girls were able to avenge a lost last week to Fairfield with a 5-4 win at home [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Central Lee’s Isaac Moeller was medalist at the Lee County Golf Tournament highlighting area high school golf on Tuesday. Moeller shot a 76 to edge teammate Aaron Wills who [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF COLUMBUS JUNCTION – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls soccer team got four goals from Elle Rashid en route to a 4-2 win over Columbus Junction on the road. Rashid was assisted on [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FAIRFIELD – The Fort Madison boys tennis team won their second match in two days and are now over .500 for the season at 4-3 with a 5-4 win over Fairfield on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – County employees won’t see an increase in their health insurance rates this year, but just barely. At Tuesday’s Lee County Board of Supervisors’ meeting, Justin Pieper of Group [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After revealing that the Siemens, Dresser-Rand facility in Burlington will be closing at the year’s end, officials confirmed today that the company is recalling some employees laid [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF OTTUMWA – The District 8B Judicial Nominating Commission, comprised of five lawyers and five non-lawyer citizens and the senior Judge in the District, will be interviewing candidates to replace Judge John Linn, [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Masons have nominated Brian Mendez, a teacher at Fort Madison Middle School, for the Iowa Masonic Teacher of the Year. Masons are strong supporters of education and [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Lincoln Elementary students and staff were put on lockdown this morning after a domestic incident in the neighborhood was reported by Fort Madison police. The lockdown has [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – After about eight hours of counting and scanning ballots from the April 3 Fort Madison School District’s bond referendum election, the results stayed the same and the referendum [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It started with a bang as residents peppered a city-hired consultant with questions about the new trash cart program being instituted this summer for Fort Madison residents. [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 04/20/18 – 2:33 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 300 block 15th Street. 04/20/18 – 3:22 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison boys tennis team edged Mt. Pleasant 5-4 in a make up game from the wintry weather a couple weeks ago. The Bloodhounds got four wins in [Read More…]
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