BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It ended as it probably should have with Mediapolis senior Helaina Hillyard recording a kill from the center of the net. The Class 2A fifth-ranked Bulldogs kept Fort [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Theresa Greenfield didn’t even mention her Democratic opponents for the 2020 spring primary, but went straight after Joni Ernst on Thursday to about 20 locals at a sandwich [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Someone’s getting their first win of the season on Friday in Albia. Central Lee (0-5) goes into Blue Demon territory after a rough first half of the year playing [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds haven’t beaten Fairfield in a dozen years. But this Friday’s matchup probably presents the best chance for a Hounds’ win, and could put Fort [Read More…]
The following is a list of current events and happenings in Fort Madison and north Lee County as submitted to the Pen City Current. Weekly Book SaleFriends of the Fort Madison Public Library is holding [Read More…]
Kenneth Lloyd Kirchner, 93, of Donnellson, passed away peacefully on Oct. 1, 2019, at Fort Madison Community Hospital. He was born February 7, 1926, the youngest child of Anna Phillipina (Schlicher) and Charles Henry Kirchner. Other [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – American Cruise line has cancelled all remaining Mississippi cruises north of St. Louis for the 2019 cruise season. According to Fort Madison Chamber of Commerce Coordinator Savanna Collier, the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – This past weekend Lee County Conservation hosted a two-part youth waterfowl hunt event for area youth. The first part was held on Friday night at the Tri-State Gun Club. [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 10/02/19 – 12:48 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of larceny/theft in the 500 block of 48th Street. 10/02/19 – 1:54 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to [Read More…]
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Fred Hoiberg didn’t do the math. But if there had been a law that allowed college athletes to profit from their likeness, like the one passed in California earlier this week, Hoiberg [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Henry Wiseman ran for 184 yards and two touchdowns including a 54-yard scamper to lead Fort Madison to a 34-0 win over Ottumwa Tuesday at home. Wiseman had another [Read More…]
Jeffery Thompson Boyd, 49 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison. He was born October 1, 1970 in Quincy, Illinois a son of Janice [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds moved to 3-2 in Southeast Conference play with a four-game win over Washington on the road Tuesday night. The Hounds won the first game 25-18 [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 09/30/19 – 1:14 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle in the 900 block of Avenue H. 10/01/19 12:27 a.m. – Fort Madison Police arrested [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WASHINGTON – The Fort Madison Bloodhound boys cross country team continues lofty performances half way through the fall season. At Tuesday’s Washington Invitational, the Hounds had their five scoring runners finish [Read More…]
Kenna Lea Fraise, 64, of Fort Madison, IA, passed away at 5:33 a.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at Great River Medical Center. She was born on January 23, 1955 in Brookfield, MO and was raised by [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With the city looking at about $2.6 million in flood repairs, few answers came to the surface at Tuesday’s night’s three-hour plus City Council meeting. City Public Works [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A packed Fort Madison Council Chambers saw the Fort Madison City Council edge closer to allowing golf carts and ATVs on certain city streets. The council voted 4-3 [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – A Tuesday afternoon three-car accident has sent one person to the hospital with unknown injuries. According to a release from Fort Madison Police Chief Mark Rohloff, at 12:11 p.m., [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 9/25/19 – 7:07 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of vandalism on Tammy Lane. 09/25/19 – 12:54 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a [Read More…]
Phillip Francis Hoenig, 70 of Fort Madison, IA died early Tuesday morning at the Great River Hospice House in Burlington, IA. Phil was born June 14, 1949 in Fort Madison, IA. He was the second [Read More…]
Eustolia T. Sanchez, 95, of Ft. Madison, IA, passed away at 1:18 AM, Tuesday, October 01, 2019 at the Ft. Madison Community Hospital. She was born on November 9, 1923 in Ft. Madison to Vicente and Maria [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WELLMAN – The Central Lee Hawks were giving Mid-Prairie of game through the first quarter, but the Golden Hawks ran away with the things from that point on. The Hawks fell to [Read More…]
I had a Facebook message from a Scott Watson in Douds. He is a SE Iowa dirt track announcer and had written a book about his thirty-some years of announcing. He was asking me if [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC SPORTS BURLINGTON – The Holy Trinity Crusaders just missed taking Class 2A’s 4th-ranked Van Buren Warriors to a tiebreaker at the Southeast Iowa Superconference volleyball tournament Saturday at SCC. The Crusaders, ranked [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Lady Hounds salvaged one win a five match invitational Monday night at Iowa City Liberty. Fort Madison managed to split two games with Fairfield 25-22, 21-25 [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital has announced they will be partnering with Patientco, a best-in-class patient billing and payment technology company, to improve its patient’s experience with the financial portion of [Read More…]
KEOKUK – Heather Dawn and David Noel Palmisano, Jr., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Willow Dawn Elizabeth Palmisano on Sept. 28, 2019 at Fort Madison Community Hospital. She is joined at [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Zella Bowling and David Levins of Fort Madison are proud to announce the birth of their son Jacob James Levins on Sept. 27, 2019 at Fort Madison Community Hospital. He is joined [Read More…]
Jana Elaine (Ramsey) Heule Ziegler, 57, of Staunton, IL formerly of Keokuk, IA went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, MO. She was born [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fall Youth Basketball League registration is now open at the Fort Madison Family YMCA. The Y’s Youth Basketball Program is broken into two leagues, Mighty Mites and 1st/2nd Grade. [Read More…]
WEST BURLINGTON – The Blackhawk Booster Club of Southeastern Community College will host its annual fundraiser on Thursday, October 10 at the Pzazz! Convention Center. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – According to Fort Madison Chamber of Commerce coordinator Savanna Collier, American Cruise Lines has cancelled its next three stops in Fort Madison over the next two weeks. The [Read More…]
Carol A. Wyatt, 76, of Burlington, IA, passed away at 4:37 p.m. on Sunday, September 29, 2019 at her home. She was born on May 1, 1943 in Quincy, MA to Robert S. & Christina [Read More…]
The Stead Family Children’s Hospital was our place of residence for about three days last year. Our daughter was found passed out in the hallway of her dorm at the University of Iowa and was [Read More…]
Julia Norreene Schmitt, 91, of Sunnybrook in Fort Madison, passed away at 5:00 P.M. Thursday September 26, 2019 at Sunnybrook. Born August 8, 1928 at Bonaparte, Iowa the daughter of Arthur and Nora (Wallingford) McCracken. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WAVERLY – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Matt Hellige continues his stellar final high school cross-country year at the Wartburg College Steve Johnson Invitational Saturday. The 28-team, 186-runner event featured some of the [Read More…]
Dear Editor; The golf cart controversy has been in the headlines several times over the years and this time it seems a bit more heated. What are the arguments on both sides of the issue? [Read More…]
Donna Marie Galbreath Robbins, 73, of Warsaw, IL, departed this life on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on August 13, 1946 in [Read More…]
H.D. “Buck” Jones, 69, of Fort Madison, IA, passed away at 10:28 a.m. on Friday, September 27, 2019 at his home. He was born on September 22, 1950 in Keokuk, IA to Harry & Alice Eddleman Jones. He [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – Former Lee County Sheriff Harry Dee “Buck” Jones died Friday morning after a battle with cancer. King-Lynk Funeral Home posted a partial obituary indicating services have been set for [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR SOLON – Head Coach Derek Doherty said the Bloodhounds took a back seat in the first half to one of the state’s best football programs. But out of the lockerroom, the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR KEOKUK – A South Lee County jury has convicted a Montrose man of 1st-degree robbery and burglary charges in connection with a May incident in rural Lee County, Skyler Dwayne Stark, [Read More…]
Mary Beth Gillett, 59 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa died 1:32 pm, Thursday September 26, 2019 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa. She was born October 10, 1959 in Fort [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison city officials are considering amending city code to allow schools in the downtown business district. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting a public hearing is on the [Read More…]
BY JOHN BOHNENKAMPPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – The journey Holy Trinity’s volleyball team takes in the next few weeks may have had the path determined by the final points of Thursday’s SEI Superconference Tournament play. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s probably gonna be wet. It’s surely gonna be physical and it’s definitely the toughest test of the year. But as Fort Madison Head Football Coach Derek Doherty [Read More…]
Melvin Francis Rauenbuehler, 83, of West Point, passed away at 5:50 A.M. Thursday September 26, 2019 at his home. Born July 9, 1936 at West Point, Iowa the son of Clem and Anna (Jacobsmeier) Rauenbuehler. [Read More…]
Michael Joseph Regan, Jr., 31, of Fort Madison, IA, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2019 at his home. He was born on September 10, 1988 in Auburn, NY to Michael & Camella Strout Regan, Sr. He enjoyed [Read More…]
Joseph Patrick Jacobs, 52, of Fort Madison, Iowa passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019 at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington, Iowa. Joe was born April 14, 1967 in Peoria, Illinois to Ronald E. [Read More…]
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