Area schools put relief funds to work on new programs
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Federal relief funds are being put to use…
Education
2021 Matteson scholarship winners announced
LEE COUNTY – In 2020, The Matteson Scholarship was relaunched in Southeast Iowa by The…
Central Lee to open new K-6 after school program
DONNELLSON – At its July 6 meeting, the Central Lee Community School District Board of…
Central Lee groups to attend 2021 Liberty Bowl
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – The Central Lee High School band and choir will perform…
FMHS releases 2020-21 honors list
FORT MADISON – Fort Madison High School has released the final honors list for the…
Central Lee releases 2nd semester honor rolls
Central Lee High School 2020-21 – Semester 2 Honor Roll12th Grade Principal ScholarsAbel, Xandra Jadis;…
HTC releases 4th quarter, semester honor rolls
Holy Trinity Catholic Schools4th Quarter Honor Roll 2020-20214.0 Honor Roll7th Grade: Chase, Hemann, Addison Link,…
Staff, teachers honored at Central Lee
DONNELLSON — The Central Lee Community School District recognized several of its teachers and staff…
Lee County Democrats award scholarships
LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Democratic Party awarded scholarships to four graduating seniors from…
FM grads leave legacy of resilience
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With the county, state, and nation in what…
Hall of Honor gets three new inductees
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Three alumni from the historic halls of Fort…
Bautista wants to build on family at HTC Elementary
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – It wasn’t the new state-of-the-art building that drew…
Peitz gets Nancy Wagner scholarship
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Nancy Wagner Memorial Scholarship this year is awarded to…
Schulte, Moline-Kramer, and Smith inducted into FMHS Hall of Honor
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison High School Alumni Hall of Honor was established to…
Central Lee singers get first notes in new fine arts space
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – The dulcet tones of high school singers rang a…
Rauenbuehler tapped for P.E.O award
FORT MADISON – The prestigious P.E.O. Scholarship for the 2021-2022 academic year was presented to Maria…
Central Lee to hold graduation parade, outdoor ceremony
DONNELLSON – The Central Lee Community School District will hold a graduation march parade and…
Cashman receives P.E.O. Star honor
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Kylee Cashman, daughter of Lee and Leann Cashman, and a…
Carl A. Nelson, DLR get contracts for Phase 1 school project
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison School Board voted 6-1 to…
SCC’s Kidtek University registration open
BY PCC STAFF WEST BURLINGTON – Registration for SCC’s popular Kidtek University learning program is…
Holy Trinity Catholic releases Q3 honor rolls
Holy Trinity Catholic Schools3rd Quarter Honor Roll 2020-20214.0 Honor Roll7th Grade: Chase Hemann, Addison Link,…
District, teachers union off $304K in initial contract proposals
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison teacher’s union is asking for…
FMCSD preschool openings available
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Community School District will be expanding its four-year-old preschoolprogram…
FMHS Post prom committee looking for donations
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison High School prom is May 1 and organizers of…
Central Lee looking HOF nominees
DONNELLSON — The Central Lee Community School District is seeking nominations for the 2021 inductees…
Lincoln PTG hosts online auction in lieu of annual carnival
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Lincoln PTG will be hosting an online auction…
Class of 1961 donates to FMHS courtyard project
FORT MADISON – Greg Smith, principal at Fort Madison High School accepts a donation from…
Test Kitchen rolling out apprenticeship testing program
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Six years ago Kumar Wickramasingha, known affectionately throughout…
SCC launches 30 Ways in 30 Days campaign
PCC STAFF WEST BURLINGTON – Southeastern Community College will spend the month of April celebrating…
Hoenig gets OCI scholarship
FORT MADISON – The OCI Iowa Fertilizer Company donated $1,000 to the Ft. Madison FFA…
Beyer named HTC Teacher of the Year
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – This year’s annual Holy Trinity Catholic Blue and Silver Celebration…
Principal launches effort to rehab school’s courtyard
BY GREG SMITHFort Madison High School Principal FORT MADISON – In 1959 when the “new…
Central Lee students accepted to Bucksbaum Academy program
Submitted articleDONNELLSON – When our young people display firm commitments to excellence and promise to…
Caruso, Graham earn Belin-Blank awards
The Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa has announced the regional award recipients of…
FMHS alums set up $1,000 scholarship
PCC STAFF CHICAGO – Two former Fort Madison High School students, who are also brothers…
Dems to award scholarships
LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Democratic Party will award three $500 scholarships to graduating…
Voters tell school district to move with SAVE funds
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison School District voters overwhelmingly approved a…
Area college students named to fall academic lists
BY PCC STAFF Gelsthorpe makes WPU President’s listOSKALOOSA – William Penn University released the names…
Governor sets public school funding growth at 2.4%
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds got all but .1%…
Central Lee Middle School announces honor rolls
DONNELLSON – Central Lee Community Schools has announced its second quarter honor roll for the…
Holy Trinity announces academic honor rolls
FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic Schools has announced its second quarter and first semester…
KARE sets Black History month essay contest
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Keokuk Association for Rights and Equality (KARE) is sponsoring writing…
FMHS touts CTE programs on Reynolds’ southeast Iowa swing
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Governor Kim Reynolds said Fort Madison High School’s…
Iowa Wesleyan joins community college consortium
MT. PLEASANT – For the first time in its history, the Iowa Community College Online…
Area legislators talk EMS, vaccines, and education
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Education, COVID vaccines, and ambulance services topped discussions…
School facility panels wrapped up Thursday
Ad Hoc committee to present findings to FMCSD board at Feb. 1 meeting BY CHUCK…
FM district beginning move away from “grades”
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A shift may be coming in how your…
FM district still looking for input on facility plans
Two more community panels set for Wednesday and Thursday this week BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR…
SCC opens next round of foundation scholarships
WEST BURLINGTON – The Southeastern Community College Foundation is now accepting applications for scholarships for…
FMCH scholarship windows open
FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital is now accepting scholarship applications for students pursuing…