Fort Madison – Holy Trinity Catholic Schools released the first quarter student honor rolls for the 2019-20 school year. Pen City Current and our advertising partners congratulate all the students on their academic accomplishments. 4.0 [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DES MOINES — On Friday, students from Central Lee High School in Donnellson competed in the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Iowa Apprenticeship & Training Trust’s annual Craft Championships High School [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The annual peanut butter drive at Fort Madison High School generated 616 jars for the Fort Madison Food Pantry. Food Pantry President Lin Cramer said peanut butter is an excellent source of [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – Donnellson resident, and founder of Rebuild Nepal Education Foundation, Ernie Schiller is putting together an art exhibit to display and sell art work from Nepalese children. Schiller has made [Read More…]
WEST BURLINGTON — Southeastern Community College’s Culture on Campus Committee will host a Visiting Writers Series event Saturday, November 23, at 8 p.m. on its West Burlington campus. Scheduled to appear are poets Joseph Emanuel and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Gemini made an encore appearance at the Elliott Test Kitchen Tuesday night. The robotic team member of the Fort Madison Cyberhounds helped the team to a strong finish [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF OTTUMWA – The Fort Madison High School Career Education Training programs have put another feather in their cap. On Nov. 1st, the FMHS Iron Chef team competed in the 2019 Southeast Iowa [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Dianne Hope is looking to build on her four years as a board member. Hope said she dealt with a huge learning curve in the first four years, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A straw poll conducted of potential student voters at the Fort Madison High School has President Donald Trump leading among all presidential candidates. Of the 224 votes cast [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Lucy Graham, of Holy Trinity Catholic High School, has attained the highest individual honor available to Iowa high school musicians by being selected as a member of the 2019 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A new, more dynamic website for the Fort Madison Community School District was unveiled to the district board at Monday night’s regular meeting. The website was live before [Read More…]
SUBMITTED ARTICLE MONTROSE – On Friday November 1st at 9 p.m. the Central Lee High School Science Club will be sponsoring a Comedy Night at Fat Jimmy’s Smokehouse in Montrose. The Comedy Night event will [Read More…]
BURLINGTON, Iowa – The Fort Madison High School building and trades students have added another feather to their caps. The Fort Madison team took first place at the Carl A. Nelson & Company HIgh School [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – In very preliminary discussions, the Fort Madison Community School District is listening to other options for funding a new elementary school. Voters in the school district have repeatedly [Read More…]
Submitted article BURLINGTON – Students in building trades programs at five Des Moines and Lee county high schools will gather Oct. 10 in the warehouse at Carl A. Nelson & Company, 1815 Des Moines Ave., [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Fort Madison High School students received the donation of a pallet of tools from Milwaukee Tools. The tools are a great thing for the students and they will be used [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Community School District is looking for volunteers to sit on the school’s School Improvement Advisory Committee. The committee reviews district goals and objectives and makes recommendations [Read More…]
WEST BURLINGTON – Southeastern Community College will host College Representative Day on Tuesday, October 8 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the Loren Walker Arena on the West Burlington Campus. Area high school juniors, seniors, and [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Jason Woodley, principal of Holy Trinity Catholic High School announced today that Wyatt Hellman and Samantha Pothitakis have been named Commended Students in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program. A [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – The Des Moines Register has named the Central Lee Community School District as one of its 2019 Iowa Top Workplaces. The state’s largest newspaper recognized 135 businesses, organizations and agencies [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A very brief discussion that sifted out from a myriad of policy reviews, has left a door open to possible student representation on the Fort Madison School board. [Read More…]
DES MOINES – The State Board of Education this week approved performance levels that determine how many students met expectations on Iowa’s new state test, the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) The board [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Elk’s Club recently awarded annual scholarships to seniors Faith Diephuis and LilliAnna Scott. Diephuis was awarded a $1500 vocational scholarship awarded by the Southeastern District of the Elks. She [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A new system for the Fort Madison Community School District’s transportation department is getting good marks from the Superintendent. The new system called “Here Comes the Bus” was [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With a pronounced skills gap in Lee County, career training education is floating to the top of state school priority lists and U.S Rep. Dave Loebsack visited Fort [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC STAFF WEST POINT – Without a cloud in the sky on a perfect summer morning, the bummer of heading back to school was wiped away with a blessing, a song and welcome [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With the current shortage of bus drivers impacting transportation issues in the Fort Madison School District, after-school programs such as the YMCA are looking at ways to get [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A program underway in Lee County is giving students an inside look at the body of work that awaits them after graduation. Going on it’s fourth year, the [Read More…]
The Fort Madison Senior High class of 1969 held its 50th class reunion July 5th and 6th at Comfort Inn and Suites in Fort Madison with a mixer Friday night and buffet and DJ on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison has chopped down its apple tree. The former district logo featuring a tree with apples has been replaced effective today with a new logo design that [Read More…]
District using $50K award to rollout new K-12 computer science initiative BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A focus on a district-wide computer science learning model is underway at Fort Madison schools after Richardson [Read More…]
District also setting up three satellite voting locations prior to Sept. 10 vote on $12.9 building referendum BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON — The Central Lee Community School District will hold two community forums and three [Read More…]
Submitted article WEST BURLINGTON — Southeastern Community College is seeking comments from the public about the college in preparation for its periodic evaluation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), its regional accrediting agency. The team [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – “This is the greatest show.” The affable HTC Elementary Principal Michael Sheerin compares Holy Trinity Catholic’s transition to split leadership at the HTC High School and brand-new elementary [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic Schools has announced its fourth quarter and second semester honor roll for the 2018-2019 school year. Pen City Current joins our advertisers and readers in congratulating these students on [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST BURLINGTON – Southeastern Community College (SCC) is accepting nominations for the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award. Nominations are due online by 4:30 p.m. Thursday, August 1. “I look forward to reading nominations [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Kiwanis Back to School Fair will be held earlier this year, on July 27 from 10 – 12 at the Fort Madison High School. Forms are [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The wheels on the bus go round and round, but now you’ll know when there getting close to you. Not only will a new app that is being [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – The Central Lee school board voted Monday night to put a $12.9 million bond referendum in front of district voters on Sept. 10, 2019. At the board’s regular meeting [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The J. Patrick Koellner Scholarship is given annually by Lee County Bank to a graduating senior from Fort Madison High School and from Holy Trinity Catholic High School. This $1000.00 scholarship is [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Iowa State Penitentiary hosts various fundraisers to raise money for its scholarship fund. $10,000 was awarded this year to students attending college in the fall. Children of ISP employees are [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Community Hospital Foundation and the FMCH Auxiliary award annual scholarships to area students who are pursuing healthcare careers. The following students were recipients of this year’s FMCH scholarships: [Read More…]
Submitted article LEE COUNTY RSVP/UNITED WAY OF THE GREAT RIVER REGION Literacy Program has held end of year wrap-up parties at all three schools enrolled in the program. Our Literacy Program targets students in 2nd [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Two local scholars have been awarded scholarships from the local chapter of the P.E.O Sisterhood. The group was formed in 1869 at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mt. Pleasant as [Read More…]
BY COLIN MAGNESUNRadio Keokuk News Director KEOKUK – Mike Marsden arrived in Keokuk just under four years ago. The upstate New York native had been hired as the Assistant Principal at Hawthorne Elementary school to [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison High School Alumni Hall of Honor was established to recognize alumni who have distinguished themselves based upon elements of academic excellence and achievement, career accomplishments, community service, personal excellence, [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Lee County Democrats have awarded two Scholarships this year to local graduates. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage graduates to continue on to higher education and to encourage them [Read More…]
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (5-20-19) – Caroline “Carly” Hoyer, daughter of Gary & Lynn Hoyer of Fort Madison, Iowa, was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Lynch School of Education with a double major [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The keynote speaker at Sunday’s Holy Trinity Catholic’s graduation ceremony challenged the class to not procrastinate….the stopwatch has started. Matt Mohrfeld, a 1974 graduate of Marquette High School [Read More…]
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