Submitted article FORT MADISON – Historic river towns have their share of haunts and the paranormal, and Fort Madison is no different! The Fort Madison Main Street’s Ghost Hunt allows visitors to document the paranormal [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Renegade Pigs don’t need you – but you just might need them. This Iowa chapter of the International Renegade Pigs Motorcycle Club is very specific about [Read More…]
BY ANIAH ROSS PCC INTERN FORT MADISON – Not even a hot, muggy Friday evening could break the spirit of support and determination in the fight against cancer. The annual North Lee County Relay for [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGS FMAAA Director FORT MADISON – As fraternal twins Linda and Lois have many things in common. Both taught art education for 44 years, an incredible achievement. Linda primarily in Illinois at Hamilton [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After 34 years with the Lee County Health Department, a change is taking place at the top. Julie Schilling, who’s been at the helm of LCHD since [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Sometimes you had to look twice. The people that you usually see around town, in whatever setting, looked just a bit different. In my business you see [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – If you have a creative spark, enjoy community theater or just want to come make some new friends, the Old Fort Players theater is looking for you! Stop by the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Here’s some action photos from Wednesday night’s CINCH Shootout at the Tri-State Rodeo. The Shootout pits the nation’s top eight cowboys and cowgirls in the events of Bull Riding, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Rolling over four years of helping local students with specialized studies and exposing them to culinary arts, the Elliott Test Kitchen is seeing growth beyond founder Kumar [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A couple downpours and a soggy rodeo arena couldn’t dampen the spirits of about two hundred special needs children and adults at the 18th edition of the [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGS FMAAA Director Mark your calendars for a must-see and hear cultural arts weekend September 21st-23rd in Lee County, Iowa. The action begins in Keokuk on 9/21 with two main entrees to choose [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Area Chamber of Commerce’s Ambassador Club welcomed the newest additions to the Fort Madison Community Hospitals team of health care professionals Friday with a visit to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Superheros will be descending on Richmond Stadium on Sept. 14, for the six-hour 21st annual North Lee County Relay for Life. Agents of Hope is this year’s [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Eric Freitag, owner of the Turbo Wash Car Wash outlets and the Dog Wash station in Fort Madison has made a $1,200 contribution to the Lee County K9 Association. [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The annual Fort Madison Chamber of Commerce’s Riverview Games brought hundreds of kids down to the Fort Madison riverfront for the annual event Saturday morning. Children ages 2 through [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGS FMAAA Director FORT MADISON – The art industry like all else in life is constantly changing. A decade ago Barn Quilts were all the rage. Last few years Paint-Your-Own Canvas parties certainly [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Another example of community cooperation has created a home for yet another Fort Madison family. The Fort Madison chapter of the Habitat for Humanity will be doing [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGS FMAAA Director FORT MADISON – Erika Wolfe, well-known silversmith from Keokuk, IA, displays new work with her show “Signature Pieces”. E. I. Dupont is the sponsor for the exhibition. Erika will also [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The 2018 candidates for Little Miss Rodeo and All-Around Cowboy contest have been announced and canisters for voting will be placed beginning Aug. 14. The contestants, their parents, and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison businessman Eric Freitag is putting his new dog wash business to work for the county. Beginning on Monday Aug. 13 through Aug. 19, Freitag will [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – He’ll never admit to being a country rapper, but Colt Ford put his wrap on Fort Madison’s third and most successful RiverFest since 2016 Sunday night. After [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The north banks of the Mississippi River were teeming with festival goers on Friday and Saturday as RiverFest 2018 shifted into full gear. The festival kicked off [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – It all starts today. RiverFest 2018 kicks off today in Riverview Park on the Mississippi Riverfront in beautiful, historic downtown Fort Madison at 4 p.m. with a carnival, regional [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Sunday’s wrap on RiverFest 2018 will bring one of country music’s hottest contemporary acts. Colt Ford is bringing a special mix of country to the Pen City [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – There’s a saying in the summer “Suns out – Guns out”, which means show off your biceps. Well RiverFest 2018 has a chance to show the guns [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – In what is becoming a tradition of sorts in North Lee County, about 70 diners experienced what is really meant by Farm to Table on Saturday night at [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Riverfest 2018 kicks of Thursday, Aug. 2. Below is a full schedule of events slated for this year. For tickets or additional information on this year’s event, visit the Riverfest website at [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Lori Illner Greene got preoccupied with a new concept in physics called “string-theory”, a controversial model of subatomic composition, and it spilled all over her canvas. String [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Once a summer, the Old Fort Playhouse really turns into a playhouse as area youth take the stage. This year is sure to not disappoint as a [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MONTROSE – The Lee County Sheriff’s courthouse security detail will soon be able to wear bulletproof vests thanks to a very timely donation from a local charity. Sheriff’ Stacy Weber said Tuesday [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGS FORT MADISON AREA ARTS ASSOCIATION FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Area Arts Association always organizes a challenging annual art camp in July that concentrates on guest instructors teaching how to utilize raw [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – The Lee County Fair kicked off Wednesday with the traditional crowning of the Fair Royal Court and 17-year-old Summer Smith is wearing the top crown. Smith is the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – For more than a hundred years – 106, to be exact – the town of Fort Madison has ushered in the Fourth of July with the Charlie Korschgen Kiddie [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A cooler, breezier Sunday afternoon turned into the perfect setting for a tour around area homes where art and gardening came together. The Fort Madison Area Artists [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGS Fort Madison Area Artists Association FORT MADISON – Ft. Madison Area Arts Association unveils another great chapter to an ongoing novel of garden adventures. Six amazing locations with three in Ft. Madison [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Talk about getting more bang for your buck. The Fort Madison High School athletic department has set up an arrangement, with a couple assists from Fort Madison [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – District 6000 Governor Mike Ruby presented Fort Madison Rotarian Matt Lafrenz with the Paul E. Hellwege Guardian of Integrity Award. The award is named after the late Past District Governor Paul E. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Former Donnellson teacher, turned Nepalese missionary, Ernie Schiller is back in Nepal and is hoping to get a message back home that he’s close to funding the repairs [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – This Sunday the Fort Madison Rotarians will hold their annual picnic in Central Park. The event is an annual fundraiser that helps support the City Band Summer Concert Series [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Four members of a Fort Madison Girl Scout troop and some leaders partnered with Sherwin Williams on Saturday and spruced up the front to the PAW no-kill [Read More…]
By BRIAN RIGGS FMAAA Director FORT MADISON – The Summer at FMAAA gallery always is ushered in with a flash with the Annual Photography Exhibition. This year features Martha Milligan and Ann Larsen of Montrose, [Read More…]
BY AVA PEITZ PCC Holy Trinity Intern KEOKUK – Cicely Stevenson, a dancer at Top Hatter Dance Studio in Fort Madison, Iowa, believes that every person, young and old, should attend Top Hatter’s recital this [Read More…]
BY ASHLYN BUTLER PCC Iowa State Intern FORT MADISON – Ft. Madison school staff, district board members, and friends and family filled the bleachers of the Fort Madison High School gym Saturday as 127 students [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Limitless dance competition team from the Velocity Dance and Tumbling studio in Ft Madison competed this weekend in their second ever dance competition in Des Moines – The [Read More…]
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