BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – Fort Madison’s John Bohnenkamp used to go to the Burlington Bees games as a kid, now as a 53-year old man, he’s still there as a kid. The former [Read More…]
Des Moines native highlights park concert with dinner from Lee County Pork Producers RICHIE LEE AND THE FABULOUS 50’s will be the headliner at the 2nd of three free family concerts in Old Settlers Park on [Read More…]
BY DOROTHY SCHULTEOLD FORT PLAYERS FORT MADISON – The Young Fort Players Summer Theater Program will be performing The Rules of Comedy by Peter Bloedel. The show opens Friday July 26th at 7:30 pm and runs [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – They slide into their cramped trailers filled with computers, radio equipment, a soda scattered about here and there, and maybe a snack, and they sit trying to hook-up [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGSDirector Fort Madison Area Arts Association FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Area Arts Association has brought over 25 years of consecutive garden tours to the region without ever skipping a beat. Scotts Miracle-Gro is [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The summer’s first Downtown Summer Market went off with few hitches, a beautiful day, and a lot of people Thursday night. Darla Farrell, owner of The Funky Cowgirl [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC STAFF DONNELLSON- The goal for every generation and every human being should always be to try to make this world a better place than when they came into it. That’s the exact [Read More…]
Top Hatters holding 50th anniversary of dance recitals this weekend in Keokuk’s Grand Theatre BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR KEOKUK – For more than 50 years they’ve been dancing, coaching, choreographing, and inspiring young girls and [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Old Fort Players is gearing up for some summer fun! In the interest of adding some variety to their schedule, the community theater is opening its doors to local talent. [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGSFMAAA Director FORT MADISON – June always offers a view from different lenses with the Annual Photography Exhibition. See from the eyes of Amy Clark of Mt. Pleasant, Jay Scott of Keokuk, and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison High School Principal Greg Smith told Fort Madison’s 135 graduating seniors that “life is a messy place. Embrace the mess.” At Saturday’s hour-long commencement ceremony at [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison City Band will kick off their 2019 Summer Concert Series at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 2 in Central Park in Fort Madison. The opening concert is [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A former reporter and editor of Daily Democrat sports will be duckin’ the puck at the Stanley Cup games in St. Louis next week. Keith Gillett, 69, of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – He kept music alive in Fort Madison. That’s the legacy of Lewis Lee Vincent, who passed away Tuesday at his home in Fort Madison. According to his daughter [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s gonna get rowdy in the Santa Fe District Sunday afternoon as Riverfest 2019’s Battle of the Bands will determine who gets a paid gig in front of [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Southeast Iowa is gearing up for the 4th Annual Fort Madison Barley Hops, Friday May 17, 2019 from 5 p.m. to 8 pm. This year’s event is well on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A drive by the Lee County Conservation District offices at Heron Bend shows some nifty art decorating all the windows facing the highway. It’s not vandalism, it’s actually volunteerism. [Read More…]
Chuck Osmanski (PORT Committee member), back right, accepts the 4th installment of a $2,500 pledge, from Kathy Osmanski. The members of Beta Sigma Phi are great supporters of PORT and the work being done on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – If you head south of West Point on X23 you see mostly timber and farmland on both sides of the road, but tucked back off to the west [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGSFORT MADISON AREA ARTS ASSOCIATION FORT MADISON – Ft. Madison Area Arts Association has been reserving the May feature for textiles for the last few years. In fact in May 2020 a weaver [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPEN CITY CURRENT BONAPARTE – Area law enforcement officers have a new friend in the skies. In what is sure to go down as one of the quirkiest crime stories of the year, [Read More…]
BURLINGTON – A series of outdoor concerts is planned for the Burlington Riverfront June 21 and 22. Headliners for the two-day event were recently announced. Country music artist Granger Smith will headline Friday with Southern [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – For the past 12 years, Fort Madison’s Alyse Schmidt has walked the halls of Denmark and Fort Madison schools, laughing in the quick pace of the hallways going [Read More…]
Submitted article “I’m just making this up as I go.” No sane person wants to hear this from their doctor, lawyer, plumber or electrician. But when it comes to comedy, it can mean you’re about [Read More…]
BY COLIN MAGNESON News Director Radio Keokuk KEOKUK – A neighbor in need is a friend indeed. That statement couldn’t ring more true for a pair of bordering schools on the north side of Keokuk. [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGSFort Madison Area Arts Association FORT MADISON – April always marks the strong regional high school art competition at FMAAA gallery, featuring Central Lee, Eldon, Ft. Madison, Hamilton, Holy Trinity Catholic, and Keokuk. Schools [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Madison Clute was chosen as a state finalist at the ‘National American Miss’ pageant in Cedar Rapids last month. On June 29-30th she will represent Ft. Madison, Iowa at the [Read More…]
FORT MADISON –The Tri-State Rodeo is proud to announce that Michael Ray, Tracy Lawrence, and Justin Moore are set to headline the 2019 Rodeo. Tickets for the rodeo will go on sale Monday April 15 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The 2nd Annual Glo 5K Crazy for Education run put on by the city’s four service groups will kick off Saturday night at the Baxter Sports Complex. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Ok …so… there’s like this really big 7-foot plant on the stage at Holy Trinity Catholic High School?….and it’s gonna eat some people. In a spunky rendition of [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGS FMAAA Executive Director FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Area Arts Association has set the table once again for an incredible night out in support of cultural arts enrichment in your region with [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The longest running service club at Fort Madison High School is turning 50. The Fort Madison Key Club began at Fort Madison High School in 1969 and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Some area youth are taking “I wanna be a fireman when I grow up” to whole new level. As part of the Boy Scouts of America Explorer program, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Four city service groups in Fort Madison are cooking up something again for the Elliott Test Kitchen. On April 6, beginning at 8 p.m., the second annual Glo [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A familiar face graced the ever-buzzing rooms of the Fort Madison High School Music Department Thursday night. With the 30th edition of the FMHS Show Choir Invitational this [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – Students from Lee and Des Moines counties, as well as students from Warsaw and Clark County attended Southeastern Community College’s Industrial Technology Day at the Keokuk Campus last week. ConAgra, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A veteran ensemble almost brings to life the 6 foot (possibly 6 and half) white rabbit “Harvey” this weekend at Old Fort Players in Fort Madison. With [Read More…]
From Brian Riggs Fort Madison Area Arts Association Director FORT MADISON – Best of the Best is so worth the wait. Ft. Madison Area Arts Association is the next stop in southeast Iowa for the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Not quite a year after bringing his wildly popular Buffalo menu to Fort Madison, Chase Gibb has another iconic restaurant in the works, and is about two months [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After being in the family business for close to three decades, Tommy Burner has opened his own furniture outlet on Avenue G. His family has been in the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – He started hocking food in 1975 at the Rodeo as a way to get his face out in the public after he and his wife purchased an eye [Read More…]
BY DOROTHY SCHULTEOld Fort Players FORT MADISON – “Harvey,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy was also a hit movie starring Jimmy Stewart in 1950. The stage play by Mary Chase, is the story of a perfect [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGSFMAAA Director FORT MADISON – January means kid’s art at FMAAA gallery with the Annual Budding Artist Exhibition. This feature is over a decade strong now so had to do some digging. However, it is [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Students are Richardson elementary got a special visit on the last day of school before the holiday break. A parent, and book consultant from Fort Madison, played [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – On December 11th, scouts from Pack and Troop 7 of Fort Madison, spread some Christmas cheer by singing carols and handing out ornaments that they made to residents of the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Local and area veterans were honored Friday as students were sent home for the holidays. In what’s becoming a tradition from the Fort Madison High School student [Read More…]
Pen City Cruisers Car Club of Ft. Madison recently donated to the Ft. Madison Elementary School Milk Program. It is the mission of the Pen City Cruiser Car Club to give back to the community [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It was a bit ‘ruff” at the start, but a new project from Richardson Elementary students is helping dogs become more social, while helping younger students become [Read More…]
Tickets going fast for evening with Iowa Hawkeye All-American and Heisman Trophy runner-up BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Heisman trophy candidate and All-American Iowa Hawkeye quarterback Chuck Long will be coming to [Read More…]
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