BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – After several weeks of deliberation, the Lee County Emergency Management Agency has changed the way it gathers local funding. At a meeting Monday afternoon, the board voted 5-2 [Read More…]
Donnellson, IA – Pilot Grove Savings Bank’s monthly activity day for its Heritage Club has been cancelled for Tuesday, February 12. This event is usually held at the Pilot Grove Savings Bank Community Room in Donnellson. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Neither rain, nor sleet, nor freezing rain, nor sleet and slush stopped about 40 people from attending the Lee County Economic Development Group’s breakfast Thursday morning at [Read More…]
Saturday Spaghetti supper planned to help raise additional funds for equipment Submitted article SALEM – Pilot Grove Savings Bank donated $2,500 to Salem Fire & Rescue Association, INC. Funds will be used towards the purchase of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR KEOKUK – A Keokuk murder Tuesday was a result of domestic argument that turned tragic. Adam Golden McCain, 24 of Keokuk, was arrested by Lee County Sheriff’s deputies Tuesday evening after [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Keokuk Police Department reports the arrest of 45-year-old, Timothy Lee Thorn of Keokuk. Thorn was taken into custody on 2/6/19 at approximately 5 am on the following charges: Burglary 3rd [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Keokuk Police Department reports the arrest of Elijah Joseph Burris, age 25, of Keokuk, Iowa. Burris is charged with the following: Warrant for Trafficking Stolen Firearms, a Class D Felony. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC Editor MONTROSE – A computer update is to blame for a delay in getting an emergency warrant issued in a police stand-off in Keokuk early Tuesday morning. Lee County Attorney Ross [Read More…]
CLIVE, Iowa — A Lee County man said he is closer to retirement after winning a $50,000 lottery prize. Scott Nickel of Wever claimed a top prize in the Iowa Lottery’s “$50,000 Super Crossword” scratch [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – It’s been more than a year in the works, but Lee County’s efforts toward creating a Bridges out of Poverty program has reached another threshold. According to Dennis [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – Debate on how to fund a $1.3 million proposed budget for the county’s Emergency Management services will get further discussion before the budget is approved. Currently the county emergency [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – As Lee County supervisors grapple with the next fiscal year budget, several departments including secondary roads, the sheriff’s department, and county employee hours were on the table on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – They’ve been described as the hidden treasures of the county and they handle the purse strings on taxes for more than $770 million in assessed valuation, but [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – About 10 residents who live near the 255th Street on the western edge of Lee County want supervisors to stop putting off rehabbing the road. At Tuesday’s regular [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A proposed budget for Lee County expenses for the fiscal year 2020, beginning on July 1, has expenses for the county at more than $30 million. Lee County [Read More…]
John Bybee, the head of the Art Department at Southeastern Community College, has lined up another exciting artist for the school’s ongoing efforts to spotlight regional artistic talent. The art exhibit Raptors and Other Birds of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A proposal to switch emergency radio frequencies in Lee County from UHF to digital was handed over to the Public Safety Answering Point board Wednesday night. At a [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEVER – Officials at the Iowa Fertilizer Company said a power outage on Wednesday will cause a restart and the plant will have high flaming and noise levels over the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Lee County Department heads continue to throw out their first pitches for 2020 fiscal year budget requests this week. All the budgets presented were first-run preliminary budgets [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – For the first time in seven years, a supervisor from the southern part of the county will chair the Lee County Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Don Hunold [Read More…]
PCC STAFF MIDDLETOWN – Officials with the Joint Munitions Command are on the scene at the Iowa Army Ammunition plant today after a morning explosion at the facility. According to a release from Justine Barati, [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGS Fort Madison Area Arts Association FORT MADISON – The stockings are most definitely hung with glee at the Member Artist’s Annual Exhibition. The best artists in the Tri-state area have brought their [Read More…]
KEOKUK – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Keokuk, Iowa man on a felony drug charge. Matthew J Soice, 32, of Keokuk, Iowa was arrested on Tuesday on a felony [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – Current Des Moines County Attorney Amy Beavers will be joining the Lee County Attorney’s staff beginning March 1. Lee County Supervisors voted at Tuesday’s regular meeting to bring [Read More…]
CLIVE, Iowa – A Lee County man has won a $30,000 lottery prize. Jessie Molloy of Donnellson claimed a prize in the Iowa Lottery’s “Merry Multiplier” scratch game. He purchased his winning ticket at Hy-Vee, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – City officials want a fiber optics company with plans to run cabling through the city to reconsider the route of installation. At Monday’s regular meeting of the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County Supervisors could approve a move that would bring Fort Madison attorney Kim Auge and current Des Moines County Attorney Amy Beavers under the direction of [Read More…]
PCC STAFF ST. PAUL – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a St. Paul, Iowa man on felony drug charges. Jamie Lawrence Gutting, 48, of St. Paul, Iowa was arrested on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEVER – Videos of a large flames on the property of the Iowa Fertilizer plant on Monday, surfaced on social media Tuesday morning. Company offiicals said the flares were part [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Keokuk, Iowa man on a felony drug charge. Joe Cleveland, 34, of Keokuk, Iowa was arrested on November 27, 2018 [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – A meeting of the Lee County Compensation Board is scheduled for Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 5:30 P.M., in the Board room at the North Lee Office Building located [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County will start working on transitioning two part-time county attorney spots into full-time positions beginning in 2019. At Tuesday’s regular Board of Supervisor’s meeting, the board [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEVER – A proposal from the Green Bay drainage district to increase the height of the district’s levy has many in the area concerned about the resulting impact to area [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – Lee County will be moving forward with injunctions against seven, and possibly eight, homeowners in the Mooar-Powdertown district after nearly two years of efforts to get residents to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – A move by the holding company leasing property in West Point to the new Dollar General hit a small snag last week in being annexed into the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MT. PLEASANT – State Senator Rich Taylor has been elected as part of the senate’s Democratic leadership team for the next legislative session that will begin in January, Taylor (D-Mt. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Early voting was critical to the success of several local Democrats in local elections Tuesday night. Rich Harlow won the District 3 Lee County Supervisors race with [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – What started out with a couple of tips of a suspicious vehicle in the county, turned into one of the single biggest theft ring busts in recent [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Autopsy results on a 20-year-old woman who was found dead south of West Point on Aug. 2 show the woman died from blunt force trauma. Damain Hamann, [Read More…]
The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of an Argyle, Iowa man on felony drug charges. Skyler Stark, 31, of Argyle, Iowa was arrested on November 4, 2018 on felony drug charges. Stark [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – An ordinance that would restrict the use of “jake braking” in specified areas of Lee County will be on its first reading at Tuesday’s Lee County Board [Read More…]
Submitted release FORT MADISON – Millions of travelers will hit the roads this Thanksgiving, traveling to family and friends’ homes for that long-awaited turkey dinner. To keep drivers and their passengers safe, The Fort Madison [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Energy Assistance applications are now being taken for a one-time payment to help with winter heating bills. Households with income at or below 60% of the state median income may be eligible. [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of two Keokuk, Iowa individuals on Felony drug charges. Michael Eastman, 48, of Keokuk, Iowa was arrested on October 30th, 2018 on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST POINT – A teacher in the Van Buren Community School district was apprehended by Canton, Missouri police Saturday and charged with felony weapons and drug charges. Adam James Hardin, [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF Nauvoo Police Department Chief of Police Mike Boley, reports the arrest of Justin William Patten, 34, of Burlington, Iowa. Patten was arrested on Tuesday October 30, 2018, for driving while license suspended, [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – The Mississippi and Des Moines Rivers SET Confluence Region of Lee County, Iowa, Clark County, Missouri and Hancock County, Illinois will host the second round of county trails and [Read More…]
Mark Philp (RSVP volunteer) and students from HTC help at the Fort Madison Food Pantry to unload the recent delivery from the Iowa Food Bank. Because of a slight misunderstanding, the 6-inch Italian bread loaves [Read More…]
CHARLESTON – The Three Rivers Conservation Foundation is hosting a Chicken Dinner Fundraiser on Sunday, November 4th from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Charleston Board of Trade. The price of the dinner is $10 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – The Iowa State Patrol has identified 26-year-old Taylor Joseph Ruble of Afton as the second victim in a fiery two-vehicle collision west of Fort Madison on Hwy. [Read More…]
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