LEE COUNTY – The Fort Madison Police Department and Lee County Sheriff’s Office are informing motorists that Iowa law enforcement officials have announced they will conduct a Drug Impaired Driving specialized enforcement campaign throughout the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEVER – This morning, Iowa Fertilizer experienced an unplanned interruption to our production. The plant will begin the restart process immediately. Iowa Fertilizer is deeply committed to communicating with all [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – An Iowa DOT official said Thursday that high-level talks are on-going to help alleviate traffic snarls as Siemen’s blades navigate the tight roads around the facility. District 5 [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Congressman Dave Loebsack will have a member of his staff in Southeastern Iowa for open office hours. Jared Hershberger, Loebsack’s District Representative, will be at the following locations. Hershberger will be on [Read More…]
MONTROSE – On Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Lee County Sheriffs Office and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public its 17th opportunity in nine years to prevent [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A county resident pleaded with Lee County officials Tuesday to do something about the intersection near Charleston Board of Trade. Jeff Buford, of Donnellson, told Lee County Supervisors at [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – Holy Trinity Catholic schools is looking to the city of West Point to help pay for street and sewer replacements and upgrades that are planned as part of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – Lee County Attorney Ross Braden has filed four injunctions against property owners in the Mooar-Powdertown district for failing to upgrade septic systems as required by code. At Tuesday’s regular [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – A 14-year old from Keokuk has been killed as a result of an accident involving a motor-vehicle and a bicycle Monday evening. According to the Keokuk Police Department, Brandon Scott Fitzgerald [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County is looking at adding an option for county employees to use a health savings account option to help cover annual medical out-of-pocket expenses. At Tuesday’s regular [Read More…]
BY LEAH JONES KEOKUK RADIO KEOKUK – After a recent inspection, the a Keokuk commission is making a recommendation that the city of scrap or sell it’s recently purchased barge facility due to damage. According [Read More…]
BY ZACK CHURCH Lee County Health Department Intern LEE COUNTY – As Iowa is experiencing widespread flu activity, Lee County Health Department encourages taking preventive steps to protect you and your loved ones from the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Lee County Economic Development Group fed about 20 people breakfast Wednesday morning and updated them on how a recent fundraising campaign had shaken out. Dennis Fraise, [Read More…]
PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – Lee County Conservation is hosting four free public programs this week. The first one is “Spectacular Swans” and this will be held in conjunction with the Keokuk Public Library on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A resident of Clearview Heights is upset with the locations the county used to post notice about its new jake break ordinance. Mike Azinger told supervisors at Tuesday’s regular [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Local authorities are investigating a missing firearm that was taken from a stolen vehicle last week. According to Police Chief Tim Sittig, a vehicle was stolen in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Lawmakers took unanimous opposition to a proposal to tax solar panels in the state, while sparring over putting strict scrutiny on federal second amendment language in the Iowa [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Packed coffee houses and sandwich shops in Lee County were the springboard of a national news cycle introducing Beto O’Rourke to the 2020 Presidential race, as well as [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – The 2019-20 fiscal year budget for West Point may put an additional $70,000 in city coffers, according to a budget approved Monday night. The West Point City Council [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County Engineer Ben Hull is concerned a proposed bill in in front of Iowa legislators could damage county bridges and roadways. Senate File 184 was passed out [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Sheriff’s Department has two K-9 officers, is in the middle of transitioning to digital radios, and is now thinking a rescue/patrol boat should be [Read More…]
Because of the forecast for snow and freezing rain that will make for unsafe travel, the Lee County Storm Spotters Class scheduled for tomorrow evening, March 7th, has been postponed until April 3rd and will [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – For the second time since 2017, Alliant Energy, will be asking the Iowa Utilities Board for a rate increase. Alliants’ Iowa electric utility, Interstate Power and Light Company [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Plans are underway for a tri-county event to raise funds for emergency responders in the Lee, Des Moines, and Henry counties this summer in Fort Madison. Cale Heitmeier, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A change in county code that would make it legal to ride ATVs and side-by-sides on county gravel roads is one step away from becoming a reality. At Tuesday’s [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC STAFF KEOKUK – A pretrial conference has been set for July 1 in the case of a 25-year-old Fort Madison man charged with fatally stabbing a woman in a mall parking lot [Read More…]
DONNELLSON – The National Weather Service has a number of devices for detecting severe thunderstorms. Included in these are radar, satellite, and lightning detection networks. However, the most important tool for observing thunderstorms is the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – The county is just a couple weeks away from instituting an ordinance allowing the use of ATVs and UTVs on the county’s secondary roads. About 50 piled into [Read More…]
LEE COUNTY – Beginning Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 7:00 a.m., Bridgeport Road (280th Ave) from Old Quarry Road (Lee County) to Skunk River Road (Des Moines County) will be closed for brush and debris [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A Keokuk man who led local authorities on a chase that exceeded 100 mph a week ago is now in custody. Steven Wesley Spoores Jr. 30, who’s last known [Read More…]
PCC STAFF WEVER – The Iowa Fertilizer Plant will be conducting safety drills Wednesday evening on the plant property just south of Wever. Officials said emergency crews will be on site from 6 p.m. to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Supervisors will cast their first vote on a proposed ATV/UTV county ordinance at Tuesday’s regular Board of Supervisors’ meeting. The ordinance is being proposed to control the [Read More…]
KEOKUK – It’s Spaghetti Time!! United Way of the Great River Region is hosting its 9th annual Spaghetti Dinner at Hawkeye Restaurant on Monday, March 11th. There are two dine-in seating options available: 5:00-6:30 pm [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With chances of snow around 30% each day for Sunday through Thursday, according to the National Weather Service, city and county officials are hoping for the lighter end [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Economic Development efforts in the county suffered another paper cut Thursday when Lee County Supervisors nicked the budget of the Lee County Economic Development Group by $10,000. Supervisors [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – The population of Lee County’s trumpeter swan is low compared to other areas of the state such as Fort Dodge, Des Moines, and Atlantic, but the dedicated marsh just [Read More…]
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…]
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