Boddicker tapped to fill 8B judge’s spot
PCC STAFF DES MOINES– Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Clinton Boddicker as a district court…
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Conservation board talks upcoming plans
Administrative Assistant Viehl named as Interim Director after Unsworth’s departure Friday. BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR…
Panel recommends 45% increase for sheriff
“Back the Blue” law spells out Compensation Board’s requirement to recommend bump to Weber’s pay…
OCI and Navigator ink agreement for carbon capture program
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Navigator CO2 Ventures LLC (”Navigator”) announced today that it has…
Community Club’s Wine & Beer Walk this Friday on WP Square
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – A little holiday season seasoning will be going…
AmeriCorps/RSVP to host winter clothing drive in December
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – AmeriCorps Seniors/Retired Seniors Volunteer Program (RSVP) and United Way…
LCC to honor Unsworth Tuesday evening
LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Conservation (LCC) team invites everyone who has had the…
Children First to fund area childcare projects
Submitted article LEE COUNTY – Children First is pleased to announce a funding opportunity for…
United Way on record local pace
Three-county campaign is already at 80% of annual fund drive LEE COUNTY – United Way…
Health care staffing storm on the horizon
Thirty-three percent of Great River Health System staff still to be vaccinated could face termination…
Robotics team retooled for county
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A robotics team that held its own a couple…
County could lose $400K in EMS assistance
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A failure on the part of the former…
Another District 8 judge announces retirement
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – Judge Mark Kruse submitted his letter of retirement effective,…
Empowering Families group to hold area roundtables
Topic of community violence could be part of informal discussions BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE…
Boddicker, Stonerook nominated to fill upcoming judicial vacancy
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – Former Lee County attorney and current associate judge Clinton…
State Patrol releases name in Tuesday traffic fatality
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – The name of a Missouri woman killed in…
Area man killed in Tuesday night collision
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A second, separate accident Tuesday has claimed the…
Comp board to discuss county salaries Dec. 1
PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – A meeting of the Lee County Compensation Board is scheduled…
Woman killed in Tuesday collision on Hwy. 218
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – An area woman has been killed as a result…
Toddler hospitalized after being struck by vehicle in Donnellson
BY PCC STAFF A 2-year-old Donnellson girl is in an Iowa City hospital following a…
Gookin named to replace Brown as 8th District Chief Judge
BY PCC STAFF DES MOINES – Chief Justice Susan Christensen has appointed District Judge Myron…
ARPA panel takes first look at funding requests
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – With the Nov. 1 funding deadline in the…
Greenway pipeline could run 50 miles in Lee County
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – The proposed carbon recapture pipeline that is being…
County gets more than 30 applications for ARPA funds
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – A Lee County panel working through the distribution of…
County could potentially see another pipeline
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – County officials heard Monday that yet another pipeline…
Stensvaag, Boddicker apply for Brown’s seat in District 8
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Current Assistant Lee County Attorney Jonathan Stensvaag has applied…
“Schilling” again for kids in Nepal
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Ernie Schiller has left marks locally on students,…
HTC’s Guzman illustrates kids book
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – With about 30 children at her feet, decked…
Town hall set to review health assessment
LCHD, Blessing, SIRMC join to host virtual meeting Nov. 5 LEE COUNTY – The Lee…
Panel discusses EMS staffing woes
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – With less than four months in the books…
Lee County closes 263rd Avenue at Devil’s Creek for work
LEE COUNTY – Lee County Secondary Roads have closed 263rd Avenue east of Hwy. 61…
Central Lee officials exhale as ribbon cut on $13M upgrade
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Central Lee School board president Mark Hulsebus may have…
Unsworth to leave LCCD post at end of November
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County Conservation Director Nathan Unsworth announced his…
Boyer, Norris tapped for Mid-America Port Authority
BY PCC STAFF QUINCY – Two area economic development officials have been named to the…
Reynolds doubles down on rural broadband funding
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – On Monday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced $200…
Keokuk gets $493K for trails Riverfront Trail program
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Iowa Transportation Commission on Tuesday announced approval for funding…
Pipeline group to start land negotiations
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – Now that the mandated public information meeting is…
Judge Brown announces retirement at end of year
District 8B commission to conduct replacement interviews Nov. 8 BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES…
Anhydrous pipeline meeting Tuesday night
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – A public information meeting about the anhydrous ammonia…
Schools issue warnings on TikTok licks
New viral challenges focus on “slapping” teachers BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Recent…
Groups have four weeks left to apply for ARPA funds
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – The panel reviewing applications for funding from the…
Task force arrests FM woman on drug charges
PCC STAFF LEE COUNTYMichelle Decker, 36, of Fort Madison, Iowa was arrested on October 1st,…
Wenke dots Holtkamp farmstead with patriotic ag bales
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – Anyone heading west on the Charleston blacktop right off…
Sheriff looking for Keokuk man after sex offender checks
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – As a result of a sex offender compliance check…
Sheriff looking for sex offender who cut off GPS
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – A regular compliance check of individuals registered as sex…
Sonny’s bucks trends for small town groceries
Merschbrocks closing in on a decade operating the West Point grocery BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR…
LCCD, Hinterland to hold GPS ‘Hike and Seek’
LEE COUNTY – Lee County Conservation and Hinterland Dairy are excited to present our first…
County extends deadline for ARPA funding requests
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Groups in Lee County that are looking for…
County to pursue reimbursements for ambulance service
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – According to a Lee County Supervisor, county-owned Lee…
County may extend ARPA funding request deadline
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Requests for funding out of Lee County’s $6.5…