Volunteers pour new path at Canine Corral
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A new concrete path was poured Wednesday as…
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Lee County ranks last in Iowa for child neglect
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a three-part series looking at the state of…
City Council to consider change order, creek bridge agreements
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A proposed change to the work being done…
PAW’s Designer Purse BINGO Friday night
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – This one is under the OOOOOOOh. After raising…
OFP bringing back summer youth program
BY DOROTHY SCHULTEOld Fort Players FORT MADISON – Old Fort Players is happy to announce…
LCCD wants a fresh look at Pollmiller beach
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A West Des Moines firm will be looking…
Riverside Nutrition mixing well in downtown FM
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Herbalife, a dietary supplement popular in the 80…
FMPD to be part of Father’s Day enforcement
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Police Department plans special enforcement June 9-12, 2021. Father’s…
New Hound AD has ties to Fort Madison
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Not only is Ben Fry familiar with southeast…
Police looking into early Sunday morning assault
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Police are looking into an assault that…
Tourism budget in city council’s crosshairs
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The money spent annually on marketing and tourism…
Miller-Meeks reacts to local natural gas, workforce challenges
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – About a dozen local business, industry and education…
Korschgen Kiddie Parade set for July 3
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The 109th annual Charlie Korschgen 4th of July Kiddie…
FMAAA hosts local photographers in June
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Area Arts Association is hosting an Art…
Councilmen upset with added depot costs
Schulz says amendment is due to “crappy” engineering work BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON…
Sipping coming back to Hesse Building
Hedges bringing Corks and Barrels to historic Fort Madison retail spot BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR…
Illner Green takes over as FMAAA director
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Area Arts Association is pleased to announce Lori…
Ireland stepping aside as Central Lee AD
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON — The Central Lee Community School District is searching for its…
Police ID suspect, victim in Monday Ivanhoe shooting
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison police have released additional details regarding the…
ISP staff assaulted Wednesday morning
FORT MADISON – A correctional officer was assaulted by an inmate at the Iowa State…
LCHD sets up Pfizer clinic for 12-18 year olds
FORT MADISON – Lee County Health Department will be hosting a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for…
Lawmakers dropped the ball in not fixing recount law
The chambers of the Iowa Senate and the Iowa House of Representatives are silent after…
Reading colors world at FM Public Library
BY SARAH CLENDINENGFM Library Director FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Public Library Summer Reading…
Police after arrest warrants in shooting
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Little new information was released Tuesday regarding the…
A Frank approach comes to city’s Pentacostal church
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – He was an atheist and a drug addict….
FM Football Inc., looking to spruce up high school stadium
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The community has come together to put up…
County tables sale of Keokuk’s Estes Park
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR (Clarification: This article has been updated to reflect a clarification in…
Suspect still at large in Monday night shooting
Police chief says incident was isolated; no threat to public BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT…
Ding-dong ditching and glass packs – Beside the Point
Back in college, we used to watch a lot of David Letterman. As a matter…
FM grads leave legacy of resilience
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With the county, state, and nation in what…
Swink resigns as FMSCD athletic director
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After three years leading the Fort Madison High…
EMS essential services bill gets late passage
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A bill to make EMS services essential services…
Hall of Honor gets three new inductees
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Three alumni from the historic halls of Fort…
Mental health bill has bumps for regions, cities
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A new bill that is sitting on Iowa…
Board extends Slater’s contract through 2024
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Superintendent Dr. Erin Slater was awarded…
Bautista wants to build on family at HTC Elementary
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – It wasn’t the new state-of-the-art building that drew…
Schulte, Moline-Kramer, and Smith inducted into FMHS Hall of Honor
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison High School Alumni Hall of Honor was established to…
FM, Lee County expecting half of federal stimulus in June
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Plans are being carefully considered for nearly $4…
Police look into damage to windows
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Police are looking into incidents of broken…
Supervisors lift mask mandate for county buildings
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Lee County Supervisors have lifted the mask mandate…
Santa Store looking for new location
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A 13-year local tradition of helping community kids…
FM group to showcase Pocket Park Thursday
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Area residents will be able to get an…
State to end federal jobless benefits June 12
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today that the…
County to pay $442K for ambulance property
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – With a July 1 deadline looming for the…
Saturday house fire under investigation
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A fire that broke out Saturday afternoon in…
Whew… Chinese rocket should miss Fort Madison – Beside the Point
Well, I for one, feel better. The European Space Agency has determined that 100-foot, 22-ton…
FMCH cuts ribbon on Geriatric Behavioral Health Unit
FORT MADISON – On July 1st, 2021 Fort Madison Community Hospital will open a Geriatric…
D.O.C. reviewing Iowa Prison Industries program
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – An offender-based program that has been helped provide…
LCHD sets more “pop-up” COVID vaccine clinics in May
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – Lee County Health Department will be hosting several COVID-19…
Ernst looks into future of ag with Central Lee FFA students
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) dropped in on about…