BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – If Lee County Attorney Ross Braden can sway Lee County Supervisors, the county will move from currently having two full-time attorneys to four full-time attorneys with one [Read More…]
CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A Wednesday evening fire has left a Clearview Heights home with smoke and fire damage. LeeComm dispatched Montrose firefighters to 2648 Clearview Heights where smoke was reported in [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON –The Vets Behind Bars incarcerated individual organization at Iowa State Penitentiary has been around since 2005. The group strives to serve as support system for incarcerated veterans and to give back [Read More…]
PCC STAFF PORT (Promoting Outdoor Recreation Trails) of Fort Madison will host the second annual Ugly Sweater Run on Sunday, December 2, 2018. This is a fundraising event for Phase III of the PORT Trails. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The celebrated and unique Fort Madison Santa Store is gearing up again for the annual children’s shopping season. P.A.W. animal shelter Director Sandy Brown, who’s been a [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – What was labeled as discussion and possible action on the use of fireworks within city limits, turned into the latter at the last minute. At Monday’s regular [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Partners, in partnership with the Climax Molybdenum, the City of Fort Madison, the Fort Madison Police Department, and Shred-It will be holding a Shred-A-Thon on Saturday. The event is sponsored [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – An ordinance modifying the city’s fireworks regulations is scheduled to be discussed at Monday’s Fort Madison City Council meeting. The council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday [Read More…]
Submitted release FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison YMCA will be hosting a Pretty in Pink Father and Daughter Dance on Friday at the Elks Lodge in Fort Madison. Registration forms are available at the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KAHOKA – An employee of the Clark County School District has been placed on a 24-hour hold at the Clark County Jail after allegedly making a terroristic threat at the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Despite unemployment rates dropping across the country, Lee County continues to have one of the highest rates in the state, yet staffing agencies in the area have [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The light rain didn’t stop the Trick or Treat’ers from getting around the city on Tuesday night during the citywide Beggars’ Night. Old Settler’s Park, downtown Main Street and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With sales tax revenues coming in soft for the past two years, property taxes not helping keep pace, and quite a few “one-off” large expenses, city officials [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With city hotel/motel tax revenues on a 20% slide from previous years, request for funding from the Fort Madison Tourism Commission will look a lot different going [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The financial group that took over the old Lee County Bank building and the Cattermole Library building have made another investment in downtown Fort Madison. Barker Financial [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Tis the season of black cats, bats, goblins and scary spooks…It’s Halloween. We will soon see all that goes bump in the night on Tuesday, October 30 as all the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – An assault on a correctional officer at Iowa State Penitentiary last week has prompted local union officials to meet with prison officials again about ongoing staffing concerns. [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – RSVP/United Way of the Great River Region is hosting a Winter Clothing drive from October 29th through November 16th at the United Way Resource Center. Winter clothing to include; coats, hats, scarves, [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Fort Madison, Iowa woman on a felony drug charge. Tanya A. Jones, 55, of Fort Madison, Iowa was arrested on October [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A motorcyclist led a Lee County Sheriff’s detective on a vehicle chase around the Highway 61 bypass into Des Moines County at speeds in excess of 140 [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The 44th annual Holy Trinity God’s Portion Day is set for this weekend at Holy Trinity High School. A multitude of great auction prizes are once again up for [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison may have received some reason for optimism regarding Viking Cruise lines recently. At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Fort Madison Mayor Brad Randolph said he had [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A morning foot chase has resulted in one arrest and another suspect being sought in connection with a theft from a local auto service station. According to [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Historic river towns have their share of haunts and the paranormal, and Fort Madison is no different! The Ghost Hunt allows visitors to document the paranormal activity that surrounds us. [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – A correctional officer was assaulted by an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, IA at approximately 8:00 a.m. Friday morning. The correctional officer was conducting his routine duties in a living unit when he [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF Mary Jo Riesberg, chair of the Lee County Democratic Party, announced today that the Lee County Democrats annual Eppers-O’Malley Banquet will be held on Thursday, October 25, 2018. U.S. Representative Dave Loebsack [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of three individuals, on felony drug charges. A Fort Madison couple and, in an unrelated case, a Keokuk man. Brandon [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – If a vote were taken at Tuesday’s meeting, the Fort Madison City Council may have wiped their hands clean of moving the Amtrak Depot back to Riverview [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Lee County Economic Development Group will be going without a contribution from the City of Fort Madison this year. At Tuesday’s regular city council meeting, the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – An early Monday morning fire sent one person to the hospital and has resulted in the ad hoc demolition of three houses in the middle of Avenue [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – For over a dozen years, the city has been kicking around the idea of moving the Amtrak rail depot back to Riverview Park. Former mayors John Wright [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Recent heavy rains and flooding has water saturating Fort Madison’s Riverview Park and causing some headaches for city workers, but so far, residents have been unaffected. Fort [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – Several residents voiced concern to county officials Tuesday about the noise associated with trucks on highways near residential areas. At Tuesday’s regular Lee County Board of Supervisors meeting, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON –The Fort Madison PORT trail committee was notified this morning that a grant from the Iowa Department of Transportation has pushed them over $500,000 toward the cost of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison officials continue to help work toward a pending bridge study to examine potential improvements to the Burlington-Northern Santa Fe double deck swingspan bridge that connects [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Partners Affiliates, along with sponsoring partners the Daily Democrat and the Pen City Current, will be hosting a Legislative Debate for Iowa House of Representatives District 83 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – Lee County Sheriff Stacy Weber issued a warning Thursday afternoon to motorists regarding large rocks being left in the middle of Hwy 61. Weber said he wasn’t sure [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The City of Fort Madison will conduct its Citywide Fall Clean Up on Thursday, Oct. 11 through Saturday Oct. 13. All Fort Madison residents may bring their refuse to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A late Tuesday night chase led Fort Madison police officers to an abandoned stolen vehicle. At approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, an officer attempted to pull over a [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Just before 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 4, everyone will probably be looking at their cellphones to see a message from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA will [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – A vast group of players trying to tackle the troublesome state of Iowa’s skilled workforce gathered Tuesday for one of the state’s first summits to address the issue. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It may not have been the “Miracle” the company’s brand had in mind, but the transformation Monday of the Fort Madison Community Garden in just three hours [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The daughter of a property owner in the 900 block of 15th Street is asking for the city’s help in cleaning up the former Town & Country [Read More…]
Ft. Madison’s Art-in-Central Park has a decade of family fun Sundays under their belt since FMAAA brought the event back to town. Plenty of visual artists will be displayed under the shade trees of Central [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – In an effort to “bridge the digital divide,” the Fort Madison Public Library now offers its patrons the ability to checkout WiFi hotspot devices. These devices will allow patrons to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The parent of a former Fort Madison Middle School student has filed a complaint with an Iowa board that could launch an investigation into how school officials [Read More…]
Submitted article LEE COUNTY – RSVP/United Way of the Great River Region is hosting a food drive on Sept. 11th in observance of National Day of Service of Remembrance. Food donations can be dropped off [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Local and state officials met for the first time officially Thursday in an effort to get a study started looking at options for the Burlington Northern Santa [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A group of people from a local church have plans underway to start helping with minor repairs to homes of aging Fort Madison residents. The project got [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The revived Fort Madison Mexican Fiesta will get $1,000 from the city to help offset some of the costs of helping get the celebration to its 97th [Read More…]
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