BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The City of Fort Madison will be conducting City Wide Fall Clean Up October 10-12. Fort Madison residents may bring their refuse to the central location at the City [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGSFort Madison Area Arts Association Director FORT MADISON – Ft. Madison’s Art-in-Central Park has well over a decade of family fun Sundays under their belt since FMAAA brought the event back to town. Over [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – City officials stopped just short Tuesday of approving a quarter-million dollar automation system for the city’s water treatment plant. At Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Fort Madison City [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – An ordinance that would have allowed golf carts and ATVs on city streets is once again not listed as an action item on Tuesday’s City Council agenda. It’s [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Over some hot dogs and beverages, about a dozen Fort Madison residents gathered in Old Settler’s Park to talk crime and neighborhood watch groups. Representatives from the 34th [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Tri-State Rodeo Committee’s parade director David Fedler released the winners of the 2019 Grand Parade. Quincy Hgh School took 1st place in the 4A division, while you’re hometown [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The carnival is back, all the good “smells” are back…and Mexican Fiesta is back. Starting Thursday night, the annual festival will run through Saturday night with the annual [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison firefighters were on the scene of a fire at Feinberg’s Metals Recycling this morning. According to fire officials, a fire broke out under some scrapped automobiles and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It docked a bit early, and the anticipation of seeing passengers walk out the nose of the ship was dashed with low water levels, but one of [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. – In 2000, Rev. Dr. Gerald “Jerry” Schumm paddled the length of the Mississippi River and included a stop in Fort Madison, IA. This fall he is reliving his journey [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 7th Annual Riverview Games on Saturday, Sept. 14th. Children age 2 – 6th grade have the opportunity to participate [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Standing in the three-room museum in downtown Fort Madison, the great-grandson of W.A. Sheaffer is surrounded by the mechanical and artistic history of his family. Russell Sheaffer, who [Read More…]
Submitted articleFort Madison Area Arts Association Director FORT MADISON – Anita Lee of Farmington has the feature stage at 825 Avenue G for her exhibition “Faces and Places”. A reception for the artist occurs September 13th from [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s maiden voyage will bring it to the shores of Fort Madison, and city officials want you there to see this ship. Fort Madison City Manager David Varley [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A $3.3 million resurfacing of old Hwy. 61 through Fort Madison took another step back on Tuesday. With a 3-2 vote at Tuesday’s regular Fort Madison City Council [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The newly formed Board of Directors of the Sheaffer Pen Museum are happy to announce the re-opening of its exhibits in the original location at 627 Avenue G. The [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Pull up you’re boots, put on your Stetson and strap in, the 72nd Annual Tri-State’s Rodeo kicks off this week with a full week of livestock, cowboys, music, [Read More…]
Parents appealing district’s decision to refuse to bus their children BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison YMCA has formalized plans for it’s after-school programs in the wake of the Fort Madison [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Police Chief Mark Rohloff issued a statement today warning residents of a number of reports of residents receiving calls automated calls indicating their social security accounts have [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – All initial reactions from the first half dozen cruise docks are that passengers are happy with what they are seeing from Fort Madison. After the inaugural ship from [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – They’ve been around for more than five years and they are starting to have an impact on crime in their neighborhoods. Now they want to share their blueprint [Read More…]
Pen City Current Facebook poll has close to 1,000 votes cast with 61% opposing the ordinance BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Almost as quickly as it was put on an agenda for Tuesday’s [Read More…]
Councilman Matt Mohrfeld takes out papers to be next city mayor BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison will have a new mayor in 2020. Current Mayor Brad Randolph put out a statement [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison City Council will be taking a second vote on ordinance allowing golf carts, ATVs and UTVs on certain city streets a week earlier than expected. [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – RSVP/United Way of the Great River Region is seeking Community Garden Volunteers. Do you like to garden and work outdoors? Do you like to cultivate and harvest food?We are seeking [Read More…]
Likely that project will now be completed in 2020, but work could start yet in the fall. BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It was on. Then it was off. Then it was on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A move to allow golf carts, ATVs and UTVs on Fort Madison streets passed it’s first hurdle Tuesday night. The Fort Madison City Council passed the first reading [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A financial investigation of the North Lee County Historical Society will be a topic of discussion at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. An accounting firm out of Burlington, CPA [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR KNOXVILLE, Tenn, – Her dream job would be to host a travel show on television simply because, well….she loves television and loves to travel. That makes perfect sense, but a lofty [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Family YMCA is excited to bring this 10-Week Program to Fort Madison! Girls on the Run is a nationally recognized program where hundreds of communities across the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Two new patrol officers for the Fort Madison Police Department were sworn in Monday afternoon at the South Lee County Courthouse by 8th District Judge Michael Schilling. Brent Vogelgesang, [Read More…]
SUBMITTED ARTICLE FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Family YMCA is hosting their 10th Annual Rodeo Stampede 5k Run/Walk on Saturday, September 7th preceding the Annual Tri-State Rodeo Parade in downtown Fort Madison. The Rodeo [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – City officials are looking for ways to bail the city out of what City Manager David Varley is calling a quickly sinking ship. At a work session Monday [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Tri-State Rodeo is pleased to announce the Grand Marshal for the 2019 Rodeo Parade is Larry D. Smith.Growing up in southwest Iowa near Creston, Larry considers himself an [Read More…]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – When Fort Madison High School graduate Luke Booten wrapped up his senior season of soccer a the state finals, he didn’t know if he would ever be involved [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – City leaders continue to entertain the thought of allowing golf carts, and possibly ATVs and UTVs on city streets. The issue was back on the council agenda at [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It arrived about 90 minutes early, but the five-level Queen of the Mississippi paddlewheeler latched onto the Fort Madison pier Tuesday morning in the first of 14 American [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Police Department will see its fourth police chief in as many years after city officials approved the hiring of a former Wisconsin sheriff to lead [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – About 50 community-minded volunteers put in some sweat equity Monday morning to help pretty up the riverfront and downtown areas in anticipation of American Cruise Lines’ inaugural landing [Read More…]
Head Start now interested again, if building can be gifted BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The future of the Idol Rashid building will be back in front of the Fort Madison City Council [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A new police chief could be named Monday night at a special meeting of the Fort Madison City Council. The council will be in a special meeting to [Read More…]
Part of affiliation agreement to improve community’s health BY PCC STAFF WEST BURLINGTON – The GRHS-FMCH Community Health Foundation has pledged to provide up to $1.5 million to Promoting Outdoor Recreational Trails (P.O.R.T.) of Fort [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Sandy Brown is probably the foremost advocate for animal care in this part of the state. And despite the director of Fort Madison’s P.A.W. animal shelter having her [Read More…]
Local candidates eliminated prior to panel interviews BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison City Manager David Varley said the city could have a new police chief selected by the end of the [Read More…]
Still time for tickets and to register for RiverFest 2019 games and Rack on the River BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s okay to go to the water’s edge at RiverFest 2019 to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison school officials are revamping busing plans for the upcoming school year due to a shortage of bus drivers. A letter was published on the district’s Facebook [Read More…]
City holding a volunteer sign-up Thursday to help plan for cruise arrivals BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With the inaugural docking of American Cruise Lines in Fort Madison one week away, city and [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Kiwanis Club’s Back-to-School Fair provided much needed school supplies and information to close to 100 local students on Saturday morning at the Fort Madison High School Multi-Purpose Room. In [Read More…]
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