BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A representative from the engineering firm overseeing the rehabilitation of Highway 61 through Fort Madison said if everything goes to schedule, the first phase of the project [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – An error by North Lee County Historical Society has Fort Madison city officials demanding a look at the group’s books. At Tuesday’s regular city council meeting, the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Once again weather is throwing the PAW animal shelter a curve ball. Less than a month after the Fort Madison animal rescue found homes from close to [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – A local Cub Scout pack donated over 300 pounds of food to the Fort Madison Food Pantry as a result of a weekend food drive. Cubmaster Kayla Wiegand and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – City officials will be considering a resolution to update fees for zoning applications, building and electrical permits and nuisance fee abatements at Tuesday’s regular city council meeting. In [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With river levels expected to crest at just over 21 feet on Wednesday, city and county officials are preparing for flooding along the Mississippi River that could compare [Read More…]
Randolph not ready to give up on downtown sidewalk project BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – City officials revealed Thursday that a bid on a sidewalk improvement project that was supposed to result [Read More…]
PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – Law Enforcement Officers from the Lee County Sheriff’s Department and the Fort Madison Police Department, and the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau are encouraging motorists to drive safe and sober for [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Cemetery Department will begin Spring Clean Up at Sacred Heart, Elmwood, Oakland & City Cemeteries on Monday, March 25 through Friday, March 29, 2019. ALL items must be [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – State officials are now shopping the former Iowa State Penitentiary property to developers across the country. Last summer, meetings were conducted by Mead & Hunt, Inc., out of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Local Rotarians are celebrating their 100th birthday in 2020 and to ramp up the celebration they’re launching a campaign to give a big facelift to Central Park. The [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The John Bennett Center at the old Iowa State Penitentiary converted from outdated prison space to testing grounds on Monday and Tuesday. Handlers and K9 officers from [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – Do you remember the days where you wanted to be a firefighter? Riding around on a firetruck, serving your fellow citizens, running into burning buildings. The Fort Madison Fire Department [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A sitting Fort Madison City Councilman will be allowed to sever his property from city limits after he requested it be annexed into the city just over [Read More…]
LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of Christopher Farnett of St. Paul IA, and Brett Montgomery of Fort Madison IA on felony drug charges. Christopher Farnett, 40, of St. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’ll be four days of rock spanning four decades of chart topping hits from the 80s to contemporary headliners. RiverFest organizer Charles Craft unveiled RiverFest 2019’s music lineup [Read More…]
April 2 referendum set to approve building new PreK-3rd grade school on Bluff Road campus BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Just two weeks ago, Fort Madison school board officials were looking at a [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Just two weeks after giving a budgetary thumbs up to continue with the Amtrak depot relocation project, city officials are now moving in the direction of a Viking [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – He threw about five passes a game in high school and somehow found himself runner-up in college football’s Heisman Award and headed to the NFL. University of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – This is your company’s next team-building exercise. Fort Madison Partners is again taking on homes for an April Paint-A-Thon in Fort Madison and Executive Director Tim Gobble said [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With recent discussions surrounding the tightening of city finances, Fort Madison Public Library officials are finding themselves looking ahead to possible changes in staffing and hours. At Thursday’s [Read More…]
LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of Christopher Peak of Evansdale IA on a felony drug charge. Christopher Peak, 28, of Evansdale, Iowa was arrested on February 21st, 2019 [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…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison YMCA will host their second annual “Shamrocked” Breakfast, Bike & Brew event on Saturday, March 16th starting at 8:00am at the Fort Madison Elks Lodge and ending [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Under a new proposed lease with the city, RiverFest organizer Charles Craft will pay 1,500% more to use Riverview Park for the burgeoning summer festival. The 1,500% amounts [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The demolition of a house at 1301 Avenue I has the ire of the city’s Historic Preservation Commission. The property was demolished sometime during the three-day holiday [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After an informal vote last week to pass the Amtrak Depot relocation project by, the Fort Madison City Council has backed up on that decision. In a 7-1 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – What could have been a tragedy, turned into a triumph for the P.A.W no-kill animal shelter in Fort Madison. With the wicked winter air that descended on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A director with the Iowa Department of Transportation confirmed Monday that the DOT is recommending a $400,000 expenditure from an Iowa Transportation Commission passenger rail fund to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A public hearing on a $1.55 million project to redo the sidewalks and curbing has been pulled from the city’s Tuesday City Council meeting agenda. According to Mayor [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – As city officials scour state and federal funding options to keep the Amtrak depot relocation efforts active, lease agreements for the platform at the new depot appear [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A move that practically killed the relocation of the city’s Amtrak depot may just have been the thing that was needed to save it. According to Fort [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison City offices, as well as the Fort Madison Public Library, will be closed Monday, February 18th, in observance of the President’s Day holiday. City offices and the Public [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – He called it standing eight count, but Fort Madison Mayor Brad Randolph hasn’t given up on relocating the Amtrak depot to the historic museum in Riverview Park. Despite [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The proposed new Amtrak depot in Riverview Park was just one of many budget items that fell victim to a suffocating city budget. In an emotionally charged [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After tonight’s regular city council meeting, a very real discussion could take place on how to bring the city’s budget woes back in line. And some of the [Read More…]
Submitted article LEE COUNTY – United Way of the Great River Region is pleased to announce the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program as a service to the tri-state community. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) [Read More…]
BY TIM SITTIGFort Madison Chief of Police FORT MADISON – As the Big Game of Super Bowl approaches many people will take to the roads and highways to visit family and friends to take in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – With the weather people scaring us with -60 wind chills, area officials are looking for options for those who may be susceptible to the elements or looking [Read More…]
From City of Fort Madison FORT MADISON – Due to the dangerous arctic temperatures and the temporary closing of the Great River Regional Waste Authority landfill, the City of Fort Madison will not collect Route [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Due to the potential for record-setting wind chill temperatures tonight through Thursday, Fort Madison Community Schools and Holy Trinity Catholic will be releasing two hours early today. They have also canceled school [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A Fort Madison man, who had sent texts indicating he may want to engage in what is known as ‘suicide by cop’ by robbing a local bank and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTICELLO – A preliminary hearing for a former Van Buren teacher who forced a college student to West Point to pick up marijuana, at some point brandishing a gun, has [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The idea of having another redemption center in Fort Madison is being, well….recycled. Fort Madison Mayor Brad Randolph, who also serves as chairman of the Great River Regional Waste Authority board, has [Read More…]
Late Monday fire destroys 97-year old auto service BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A late Monday evening fire that lasted well into Tuesday morning, has left 65-year-old Rick Hawkins contemplating his future. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A $1.5 million project to put in new sidewalks and curbing, and improve stormwater drainage on Avenue G downtown, is getting closer to becoming a reality. At [Read More…]
Editor’s Note: The Shepherd was able to be confined and captured late Saturday evening. BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Local animal officials and authorities are trying to catch a large German Shepherd [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With the Main Street Iowa flag pulled in downtown Fort Madison, a group of business and property owners are trying to jump start the battery of Riverfront [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After close to two decades working with the Tri-State Rodeo, Fort Madison’s Tony Johnson will slide into general chairman’s saddle for the next three years. Johnson is [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force conducted a search warrant at a Fort Madison home that led to felony charges. Chad Michael Vice, 43, of Fort Madison, Iowa was arrested [Read More…]
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