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GEHLING

Helliges earn top honors; Cresswell, Gehling, and Wyrick all 1st-team

LEE COUNTY – The father-son duo of John and Luke Hellige got top honors in the SEI Superconference South All-Conference honors. John Hellige, who took the Crusaders to their first-ever Class 1A …

Bendlage makes 1A All-District team

FORT MADISON - Holy Trinity senior Mary Kate Bendlage added another honor on Sunday. Bendlage was named to the Iowa Girls Coaches Association Class 1A Southeast All-District team. Bendlage, who …
FAIRFIELD — It was the end of the season, but Holy Trinity boys basketball coach John Hellige wanted it to be the beginning of something more. The Crusaders’ run through the Class 1A …
FORT MADISON – The winter sports accolades keep pouring in and several Fort Madison athletes have received honors from Southeast Conference coaches. Senior Nolan Riddle was named Wrestler of …
LEE COUNTY NEWS
Lee County News

Work set for Green Bay area broadband upgrade

LEE COUNTY –  A $1.9 million investment in county funds coupled with investments from Danville Telecom is bringing high speed internet to about 100 homes in Wever, and has produced a more …

For the Record

For the Record - Thursday, March 14, 2023

Fort Madison Police Report 03/13/24 – 9:12 a.m. – Fort Madison Police arrested Jamie Lee Ahlen, 40, of Fort Madison in thet 2000 block of Avenue E on a. charge of keeping vehicle or …

Opinion

Regardless of party, irresponsible is still irresponsible

Like many people who call this state home, I have long taken an interest in the careers and achievements of people who have gotten their start in Iowa.  As a kid, I was fascinated to walk …
EMPTY NEST - By Curt Swarm

Cone of Shame for family pet

Like master, like dog.  I have lipomas all over my body.  Especially on my forearms.  They're embarrassing.  I think I have them on my forearms because of all the knocks and …

Now, the post-burger tour treatment

A tea with ginger, cinnamon, white rice, apple cider vinegar, avocado oil, and a full lemon. That’s what I’m drinking now. Because eating 13 gourmet cheeseburgers in 36 hours is not …
Education News
KEOKUK NEWS

KHS hosting career fair Wednesday

KEOKUK - Keokuk High School students have been invited to explore a multitude of career paths that can lead to their “dream life.” The school is hosting the KHS Career Expo, a career …

FM chapter of FFA holds fundraiser

FORT MADISON - Fort Madison’s FFA held its annual Labor Auction and dinner on Saturday at the Elks Lodge downtown.    Funds raised by this event will be used to help the FM FFA chapter participate

Hawks swoop into National STEM Festival

DONNELLSON – They use words and phrases like visual studio code, Arduino, and bioreactors, and it’s not the engineering department at Climax. The “they” here is a couple of …
LATEST NEWS
FORT MADISON – After announcing to staff in October that the plant would be closing after 44 years in Fort Madison, the company is about six weeks from closing its doors. Plant Manager Jeff …
DES MOINES – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.0 percent in January, down from the 3.2 percent announced in December but unchanged from a revised December rate. The …
Barbara “Barb” Tull, 75, of Donnellson, Iowa passed away at 8:00 p.m. Sunday, March 10, 2024, at her home in Donnellson surrounded by her family and loving pets who haven’t left …
Allen Dean Cline, 62, of Keokuk, IA died Friday, March 8, 2024 at his home. He was born April 16, 1961 in Keosauqua, IA the son of Kenneth and Rosemary Kay Cline. …
Larry Ray Sewell, 76, of Hamilton, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 8, 2024, at Memorial Hospital in Carthage, Illinois, surrounded by his family. Larry was born on May 15, 1947, in …
Health News
County to validate Farm Bureau petitions
LEE COUNTY – Two petitions filed by the Lee County Farm Bureau Sunday may have put the future of a health department and ambulance facility in Fort Madison up to voters. At Monday’s …
Hearings on county borrowing Monday
LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Board of Supervisors will hold two public hearings on Monday for discussion on issuing $6.3 million in total bonds to construct two county buildings. The first would …
GRHS offers numerous scholarships
WEST BURLINGTON – Applications for the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Auxiliary and Great River Health Foundation scholarships for the 2024-2025 school year are available. Applications …
Business News
Members of the Fort Madison Planning and Zoning Commission look at a map produced by City Building Director Doug Krogmeier creating new city zoning districts.
Panel considering city zoning usages
FORT MADISON – A move has been underway for a while now to redistrict business sections in Fort Madison. Healthy discussions have been taking place in the city’s Planning and Zoning …
Lee County Economic Development Group's Emily Benjamin, left, and Dennis Fraise, second from left, were presented with the IEDC accreditation in Washington D.C. earlier this month.
LCEDG gets international accreditation
WASHINGTON – The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) announced the Lee County Economic Development Group has been recognized as one of 77 economic development organizations …
LINK
Link earns Ameriprise award
FORT MADISON – Steven Link, CRPC™, a Private Wealth Advisor and Jordan Brown, a financial advisor, with Link Wealth Advisors, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial …