FORT MADISON - According to Fort Madison Fire Chief Chad Hannum, local first responders are actively looking for the sole occupant of a boat that capsized Saturday night in an area possibly north of …
FORT MADISON - At approximately 7:34 p.m. on Thursday evening, the Fort Madison Fire Department was dispatched to a residential structure fire at 510 6th Street with heavy smoke showing. While en …
CARTHAGE - Two new faces are welcoming guests as they enter The Legacy Theater in Carthage. Larissa McShane of Nauvoo has been hired as the executive director of the theater. Audrey Inman of …
WASHINGTON – Nominations are now being accepted for farmers and ranchers to serve on local U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees. These committees …
FORT MADISON - Junior Talley and his wife Alisa will bring tributes to Elvis Presley and a variety of country female artists including the late Patsy Cline when the Old Settlers Association opens …
LEE COUNTY – What amounted to almost a mock trial in front of the Lee County Board Tuesday morning resulted in the county declining to vacate a roadway that hasn’t been maintained in …
DES MOINES – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.6 percent in May, up from 3.5 percent in April, despite 3,900 Iowans joining the labor force. The labor force …
FORT MADISON – Mayor Matt Mohrfeld made one last effort to get the Fort Madison City Council to reject a state law that allows fireworks on July 3rd and 4th, and Dec. 31. Mohrfeld has been …
MONTROSE – Lee County’s three elected Iowa legislative officials met with a group of voters Wednesday in a recap of the 2025 legislative session. The event, hosted and sponsored by the …
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is …
LEE COUNTY - The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Keokuk woman on felony drug charges. Ashley Ann Caulkins, age 39, of Keokuk, is charged with: Delivery of less than 5 grams of …
DES MOINES — Representatives Zach Nunn (IA-03) and Don Davis (NC-01) introduced the Cybersecurity in Agriculture Act, bipartisan legislation that would help safeguard Iowa’s agricultural …
