BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Three staff members were assaulted while on duty at the Iowa State Penitentiary earlier today. Based on a preliminary review of the incident, it appears that at 10:22 a.m, [Read More…]
Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to reflect a release from the Fort Madison Police Department BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Three residents on the city’s east side have been taken to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR KEOKUK – Former Lee County Conservation Director Tom Buckley was seriously injured in an accident on the Keokuk-Hamilton bridge on Wednesday. According to Hamilton Police Chief Nick Jamerson, Buckley was headed [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – An accident that happened at about 5 p.m. on Sunday on the south crest of Old Denmark Hill sent local authorities into action looking for a suspect, thought [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The recent transformation of the downtown business district is now complete, according to an announcement this morning from Fort Madison Chamber President Eric Van Ausdall. “Fort Madison Chamber [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Police Chief Tim Sittig confirmed this morning to the Pen City Current, that he will be retiring as the city’s chief of police effective May [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A 15-year-old Fort Madison girl was killed Sunday in a tragic shooting accident at the Tri-State Gun Club. According to a release from Lee County Sheriff Stace Weber, at [Read More…]
Courtesy of Radio Keokuk KEOKUK – According to Radio Keokuk, the Keokuk City Hall crews are on the scene assessing damage as a result of a fire that started in the back of the building [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison has once again dropped its Main Street Iowa designation. According to Tim Gobble, executive director of Fort Madison Partners, the Main Street board decided in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A bogus scam email is making its way across the country and was found Thursday morning at locations in Fort Madison. Fort Madison Police Chief Tim Sittig [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – Burlington officials announced this morning that the annual Steamboat Days music festival on the riverfront in downtown Burlington is being postponed for 2019 and whether the festival will [Read More…]
MONTROSE – The Lee County Sheriff’s office is looking for an escapee and is asking the public for help in locating the individual. Shawn DeHaven left the Lee County Jail this morning for a court-ordered [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Iowa State Patrol has identified a Hamilton, Ill., man as one of the victims of a two-car collision that resulted in two fatalities on Saturday morning near [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Area law enforcement agencies are on the lookout for two cars that were stolen in the past 24 hours. A third vehicle that was also stolen locally [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – According to an Iowa State Patrol report, the victim of Saturday’s fatal accident on Hwy. 61 has been identified as 64-year-old Randy R. Carter of Fort Madison. According to [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – Keokuk police are looking for help in finding a suspect of a Monday burglary in Greenbrier Court. According to a release from Keokuk Chief of Police Dave Hinton, Wednesday evening [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The Lee County Sheriff’s department is asking for help in locating a person of interest in an attempted abduction on Wednesday at Pollmiller Park. At about 6:02 p.m., Wednesday, [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – A Morning Sun man has been arrested after turning himself in to the Lee County Sheriff’s office on Sunday night, in connection with a body found in a ditch [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR PILOT GROVE – An ATV accident this morning in north Lee County has claimed the life of an area girl. West Point Fire & Rescue, Lee County Sheriff’s Department, and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A two-vehicle accident on the Hwy. 61 bypass late Thursday afternoon has sent a Keokuk family to area hospitals. According to Lee County Sheriff Stacy Weber, a [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE -An 18-year-old Fort Madison man is in a Missouri jail after he was apprehended in Palmyra, Mo., for stealing a truck in La Grange and a jeep from Donnellson. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison police are looking into a shooting that took place early Sunday morning in the 1700 block of Avenue D in Fort Madison. According to Police [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Sheaffer Pen Museum located at 627 Avenue G has announced it will be closing it’s doors due to lack of funding, effective immediately. A release from the museum’s [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF ORLANDO – Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been selected by ENGIE North America Inc. to supply turbines for the Live Oak Wind Power Project. The company will supply 76 of its SWT-2.625-120 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR BURLINGTON – According to a statement released by a spokesperson this afternoon, Siemens announced today that it will be closing its Burlington, Iowa, facility. The statement emailed to Pen City [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Just three weeks after announcing 200 layoffs, Siemens Gamesa has announced today that a new line of wind blades is targeted to begin production at the Fort [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Burlington Northern Santa Fe crews were on the scene of a multi-car derailment in Lee County Monday morning. The derailment occurred south of Fort Madison about 1/4 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A sitting Fort Madison city councilman has been charged with a class C felony drug charge and was taken into custody today. Travis Seidel, who represents Fort [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A 26-year-old Fort Madison man is in custody on attempted murder charges following a November 28 early morning stabbing. Michael Alan Pauly was apprehended by Fort Madison [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Iowa State Penitentiary was placed on lockdown/restricted movement Wednesday, October 18, 2017 after an incident involving a staff assault. The staff member was beginning an escort when the offender [Read More…]
The Fort Madison High School Homecoming Parade scheduled for today has been cancelled due to weather. All of tonight’s Homecoming Festivities will be held in the High School’s MPR beginning at 5:30pm. Festivities include Parade [Read More…]
PEN CITY CURRENT – Jason McCarty, a former FMHS graduate, has been identified as one of the bodies in the horrific fire that claimed more than 30 lives in Oakland, CA. Jason’s brother Matt released [Read More…]
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