Sports
Westercamp TD gives Hawks first win
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – Dalton Westercamp broke free for a 19-yard touchdown run with just 1:18 left in the game to give Central Lee its first win of the year Friday night at home [Read More…]
Central Lee High School
Breaking News
Central Lee to get $12.9M facility upgrade
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Central Lee voters bucked a local trend of voting down school bond referendums and have passed a referendum to spend $12.9 million to upgrade facilities at the campus just [Read More…]
Opinion
Letter to the Editor – Bond approval would fortify district facilities
Dear Editor; At our June meeting, the Central Lee School Board approved a bond issue question that will appear on the ballot Tuesday, September 10. If approved, it would allow the district to move ahead [Read More…]
Sports
Hawks score 10-0 walk-off win over Cardinal
BY COLIN MAGNESUNRadioKeokuk News/Sports Director DONNELLSON – Typically, when a baseball team wins a game via a walk-off, it means that it’s been a thrilling affair. A game-ending RBI to break a tie or a [Read More…]
Sports
HTC girls get short-handed win over Central Lee
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity’s girls soccer team went through the roughest stretch of the season over the past four games, but despite dropping 3 of 4 matches the Crusader’s moved [Read More…]
Education
High schoolers graduate from LCEDG industry program
PCC STAFF DONNELLSON -More than a dozen students graduated from the third annual Lee County Economic Development Leadership class on Friday at a ceremony at Central Lee High School 12 Plus is an employability class [Read More…]
Sports
Steffensmeier wins state championship
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Harlan Steffensmeier likes to count by twos. Whether it’s a takedown, or a reversal, or a near fall….or moving up the podium in increments of two at [Read More…]
Sports
Steffensmeier to wrestle for state title Saturday
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Bloodhound wrestling will add one more name to the list of grapplers who’ve wrestled for a state title. On Friday night, senior Harlan Steffensmeier, who wrestles for [Read More…]
Sports
Mohrfeld takes 2nd in breaststroke at Holiday invite
BY PCC STAFF CLINTON – Holy Trinity’s Jacob Mohrfeld took second place in the 100-yard breaststroke for Burlington High School to highlight action from the Holiday Invitational swim meet in Clinton on Saturday. Central Lee’s [Read More…]
Spotlight
Wilkins remembered for sweetness, impact on people
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison community lost an icon in music education on Wednesday, but local peers and friends look back on his life with a nod to the [Read More…]
Education
Local students present at Southeast Iowa Region Days
Several local Fort Madison High School and Holy Trinity Catholic School students, as part of the M*Power U Youth Leadership team, made presentations to legislators and a delegation of Southeast Iowa officials from Mt. Pleasant, [Read More…]
Lee County News
Kearns, Taylor to host forum Saturday
PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – State Rep. Jerry Kearns (D-Keokuk) and State Sen. Rich Taylor (D-Mt. Pleasant) announced today that they will be sponsoring a forum on Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. at the Central Lee [Read More…]