BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – What started out with flowers and laughter ended with frustration and disbelief as Holy Trinity suffered it’s first home loss in more than a year Tuesday night. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The beat goes on….and the beat goes on. The Holy Trinity Catholic volleyball team is marching to a steady tempo of wins, stacking up five more in [Read More…]
Submitted article LEE COUNTY – The Mississippi Valley Boy Scout Council is gearing up with their local volunteers for an action-packed fall season of Scouting. Local Cub Scout Packs will soon be holding “Join Nights” [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – “Everyone’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson. That’s head coach Tony Shiffman’s take on Friday’s season opening football game with Central [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Junior hurler Waylon Weirather pitched a complete game shut out Monday night for Central Lee as the Hawks rolled over Holy Trinity 6-0. It was shaping up to [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST BURLINGTON – Great River Friends recently awarded $10,000 in scholarships to students pursing health care careers. Ten $1,000 scholarships were given in two categories. Scholarships for high school seniors were awarded [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Central Lee’s shuttle hurdle relay team made a quick exit from the Iowa State Track and Field meet in Des Moines on Saturday after disqualifying in the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – On Tuesday, May 8th Rocky the Recycler paid a visit to Central Lee Elementary School. Rocky gave presentations to approximately 170 students from pre-school to kindergarten. The students learned [Read More…]
Submitted article DES MOINES – Today, the seventh annual World Food Prize Iowa Youth Institute brought together 309 students from 134 high schools at Iowa State University to explore critical global food security issues and [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic boys soccer team dropped two games to start the week after cold weather wreaked havoc on high school sports schedules last week. On Monday, Adam [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Voters in southeast Iowa shot down two attempts to improve school facilities for area students on Tuesday. The third time wasn’t charming for Fort Madison School district [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhound boys soccer team outscored three opponents 11-7 in Saturday’s FMHS Invitational, but came away with just one win. Sophomore Austin Sexton scored four [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The 40th Annual North/South All-Star Wrestling Meet hosted by the Charles City Mat Club in conjunction with the Iowa National Guard is planned for Saturday, March 24th at 6:00 [Read More…]
Members of the Central Lee High School Student Council, Superintendent Andy Crozier and others visited with Representative Kearns, Senator Taylor and other legislators this week. Madison Kearns, granddaughter of Representative Kearns, who [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – According to Lee County Sheriff Stacy Weber a Central Lee High School student has been arrested this afternoon after an investigation into a threat to commit an assault [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Central Lee school officials will be holding community meetings starting this week to talk about a $9.8 million referendum to update district facilities. Projected improvements in the district [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DES MOINES – A nearfall right in front of Head Coach Ryan Smith was all Hound wrestler Harlan Steffensmeier needed to advance to the Class 3A semifinals in tonight’s evening [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MARION – Two area swimmers qualified for state Saturday at the Iowa High School Athletic Association district meet in Marion at Linn-Mar High School. Central Lee’s Blake Wyrick qualified in three different [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Some tenacious defense from the Fort Madison Bloodhounds gave Central Lee some fits in a 35-26 Hawks win Saturday at Central Lee. The Hounds held MacKenzie Northup, the [Read More…]
DONNELLSON – The Central Lee Hawks came back from a 10-point deficit to knock off Fort Madison Saturday night in high school boys basketball action. Central Lee senior Evan Doyle connected on two free throws [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – The Central Lee 8th grade boys dropped three basketball games this week. Bryce Finney scored 12 points in a 37-25 loss to Holy Trinity on Monday. Jonny Snider scored seven [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A Saturday reception at the Fort Madison Area Artists Association showcasing the fall artwork of local elementary students was standing room only for the first hour. The [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Central Lee boys got 17 points from senior Evan Doyle in a 72-42 win over Holy Trinity Catholic Friday at Shottenkirk Gymnasium. The Hawks rushed to a 14-7 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It was about this time last year when Head Coach Tony Johnson’s Holy Trinity Crusaders went down to Central Lee and became the talk of the town [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After finishing 3rd at last year’s state wrestling tournament, Central Lee senior Harlan Steffensmeier, who wrestles for Fort Madison High School, said he finished 7th as a [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLNGTON – Blake Wyrick of Central Lee, and Jacob Mohrfeld and Wyatt Hellman of Holy Trinity Catholic scored points for the Burlington High School swim team at Thursday’s dual meet with Bettendorf [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – Twelve students that took part in the Lee County Economic Development Group’s 12-Plus program were honored Wednesday morning as part of graduation ceremonies for the program at Central Lee High [Read More…]
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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Holy Trinity’s very young team came and gave Central Lee’s senior dominated squad a scare Tuesday night… but just a little one. The Hawks varsity boys basketball team [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – The Holy Trinity Catholic girls basketball team were able to slow down undefeated Central Lee through the first half, but a tough third quarter allowed the hosts to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – A couple of months ago an FMHS student collected a semi full of supplies for hurricane-ravaged areas of the country, a middle school student sold pet pillows for [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – It’s been more than 16 years since high school wrestling took place at the Central Lee high school gymnasium. On Thursday, the Fort Madison High School wrestling team, [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Sign up is currently underway for the 2017 Fort Madison Youth Basketball League. This year the league will be combined with Central Lee and Harmony/Van Buren to make the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – The Holy Trinity Catholic volleyball team actually trailed for the first time this season Thursday night at Central Lee. The night got easier as the games wore on [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison 8th grade football team shut out Central Lee on Monday night at home 46-0. Gavin Wiseman went 6 for 6 passing for 68 yards, a touchdown [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Yep. There’s something special going on at Richmond Stadium and the Hound faithful are rolling right along. Head Coach Tony Shiffman and company have brought life and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It could be the game of the season, but it’s only the second game of the year. Head Coach Nick Ehret brings the much ballyhooed Central Lee [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – The Fort Madison High School boys baseball team is still winless on the year after dropping two games in the Central Lee tourney on Friday. The Bloodhounds suffered a 12-0 [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – The Holy Trinity seventh grade softball team got back on the winning track Friday knocking off Central Lee 11-6. Mary Hellige was the winning pitcher throwing five innings with six [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – It took some time for the Fort Madison Bloodhound softball team bats to get going Wednesday night, but in the end, timely hitting helped forge a split with [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – The Holy Trinity Catholic boys soccer team has found their winning stride again. The Crusaders knocked off Central Lee 1-0 in a Southeast Iowa Superconference matchup Thursday night. The Crusaders [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – The Fort Madison boys track team raced to five first-place finishes to take 2nd place overall at the Hawk Relays on Friday in boys high school track action. The event [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST BURLINGTON – In just a couple of hours Monday morning you could have experienced some of the finest in scholastic science inquiries and some of our local talent were [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – If Head Coach Tony Johnson had a little more time, in lieu of a better played second quarter, his Lady Crusaders may have notched a win. As [Read More…]
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