BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 7th Annual Riverview Games on Saturday, Sept. 14th. Children age 2 – 6th grade have the opportunity to participate [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – Lee County Health Department will be holding a Children’s Immunization Clinic Thursday, March 14, 2019 at Trinity United Methodist Church, 2330 Plank Road in Keokuk from 12 noon until 4:30pm. The [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – Lee County Health Department will be holding a Children’s Immunization Clinic Thursday, January 10, 2019 at Trinity Methodist Church, 2330 Plank Road in Keokuk from 12 noon until 4:30pm. The clinic [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The celebrated and unique Fort Madison Santa Store is gearing up again for the annual children’s shopping season. P.A.W. animal shelter Director Sandy Brown, who’s been a [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The annual Fort Madison Chamber of Commerce’s Riverview Games brought hundreds of kids down to the Fort Madison riverfront for the annual event Saturday morning. Children ages 2 through [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – With the Tri-State Rodeo six weeks away, contestants are still being accepted for the annual Little Miss Rodeo & All-Around Cowboy Contest. This year’s event is to be held on Monday, September [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Former Donnellson teacher, turned Nepalese missionary, Ernie Schiller is back in Nepal and is hoping to get a message back home that he’s close to funding the repairs [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Lincoln Elementary students and staff were put on lockdown this morning after a domestic incident in the neighborhood was reported by Fort Madison police. The lockdown has [Read More…]
BY AVA PEITZ HTC Intern FORT MADISON – As Dorothy would say, “There’s no place like home.” After speaking with Sabrina Fullhart, who played Dorothy in Holy Trinity Catholic’s production of the Wizard of Oz, [Read More…]
BY AVA PEITZ PCC Holy Trinity Catholic Intern FORT MADISON – The local Soroptimists brought fiction to reality for many youth Saturday as local princesses gathered at Fort Madison Comfort Inn & Suites for the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Children’s author Jill Esbaum is in town talking with Fort Madison elementary students about lonely Bigfoots and cows that jump off cliffs. The Iowa native visited with [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Lee County Health Department will hold a Children’s Immunization Clinic Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Lee County Health Department’s new facility located at 3 John Bennett Dr., Ft. Madison from 12 noon [Read More…]
BY AVA PEITZ PCC HTC INTERN FORT MADISON – Follow the Yellow Brick Road on down to the Shottenkirk Gymnasium next weekend to see Holy Trinity Catholic High School’s musical production of The Wizard of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison school officials are close to setting the levy rate for the upcoming year, but the rate will include the cost of the new elementary building [Read More…]
Submitted article WASHINGTON – Congressman Dave Loebsack announced today that high school students in the Iowa’s Second Congressional District may now begin to submit their original artwork to be considered for the 2018 Congressional Art [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR WEST BURLINGTON – More than 183 students took over Westland Mall on Thursday morning as part of the 38th annual Southeast Iowa Superconference Science Fair. Junior and senior high students [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF – Two Fort Madison sixth grade wrestlers earned medals at the AAU Iowa grade school championships in Des Moines last weekend and three elementary school wrestlers from Fort Madison will compete in [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The HTC newly renovated hallways were packed Monday night with a wide range of students peddling some very interesting science projects. The annual science fair at the [Read More…]
Join a Lee County Conservation naturalist for an Owl Prowl adventure! This all-ages program will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 17 at Pollmiller Park located just east of West Point, [Read More…]
Submitted article FORT MADISON – The Princess Tea Party, hosted by Soroptimist International of Fort Madison, will be held on Saturday, April 7th, at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Fort Madison. This yearly fundraiser [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF Holy Trinity Catholic middle and high schools have announced their honor rolls for the 2017-2018 1st semester. Pen City Current joins our family of advertisers in congratulating these hard working students for [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF Holy Trinity Catholic Schools has announced its 2nd quarter honor rolls for its middle and high school students for the 2017-2018 school year. Pen City Current and our family of advertisers congratulate [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Extending a local sales tax option, state supplemental aid, and other issues were on the agenda as area superintendents met with area legislators on Wednesday in Des [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Middle School has announced its honor rolls for the 2nd quarter of the 2017-2018 school year. Pen City Current and our advertisers congratulate these students on [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It was a room of red and blue Wednesday as the Fort Madison Elks Lodge put on a full spaghetti dinner for members of the Fort Madison [Read More…]
Fort Madison Community School District has announced a two-hour delay of school for Tuesday, January 16 due to frigid temperatures across the area. The complete announcement reads: Good evening. Due to bitterly cold temperatures, the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Volunteers are currently seeking signatures to have a referendum put on an April ballot to construct a new preK-3rd elementary school in Fort Madison. The effort to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Old Fort Commission met in special session Tuesday night to decide whether or not to let ghouls and zombies inhabit the Old Fort for three weekends [Read More…]
(Editor’s Note: FMCSD Superintendent Erin Slater released the following statement today regarding the school’s new anti-bullying efforts. Slater said no additional interviews would be conducted at this time.) Our thoughts and prayers go out to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Iowa high school football schedules go in two year rotations with four games at home one year and five the next. However, in 2017, the Hounds will [Read More…]
Fort Madison Main Street’s 7th Annual Big Buckle Bash will take place Saturday, August 26th from 4:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. in downtown Fort Madison. Admission is $5 per adult and $2 for children. Bring [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Get your game on this weekend at RiverFest 2017. RiverFest 2017 is chalk full of events for the competitive and skill-minded, kicking off with the recently added World Series [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WEST POINT – Dennis Menke, campaign chairman for the Holy Trinity Catholic elementary school project, is pleased to announce that a recent surge of donations has pushed fundraising totals past the halfway [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison High School has announced its honor rolls for the 4th quarter of the 2016-2017 school year. The Pen City Current and our business partners join in congratulating these [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Middle School has announced its honor rolls for the 4th quarter of the 2016-2017 school year. The Pen City Current and our business partners join in congratulating these [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic High School has announced its honor rolls for the 4th quarter of the 2016-2017 school year. The Pen City Current and our business partners join in congratulating [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic High School has announced its honor rolls for the 2nd semester of the 2016-2017 school year. The Pen City Current and our business partners join in congratulating [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A line stretched from the cafeteria door to the lunch room with youngsters taking advantage of the Fort Madison Community School District’s free summer lunch program. But [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – There’s a sense of something happening here. The Fort Madison High School athletic programs have a tradition like most schools in terms of your sporadic state champions [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR SOLON – It’s kind of weird they were even in the same class, but Holy Trinity Catholic, whose entire high school enrollment is almost equal to Solon’s graduating class, hung [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – If nautical nonsense be somethin’ you wish, Holy Trinity Catholic senior Ben Tinguely wants to talk with you. Tinguely, the 2017 HTC valedictorian, used the cult cartoon [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The FMHS girls tennis team struggled in two-set play on Saturday at the Iowa girls regional team competition in Fort Madison. No. 4 singles conference champion Larissa Ferrill got [Read More…]
PCC STAFF MT. PLEASANT – Fort Madison got a 92 from Bill Young and a 93 from Tyler O’Tool enroute to a 380 score and a fifth place finish at Tuesday’s Southeast Conference meet at [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KEOKUK – Three quick goals by Keokuk to start the second half were enough to give Fort Madison it’s first loss in five games. The two teams battled without a [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic’s Cameron Bahl and Collin Thornton tied for runner-up medalist honors Thursday afternoon in boys high school golf action. The Crusaders fell by just six strokes to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KEOKUK – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds snapped a four meet win streak Thursday with a close 5-4 loss on Keokuk high school’s tennis courts. The Chiefs and Hounds split the [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison school officials are warning parents about possible harmful games being played by students in the district including knockout and choke out. Patrick Lamb, Fort Madison Community School District [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic Junior/Senior High schools have announced their 3rd quarter honor rolls. The Pen City Current and its advertisers are excited to congratulate these students on their academic success! [Read More…]
Editor’s Note: We’re rerunning the FMMS 6th grade A & B honor rolls in their entirety because several names were inadvertently left off the previous listing. We apologize for the error and congratulate these students [Read More…]
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison Middle School has announced their third quarter honor rolls. Pen City Current and our advertisers congratulate all these students for their hard work and dedication to their education. [Read More…]
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