BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Bobby Reid is taking a leap for local Special Olympics kids. Reid, and local pilot Bob Chesnut, both have ties to Special Olympics and have partnered with the [Read More…]
The following is a list of current events and happenings in Fort Madison and north Lee County as submitted to the Pen City Current. Bloodhound Booster EventsThe Fort Madison Bloodhound Booster Club is hosting a [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The City of Fort Madison will be conducting City Wide Fall Clean Up October 10-12. Fort Madison residents may bring their refuse to the central location at the City [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGSFort Madison Area Arts Association Director FORT MADISON – Ft. Madison’s Art-in-Central Park has well over a decade of family fun Sundays under their belt since FMAAA brought the event back to town. Over [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – City officials stopped just short Tuesday of approving a quarter-million dollar automation system for the city’s water treatment plant. At Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Fort Madison City [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force has arrested three individuals on unrelated felony and misdemeanor drug charges between September 7th and September 12th. Warren Bullard, 43, of Ft. Madison, [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison’s junior high football teams stayed perfect on the season with 7th and 8th grade wins over West Burlington on Tuesday night. Teague Smith had two touchdown runs [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 09/17/19 – 11:11 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 2200 block of Avenue L. 09/17/19 – 3:11 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
BY JOHN BOHNENKAMPPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON – Kent Bailey saw his Fort Madison High School volleyball team down one game, and behind by 11 points in the second. “I figured, ‘Well, it’s going to take [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MARION – The Fort Madison High School volleyball team came away with just one win at the Linn Mar tournament near Cedar Rapids on Saturday, but two of the losses went into [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORTY MADISON – The city of Fort Madison took another punch in the gut on Tuesday when a construction bid for the railroad platform at the proposed new Amtrak Depot came [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 09/16/19 – 8:05 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a shoplifter in the 2600 block of Avenue L. 09/16/19 – 5:38 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Lee County Economic Development Group’s President Dennis Fraise has been named one of the top 50 Economic Developers on the continent. Consultant Connect, a consulting agency that is [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 009/13/19 – 5:12 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a burglary in the 2500 block of Henry Ladyn Drive. 09/13/19 – 9:13 p.m. – Fort Madison Police [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Over some hot dogs and beverages, about a dozen Fort Madison residents gathered in Old Settler’s Park to talk crime and neighborhood watch groups. Representatives from the 34th [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 09/12/19 – 9:14 p.m. – Fort Madison Police cited Ryan J. Carter, 42, of Fort Madison on a charge of driving under suspension. He was released upon citation. Lee County Sheriff’s [Read More…]
Martha “Marty” March, 81, of Fort Madison, died on September 12, 2019. King-Lynk Funeral Home & Crematory is honored to serve the March family.
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – From the looks of things on the opening kick off, it was gonna be a long night for the Bloodhound football team Friday night. But as it turned [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 09/10/19 – 9:44 p.m. – Fort Madison Police cited Jade Leightann Morris, 32, of Fort Madison at the intersection of 35th Street and Avenue N on a charge of driving while [Read More…]
Mary A. Neuweg, 89, of Ft. Madison went home to her heavenly Father on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 7:55 AM at the Ft. Madison Community Hospital. She was born on January 16, 1930 in [Read More…]
Carol K. Packard, 95, of Fort Madison, IA, passed away at 12:09 a.m. on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at The Madison. She was born on July 11, 1924 in Britt, IA to Holver & Ruby Mau Holverson. On [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR KEOKUK – A Fort Madison man being held in connection with a February 2019 homicide in Keokuk said he was tricked by law enforcement officers into making incriminating statements after his [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Fort Madison has been here before. For the last two years, the Hounds have come out of the gate 2-0 with hopes of finding a winning formula against [Read More…]
WEST BURLINGTON – Jordan and Jessica Burdette are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Juniper Burdette on Aug. 31, 2019 at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa. Grandparents are Randy and [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Heather Mager and Carlton Miller are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Olivia Rose Miller on Sept. 8, 2019 at Fort Madison Community Hospital. Olivia is joined at home by [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 09/10/19 – 2:01 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 6100 block of Reve Court. 09/10/19 – 6:52 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
David L. Wallingford, 59, of Lockridge, lost his battle with AML Leukemia Friday, August 30, 2019 at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield. Born June 13, 1960, in Fairfield, IA, he was the son of Edward [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison eighth graders downed Fairfield 8-0 Tuesday afternoon on the road. Teague Smith scored from five yards out on the ground for the game’s only touchdown. Smith [Read More…]
Anna L. Molina, 70, of Fort Madison, IA, passed away at 2:13 p.m. on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at the Montrose Health Center. She was born on March 31, 1949 in Fort Madison, IA. She was a hairdresser [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison girls volleyball team dropped it’s second straight conference match Tuesday night on the road to Burlington, 17-25, 16-25, 21-25. Head Coach Kent Bailey said the [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The carnival is back, all the good “smells” are back…and Mexican Fiesta is back. Starting Thursday night, the annual festival will run through Saturday night with the annual [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison firefighters were on the scene of a fire at Feinberg’s Metals Recycling this morning. According to fire officials, a fire broke out under some scrapped automobiles and [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 09/06/19 – 9:04 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of larceny/theft in the 1400 block of Avenue M. 09/06/19 – 3:20 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to [Read More…]
DeEtta B. “Dee” Herdrich, 68, of Fort Madison, Iowa, passed away at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at her home in Fort Madison.She was born on December 2, 1950, in Grinnell, Iowa, the daughter [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It docked a bit early, and the anticipation of seeing passengers walk out the nose of the ship was dashed with low water levels, but one of [Read More…]
The following is a list of current events and happenings in Fort Madison and north Lee County as submitted to the Pen City Current. Chamber of Commerce Ladies Golf OutingThe Fort Madison Chamber of Commerce [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 09/05/19 – 9:26 a.m. – Fort Madison Police cited Paige Heather Van Fleet, 20, of Fort Madison, in the 400 block of 4th Street on a charge of driving under suspension. [Read More…]
We’ve been having tomatoes three times a day, four and five or more, if you count passing by the counter and popping a few cherry tomatoes or Romas into our mouths. (I can fit a [Read More…]
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…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST BURLINGTON – “Wholly smokes”. Those were the words of Fort Madison Bloodhound head coach Derek Doherty after Friday night’s 26-14 win over West Burlington on the road. Not because the [Read More…]
Dennis, Kester, and McVey finished 2-4 in girls run BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR KEOKUK – Anthony Barnes captured eighth place at the Keokuk Cross Country meet on Thursday, but it was a pack of Hounds [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Standing in the three-room museum in downtown Fort Madison, the great-grandson of W.A. Sheaffer is surrounded by the mechanical and artistic history of his family. Russell Sheaffer, who [Read More…]
Thomas “Tom”, W. Bernhardt, 56 of Ft. Madison passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 10:50 AM at his home. He was born on April 11, 1963 in Ft. Madison to Wayne and Sarah [Read More…]
Richard David “Davy” Greenwald, 44, of Fort Madison, IA, passed away on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at his home. He was born on May 6, 1975 in Fort Madison, IA to David G. Greenwald & [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A new system for the Fort Madison Community School District’s transportation department is getting good marks from the Superintendent. The new system called “Here Comes the Bus” was [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 09/04/19 – 11:18 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 2600 block of Avenue L. 09/04/19 – 10:32 p.m. – Fort Madison Police arrested [Read More…]
I’ve never been happier to type a byline as I was Sunday morning when I edited a new sports column that’s appearing weekly starting this month in the Pen City Current. It’s a tremendous pleasure [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – As has been the case for the past three years, the Fort Madison Bloodhounds will be looking to go 2-0 to start the year. Standing in the way [Read More…]
Richard Arthur “Dick” Page Sr., 77 years, of Fort Madison, Iowa, died at 7:15 pm Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at his home. He was born January 3, 1942 in Wisconsin, a son of Clarence and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It’s maiden voyage will bring it to the shores of Fort Madison, and city officials want you there to see this ship. Fort Madison City Manager David Varley [Read More…]
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