Jared John “Jed” Matlock, 34, of Keokuk, IA, died Tuesday, September 18, 2018. He was born on January, 15, 1984 in Keokuk, IA the son of Mark and Wendy Ryland Matlock. On October 1, 2005 [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – Congressman Dave Loebsack will have a member of his staff in southeastern Iowa for open office hours. Jared Hershberger, Loebsack’s District Representative, will be at the locations listed below. Hershberger will be [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Keokuk, Iowa women on multiple Felony drug charges. Lindsay Riddle, 32, of Keokuk, Iowa was arrested on September 20, [Read More…]
KEOKUK – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Keokuk, Iowa couple. Dakota Cheyanne Mercer, age 25, of Keokuk, Iowa was arrested on September 18th, 2018 on the following charges: possession [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Lee County Economic Development Group tore the seam off the group’s next five-year fundraising campaign with a goal of $1.6 million Tuesday morning. LCEDG officials spoke [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – Lee County could have a victim/witness coordinator in place next fall if all pieces fall into place. At Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Lee County Board of Supervisors, [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Holy Trinity volleyball team breezed through the Keokuk Invitational tournament Saturday without dropping a set. The Crusaders, ranked 4th in Class 1A in the Iowa High School Girls Athletic [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Despite what looks on paper to be an easy win for the FMHS volleyball team, the Hounds ran into several slumps in fighting off Keokuk at home [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – The United Way of the Great River Region Fried Chicken Dinner fundraiser, scheduled for Sunday, September 16th at Charleston Board of Trade, has been postponed indefinitely. For those who [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With fall elections about seven weeks away, Lee County officials are taking steps to ensure that county voters feel safe about the integrity of their ballots. Nikki [Read More…]
Quarry Creek Elk and Bison annual Sidewalk Sales Quarry Creek Elk and Bison Company’s annual Sidewalk Sales are going on now through September 9th. Save up to 75% on select merchandise, 20% off all Carhartt [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Leadership Program is a collaborative effort designed to bring emerging and existing leaders together to guide and foster positive change in Lee County. Each year participants [Read More…]
DONNELLSON – United Way of the Great River Region is hosting a Fried Chicken Dinner fundraiser at Charleston Board of Trade at 1962 253rd Street just outside of Donnellson, on Sunday, September 16th. Tickets are [Read More…]
BY BRIAN RIGGS FMAAA Director Mark your calendars for a must-see and hear cultural arts weekend September 21st-23rd in Lee County, Iowa. The action begins in Keokuk on 9/21 with two main entrees to choose [Read More…]
Robin Renee Peterson, 56 of Keokuk, IA died August 24, 2018 at Lexington, Square in Keokuk. She was born February 8, 1962 in Burlington, IA the daughter of Charlotte Peterson. Robin was an animal lover. [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 FORT MADISON – With e-commerce becoming more a part of consumers’ lives, Hy-Vee Food Store in Fort Madison and Keokuk have expanded customer options for home-delivery. According to Amy McCoy, [Read More…]
Patty Lee Thrush, 67 of Keokuk, IA died Wednesday, August, 15, 2018 at her home. She was born March 25, 1951 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of Earnest Franklin and Lila Patricia Snyder Steele. On [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…]
John B. Jobe, 78 of Keokuk, IA died Saturday, August 11, 2018 at his home. He was born April 19, 1940 in Fairbolt, MN the son of “Jack” John C. and Mary Florence “Floss” Bassett [Read More…]
KEOKUK – Jennie Rose and Adam Culberson are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Max Rose Culberson, on Thursday, 8/9/2018, at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. He is joined at home by siblings [Read More…]
KEOKUK – Alicia Robinson and Kordell Mason are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Gideon Anthony Milligan Martindale, on Saturday, August 4, 2018, at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. Grandparents are Debra and [Read More…]
KEOKUK – Karley Schmitz and Patrick Roberts are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Zackery Nolan Roberts, on Friday, July 27, 2018 at the Fort Madison Community Hospital. Grandparents are Kimberle Wright, of [Read More…]
Larry R. Spees, 73, of Keokuk died Saturday, July 28, 2018, in Keokuk. He was born June 22, 1945, in Macomb, Ill., to Richard and Thelma (Hall) Spees. The family moved to Keokuk when Larry [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Keokuk, Iowa man on a felony drug charge. Casey Davis, 35, of Keokuk, Iowa was arrested on July 31st, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A Brooklyn, Iowa girl who’s been missing for about two weeks, along with several other missing teens in the state has created a hyper awareness locally about [Read More…]
Anna Mae Allen Lowry, 94 of Keokuk, died Saturday, July 28, 2018 at River Hills Village in Keokuk. Anna was born on February 21, 1924 in Corning, Ohio the daughter of Paul and Gertrude Schlingerman [Read More…]
Susan Marie Marshall, 66, of Montrose, IA, died Friday, July 27, 2018 at her home. She was born on October 17, 1951 in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Rollie and June Cooper Dinwiddie. Susan graduated [Read More…]
The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Keokuk, Iowa man on felony drug charges. Dustin Ray Rogers, 27, of 1322 Carroll St in Keokuk, Iowa was arrested on July 26nd, 2018 [Read More…]
Aileen Louise Jinkens, 85, of Keokuk died Thursday, July 26, 2018 at the Klein Center in West Burlington. She was born June 20, 1933 near Kahoka, MO the daughter of Ralph Lincoln and Edna Opal [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Lee County Health Department is looking for more surveys as part of a three-year reboot on a community health needs assessment and improvement plan. The LCHD [Read More…]
Josias Neri Cruz, 97, affectionately known as “Joe” and “Papa” died Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at home. He was born on May 26, 1921 in Baymon, Puerto Rico the son of Vicente and Maria Rodriguez [Read More…]
Sandra Louise O’Shea, 70 of Keokuk, IA died Friday, July 13, 2018 at her home. She was born September 1, 1947 in Keokuk, IA the daughter of Jap and Ida Stamper Huston. On September 13, [Read More…]
Kathern “Kay” Smith, 77 of Keokuk, IA died Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at her home. She was born September 28, 1940 in Malvern, IA the daughter of Kenneth and Ruby Sullivan Adair. On October 4, [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The following is a list of events in and around north Lee County as submitted to the Pen City Current. Fort Madison Depot Farmer’s Market Every Monday local vendors have farmer’s market [Read More…]
Elsie M. Ricker Richardson, 92 of Keokuk, IA died Friday, July 13, 2018 at River Hills Village in Keokuk. She was born May 19, 1926 the daughter of Leonard and Beulah Wilsey Ricker in Des [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF DONNELLSON – The Lee County Leadership Program is a collaborative effort designed to bring emerging and existing leaders together to guide and foster positive change in Lee County. Each year participants are [Read More…]
Jake Anthony Stewart, 34, of Keokuk, IA died on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. He was born October 20, 1983 in Keokuk, IA the son of Charles Anthony, Sr. and Laura Malloy Stewart. Jake had been [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – Keokuk police have identified a deceased person found on July 4th at approximately 1:17 p.m. in the water at 1400 Mississippi Drive in Keokuk, as Jake Anthony Mason, age 34, [Read More…]
Neil L. Philp, Sr., 64, of Farmington, Iowa, passed away at 8:45 a.m. Friday, July 6, 2018 at his home. Born March 6, 1954, in Keokuk, Iowa the son of Lloyd and Margaret (Gallup) Philp. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A six-run first inning proved to be too much Thursday night as Fort Madison’s Lady Bloodhounds bowed out of Class 4A regional softball action with a 14-2 [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR KEOKUK – Area law enforcement and first responders will be going spatula to spatula tonight at Hy-Vee in Keokuk. Beginning with grills firing up at 6 p.m., the Lee County [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – The Lee County Sheriff’s department is asking the public for help locating a Keokuk man. Authorities were asked to do a welfare check just before noon Monday morning [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF WASHINGTON D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack announced that he will be hosting a series of workshops for veterans and their families across Iowa’s Second District on his “Serving Those Who Served” tour. [Read More…]
Connie Kay Jobe, 71 of Keokuk, IA died Saturday, June 23, 2018 at her home. She was born February 26, 1947 in Mt. Pleasant, IA the daughter of Vernon and Evelyn Allender Conrad. On August [Read More…]
KEOKUK – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of two Keokuk, Iowa man on a separate unrelated felony drug charges. Joseph Dunne, 32, of Keokuk was arrested on Friday on felony drug [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force conducted a search warrant resulting in the arrest of a Keokuk, Iowa couple. Kenneth Louis Howell, 56, and Sylvia Mary Bittner, 34, of Keokuk [Read More…]
Martin “Marty” Joseph Helenthal, 48, of Keokuk, IA, died Thursday, June 21, 2018 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, IA, surrounded by his life partner and close family. He was born on [Read More…]
Shirley Hulboy, 82, of Keokuk, IA, died at River Hills Village in Keokuk on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Shirley was born in Chicago, IL, on July 23, 1935 to Leonard and Elizabeth Truax. She attended [Read More…]
Lorena E. Brown, 78 of Beaver Dam, WI, formerly of Keokuk, IA died Sunday, June 17, 2018 at Golden Living Center in Beaver Dam, WI. She was born February 11, 1940 in Carthage, IL the [Read More…]
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