Broadband collaboration project to begin
SIREPA, Danville Telecom, Lee County EDG and county partner to bring improvements BY PCC STAFF…
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Millard stepping down at Lee County EDG
Project director stepping down after close to a decade of service BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR…
LCEDG adds three more board members
BY PCC STAFF MONTROSE – Lee County EDG has added three additional board members, Jason…
LC3 Thunderbirds rookie runner-up at International event
Lee County team has highest first-year score of any team in their division LEE COUNTY…
County Robotics team gets at-large bid to World Championships
Group looking for last-minute funding to help offset costs of trip to Houston BY CHUCK…
Lee County Robotics Team gets Rookie of the Year nod at regionals
FORT MADISON – The Lee County Robotics team competed at the FIRST Robotics Regional Competition…
LCEDG throws open doors on outfitted offices
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – Visitors to the Lee County Economic Development Group’s office…
LCEDG wants to form county population task force
Lee County has lost 26% of its population since 1960 BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE…
Siemens cuts 32% of workforce
Legal ruling, supply chain issues lead to calibration BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON –…
LCEDG adds new administrative assistant
MONTROSE – Carmen Salazar of Fort Madison has joined the Lee County Economic Development Group…
OCI’s Ireland added to LCEDG board
MONTROSE – Lee County EDG has added a new board member, Charles Ireland, Operations Manager…
Robotics team retooled for county
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A robotics team that held its own a couple…
Holtkamp, McCrabb added to LCEDG board
MONTROSE – The Lee County Economic Development Group has announced that Pat McCrabb and Bob…
Lee County down 6.4% in latest census report
Officials weigh in on numbers; Conservation director says it’s time to fund IWILL Trust BY…
LCEDG close to moving into new facility
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – The Lee County Economic Development Group logo hangs lonely…
Local officials get a glimpse of Waterloo’s career ed center
By ELIZABETH MEYERSpecial to the Pen City Current WATERLOO — Lee County educators and business…
LCEDG ‘pivoted’ efforts, focus during pandemic
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Lee County is facing what Dennis Fraise is…
Lee County teachers get $74K in STEM awards
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – On April 9th, 40 educators across Lee County were…
LCEDG enters deal for KL Megla building
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – The Lee County Economic Development Group is moving forward…
LCEDG gets $40K virtual welder grant
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Lee County Economic Development Group has secured a…
Area high schoolers sharpen interview skills
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – Area students got a chance to see what industrial and…
Official says data still key in county broadband build-out
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – With Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds looking for a…
Education Center group taking fresh look at options
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – The conversation about a joint education center has…
State CIO updates county on broadband efforts
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – It may be a low orbit satellite grid,…
LCEDG, Central Lee reach impasse on education center
LCEDG’s Fraise says effort will now shift to other alternatives DONNELLSON – Central Lee is…
LCEDG’s Fraise named to international economic board
LEE COUNTY – The Nominations Committee of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) has elected Dennis…
Central Lee balks at Joint Education Center
State code says other districts can’t teach at center without Central Lee’s authorization BY CHUCK…
Final Buy Lee County offering sells out in half an hour
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – A program that is infusing county businesses with cash,…
Mapping project gives LCEDG clearer view of county connectivity
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A $5,000 mapping study spurred by the Lee…
Fraise, Millard tapped for Governor’s advisory board
LEE COUNTY – Lee County EDG’s President and CEO Dennis Fraise and Economic Development Project…
Chambers want your ‘#Buy Lee County’ selfies
Local promo sells out in just two days. Another round planned for June LEE COUNTY…
Economic partners pitch in for “Buy Lee County” campaign
LEE COUNTY – The Keokuk Chamber, Economic Development and Main Street, Fort Madison Chamber of…
Grassley wants next stimulus to include municipal gap funding
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – U.S. Senator Charles Grassley said he wants to…
Economic officials turn focus to data collection, information
Chamber execs reminding businesses to keep good records BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY –…
LCEDG keeps hammering away at county’s economic future
I stopped in for breakfast with the movers and shakers of Lee County Wednesday morning….
SCC to host annual STEMFest this month
PCC STAFF WEST BURLINGTON — The annual Southeast Iowa Regional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math…
Council looks at roads, franchise tax at budget workshop
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – City officials have found a way to add…
12 Plus students roll out fall projects
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – A Lee County program that gives area students an…
Area school gets added STEM funds
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council directed additional support for…
LCEDG gets 2nd international gold medal
BY PCC STAFF INDIANAPOLIS – The Lee County Economic Development Group won a Gold Excellence…
LCEDG officials tell supervisors certified site is critical
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – In a regular update to the Lee County…
LCEDG delivers more than 4,000 cookies to county manufacturers
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – Friday was National Manufacturing Day and the Lee County…
Fraise named one of top 50 developers on the continent
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Lee County Economic Development Group’s President Dennis Fraise…
Reynolds touts power of Grow Lee and LCEDG
Governor says she’s not giving up on more rural broadband funding BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR…
Fraise named President of LCEDG; Baier new Chairman
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Economic Development Group has made some…
LCEDG’s 12-plus helps ready students for worklife
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A program underway in Lee County is giving…
County Bridges facilitator gearing up for first classes
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After close to two years of planning and…
LCEDG recognized for another state program award
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – The Lee County Economic Development Group continues to…
Climax Moly donates equipment to area schools
Submitted articleLee County Economic Development Group DONNELLSON – Lee County schools had the opportunity to…
Scholarships available for SCC’s Kidtek U camps
LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Economic Development Group is now accepting scholarship applications for…