BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE -An 18-year-old Fort Madison man is in a Missouri jail after he was apprehended in Palmyra, Mo., for stealing a truck in La Grange and a jeep from Donnellson. [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 05/14/18 – 8:40 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 1100 block of 48th Street. 05/14/18 – 11:29 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 04/18/18 -12:47 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 2900 block of Avenue L. 04/18/18 – 3:39 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY -A Keokuk man is facing eight drug charges including three felonies as a result of Lee County Task Force investigation. Tab Andrew Bottger, 45, of 516 S 5th Street, Keokuk, [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Keokuk, Iowa man on felony and misdemeanor drug charges. Courtney Allen Kellum, 34, of 868 Johnson Street Road [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Fort Madison man at about 12:40 p.m. Friday north of Fort Madison. The sheriff’s department received information through a CrimeStoppers tip [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A replacement for the Lee County correctional officer spurred a hot debate among supervisors as to how to go about controlling spending. At Tuesday’s regular meeting of the [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 03/26/18 – 11:35 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 700 block of Avenue G. 03/27/18 – 11:30 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
Tuesday turned into a not-so-normal day for a reporter who’s covered just about every beat and every type of story in journalism. Nothing has really intimidated me in this business until Tuesday afternoon when I [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 03/09/18 – 1:00 p.m. – Fort Madison police arrested Dymond Dakar Green, 24, of Burlington in the 800 block of Avenue G on a warrant service. He was taken to Lee [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR ST. PAUL – The Lee County Sheriff’s department is asking for assistance in a break-in that occurred early Friday morning in rural St. Paul. At approximately 1:42 a.m. deputies were [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A new program to provide reduced cost meals to jail inmates was throttled back by Lee County supervisors Tuesday. Lee County Sheriff Stacy Weber was genuinely surprised when, [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 03/02/18 – 2:35 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of burglary in the 1900 block of Avenue I. 03/02/18 – 1:52 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – The Lee County Sheriff’s Department is looking at doubling their staff this year, but it’s only going to cost to taxpayers a maximum of $13. The Fort Madison [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Keokuk, Iowa couple on felony and misdemeanor drug charges. Joseph Allen Akers, 34, of 1302 Carroll Street, Keokuk, Iowa [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…]
Fort Madison Police report 02/06/18 – 11:16 a.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a report of a property damage accident in the 300 block of Old Denmark Road. 02/06/18 – 4:17 p.m. – Fort [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 01/30/18 – 7:51 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a hit and run in the 700 blok of Avenue E. 01/30/18 – 8:01 a.m. – Fort Madison [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 01/22/18 – 4:52 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 400 block of Avenue A. 01/22/18 – 8:49 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 01/11/18 – 10:58 p.m. – Fort Madison police arrested Heather Marie Gadau, 42, of Fort Madison, in the 1200 block of Avenue H, on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is looking at taking advantage of a lower cost service provider for meals to inmates being housed at the jail. During Tuesday’s county [Read More…]
The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrests of two Keokuk, Iowa men on felony and misdemeanor drug charges. Michael Lee Hawkins, age 64, of the 1500 block of Des Moines Street, Keokuk, Iowa [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 12/07/17 – 6:17 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 2600 block of Avenue L. 12/08/17 – 1:12 p.m. – Fort Madison Police arrested [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – The Lee County Jail will get a partial boost to staffing possibly by the end of the month. At Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Lee County Board of [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF MONTROSE – The Lee County E911 dispatch center lost phone service this morning, according to new director Shanna Krogmeier. In a release from the center, Krogmeier said the phone lines went down [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 11/09/17 – 11:18 p.m. – Fort Madison police arrested Michael Alan Pauly, 26, of Fort Madison in the 1100 block of Avenue I, on a warrant for failure to appear. He [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – County supervisors almost voted to add four full-time correctional officers for the Lee County Jail, but set up a meeting instead to discuss how to pay for the [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 10/26/17 – 11:38 a.m. – Fort Madison police arrested Marc Anthony Dumas, 41, of Burlington, in the 1200 block of Avenue H, on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia and [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Lee County Sheriff is asking Lee County residents for help in locating a suspect in a non-injury shooting that took place Friday just north of Fort [Read More…]
On Friday afternoon a vehicle was shot at by a passing motorist on Highway 61 northbound just near North Fork Road. No one was hurt in the incident. Whether it was a random act of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Lee County Sheriff’s Department is currently searching for a person of a interest in a shooting that occurred at about 5 p.m. north of Fort Madison [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 10/18/17 – 2:58 a.m. – Fort Madison Police arrested Jerry Rumaldo Cedillo, 25, of Fort Madison at the intersection of 19th Street and Pat’s Alley, on a charge of eluding police. [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 10/13/17 – 2:01 p.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in 2600 block of Avenue D. 10/13/17 – 4:30 p.m. – Fort Madison police responded to [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 10/04/17 – 6:36 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a burglary in the 2800 block of Avenue H. 10/04/17 – 10:44 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
MONTROSE -On Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 09/27/17 – 12:50 p.m. – Fort Madison police arrested Jessica Ann Harwood, 34 of Fort Madison, in the 900 block of 15th Street on warrant for probation violation. She was taken [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 09/27/17 – 8:37 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a burglary at 330 Avenue D in the Police Department lobby. 09/27/17 – 10:28 a.m. – Fort Madison [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 09/08/17 – 11:31 a.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a report of a property damage accident in the 1500 block of Avenue C. 09/08/17 – 2:22 p.m. – Fort Madison [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 08/30/17 – 6:24 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a hit and run in the 900 block of Avenue E. 08/30/17 – 7:45 a.m. – Fort Madison [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 08/29/17 – 12:37 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a burglary in the 1400 block of Avenue G. 08/29/17 – 1:23 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 08/25/17 – 8:23 a.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a report of a burglary in the 2300 block of Avenue L. 08/25/17 – 10:42 a.m. – Fort Madison police responded [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – A one-vehicle motorcycle accident has sent one man to the Fort Madison Community Hospital with injuries Sunday evening. Emergency crews were called to the scene at about 6 p.m. [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A change in the training structure for jail staff at counties in southern Iowa could lead to increased costs for those counties. A group of 13 southern [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A Montrose woman has been charged with five counts of lottery forgery and theft of lottery tickets. Stacey Lynn Thurman, 29, of Montrose, was arrested by Lee County [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 08/03/17 – 9:38 a.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a report of a hit and run on Alta Drive. 08/03/17 – 1:12 p.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – A Fort Madison man is current being sought by law enforcement for failure to comply with state sex offender registry rules. According to Lee County Sheriff Stacy Weber, Lance [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – The Donnellson police are looking for information regarding a stolen statue from Railroad Park on Mill Street. According to city clerk Jane Krebill, the bronze statue depicting three [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 07/21/17 – 9:06 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 1200 block of 40th Street. 07/21/17 – 10:15 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 07/13/17 – 5:19 p.m. – Fort Madison Police cited Clarissa Dawn Childress, 21, of Fort Madison for a charge of no insurance. 07/14/17 – 11:44 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 07/07/17 – 12:18 p.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a report of vandalism in the 1100 block of 15th Street. 07/07/17 – 5:09 p.m. – Fort Madison police responded to [Read More…]
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