BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – Current Des Moines County Attorney Amy Beavers will be joining the Lee County Attorney’s staff beginning March 1. Lee County Supervisors voted at Tuesday’s regular meeting to bring [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 12/07/18 – 3:22 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a property damage accident in the 2000 block of Avenue B. 12/07/18 – 5:07 p.m. – Fort Madison [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County Supervisors could approve a move that would bring Fort Madison attorney Kim Auge and current Des Moines County Attorney Amy Beavers under the direction of [Read More…]
LEE COUNTY – The following is the weekly fishing report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for the week ending Dec. 12. Big Hollow Lake The lake is pretty much open water as of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – Two corrections officers at the Southeast Iowa Juvenile detention center in Montrose were injured Thursday when an altercation broke out in the day room of the facility. An [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The following is a list of events and happenings going on in Fort Madison as submitted to the Pen City Current. Downtown Enchanted Forest The Fort Madison downtown Enchanted Forest will be [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 12/05/18 – 9:09 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle in the 200 block of 24th Street. 12/05/18 – 9:44 a.m. – Fort Madison Police [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 12/03/18 – 7:37 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a burglary in the 2400 block of Avenue L. 12/03/18 – 9:27 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A north Lee County jury found a Morning Sun man guilty of leaving the scene of an accident where his girlfriend of about a year was found [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The trial of a 28-year-old Morning Sun man who’s accused of leaving the scene of the accident where his girlfriend was killed got underway Tuesday morning with [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 11/30/18 – 12:05 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 2600 block of Avenue L. 11/30/18 – 3:30 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
Seven hundred sixty-three days and counting. Pen City Current will enter its third year of writing about the people of north Lee County on Dec. 6…. and we couldn’t be happier to still be here. [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 11/29/18 – 9:46 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a property damage accident in the 5400 block of Avenue O. 11/30/18 – 12:05 a.m. – Fort Madison [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 11/28/18 – 8:30 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 1100 block of Avenue F. 11/28/18 – 11:44 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
Downtown Enchanted Forest The Fort Madison downtown Enchanted Forest will be open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lee County Bank Building at 803 Avenue G on Dec. 1, 8, 15, and 22, [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 11/26/18 – 9:15 a.m. – Fort Madison Police arrested Kimberly Anne Dumas, no age given, of Fort Madison at the police department on a warrant for probation violation. She was released [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – A meeting of the Lee County Compensation Board is scheduled for Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 5:30 P.M., in the Board room at the North Lee Office Building located [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 11/19/18 – 12:24 p.m. – Fort Madison police arrested Jeremy Lincoln Atwater, 29 of Fort Madison, in the 2800 block of Avenue P on three warrants for violation of probation. He [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County will start working on transitioning two part-time county attorney spots into full-time positions beginning in 2019. At Tuesday’s regular Board of Supervisor’s meeting, the board [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 11/16/18 – 9:05 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a property damage accident in the 2600 block of Avenue A. 11/16/18 – 12:08 p.m. – Fort Madison [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The following is full list of events happening in the north Lee County area as submitted to Pen City Current. Fort Madison Lighted Parade The annual Fort Madison downtown lighted parade will [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 11/15/18 – 10:58 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 300 block of Avenue E. 11/15/18 – 5:13 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A district judge has set aside less than a week for the trial of Morning Sun man accused of leaving a Muscatine woman on the side of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – Lee County will be moving forward with injunctions against seven, and possibly eight, homeowners in the Mooar-Powdertown district after nearly two years of efforts to get residents to [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 11/13/18 – 6:22 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 2200 block of Avenue L. 11/13/18 – 9:54 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 11/09/18 – 1:13 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a hit and run in the 1900 block of 48th Street. 11/09/18 – 4:01 p.m. – Fort Madison [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 11/8/18 – 7:43 p.m. – Fort Madison police cited Wyatt Lee McWhorter, 24, of Fort Madison at the police station on charges of no vehicle registration, no insurance, striking an unattended [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 11/7/18 – 5:41 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a hit and run in the 1500 block of Avenue E. 11/7/18 – 10:55 a.m. – Fort Madison [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 11/6/18 – 8:06 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 1200 block of 28th Street. 11/6/18 – 9:51 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The following is full list of events happening in the north Lee County area as submitted to Pen City Current. Kempker’s Ladies Night Kempkers True Value Rental will be holding a Ladies [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Early voting was critical to the success of several local Democrats in local elections Tuesday night. Rich Harlow won the District 3 Lee County Supervisors race with [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 11/5/18 -8:17 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a burglary in the 3400 block of Avenue N. 11/5/18 – 10:57 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – What started out with a couple of tips of a suspicious vehicle in the county, turned into one of the single biggest theft ring busts in recent [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Griffin Muffler & Brake Center is spearheading a Diaper Drive for the month of November for the families of Lee County in need of an adequate amount [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Autopsy results on a 20-year-old woman who was found dead south of West Point on Aug. 2 show the woman died from blunt force trauma. Damain Hamann, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – An ordinance that would restrict the use of “jake braking” in specified areas of Lee County will be on its first reading at Tuesday’s Lee County Board [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Department 11/2/18 – 9:12 a.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a report of a property damage accident in the 200 block of Avenue E. 11/2/18 – 10:42 a.m. – Fort Madison [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 10/31/18 – 9:14 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a property damage accident in the 2000 block of Avenue B. 10/31/18 – 11:03 a.m. – Fort Madison [Read More…]
PCC STAFF KEOKUK – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of two Keokuk, Iowa individuals on Felony drug charges. Michael Eastman, 48, of Keokuk, Iowa was arrested on October 30th, 2018 on [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – The following is the weekly fishing report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for area fishing holes in southeast Iowa for the week ending Nov. 7. Environmental Discovery [Read More…]
FORT MADISON – The following is full list of events happening in the north Lee County area as submitted to the Pen City Current. FMMS Fall Festival The Fort Madison Middle School Fall Harvest festival [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Despite unemployment rates dropping across the country, Lee County continues to have one of the highest rates in the state, yet staffing agencies in the area have [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 10/30/18 – 1:55 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 1400 block of 36th Street. 10/30/18 – 3:16 p.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police report 10/29/18 – 12:14 p.m. – Fort Madison Police arrested Kathy Ann Clair, 56, of Fort Madison, in the 3100 block of Avenue N on a charge of violation of a no [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Report 10/26/18 – 5:47 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a burglary in the 700 block of 13th Street. 10/26/18 – 5:55 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded [Read More…]
DES MOINES – The following is the weekly fishing report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for southeast Iowa for the week ending Oct. 31, 2018. Environmental Discovery Park North Pond The fall trout [Read More…]
Fort Madison Police Department Report: 10/18/2018 – 5:02 p.m – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of larceny/ theft in the 400 block of 23rd St. 10/18/2018 – 5:11 p.m – Fort Madison Police [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – The Iowa State Patrol has identified 26-year-old Taylor Joseph Ruble of Afton as the second victim in a fiery two-vehicle collision west of Fort Madison on Hwy. [Read More…]
YMCA’s Trunk or Treat This event had more than 600 children through the parking lot of the YMCA in 2017 and it’s back for another year on Friday, October 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. [Read More…]
Lee County Supervisor Gary Folluo rubbed his head in frustration at Tuesday’s board meeting as the county leaders worked through an issue about a maintenance shed that sits between two properties in Argyle. The building [Read More…]
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