BY COLIN MAGNUSONRadio Keokuk News Director KEOKUK – The Keokuk Aquatic Center has traditionally always opened its gates by Memorial Day at the latest. Regardless of how poor the spring weather, no matter how severe [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – In an effort to become a more well-rounded news outlet and bring more information to the north Lee County market, Pen City Current is expanding its platform. Lee [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Three separate agreements were approved Tuesday night to move ahead with city plans to relocate the Amtrak Depot to Riverview Park. During the city’s regular city council meeting, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Lee County Economic Development Group fed about 20 people breakfast Wednesday morning and updated them on how a recent fundraising campaign had shaken out. Dennis Fraise, [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A $1.5 million project to put in new sidewalks and curbing, and improve stormwater drainage on Avenue G downtown, is getting closer to becoming a reality. At [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison City Council will be looking at bumping rates for cemetery services in 2019. At Tuesday’s regular meeting, the council will consider a recommendation from [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Lee County Health Department has announced Becky Worster, BSN, as the new Community Health and Nursing Program Director. Worster will manage and provide leadership in the day-to-day operations of [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Carl A. Nelson & Co., of Burlington will be helping the Fort Madison Community School District with its next shot at building a new Prek-3rd grade elementary [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The City of Fort Madison will conduct its Citywide Fall Clean Up on Thursday, Oct. 11 through Saturday Oct. 13. All Fort Madison residents may bring their refuse to [Read More…]
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A preliminary hearing for the man accused in the accidental death of a Muscatine woman in Lee County has been postponed pending information being filed with the [Read More…]
BY PCC STAFF BURLINGTON – As part of its ongoing commitment to support schools throughout southeast Iowa, Iowa Fertilizer Company and Orascom E&C USA, Inc. (Subsidiary of OCL) recently provided $50,000 worth of supplies and [Read More…]
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