Minor injury, dog lost in morning Sandusky fire
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR SANDUSKY – An early morning fire at the Sandusky Trailer Park…
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FMCSD preschool openings available
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Community School District will be expanding its four-year-old preschoolprogram…
City OKs increases on PORT trail, Hwy. 61 project
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Two changes to current city projects were approved…
Fort Madison Community Cleanup this Saturday
FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Area Chamber of Commerce is coordinating a volunteer community…
FM SIRRC gets behind marina project
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison marina project got a potential…
Heyland to put RV park on east hillside
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – They used to hit golf balls there, and…
Explosive device found on Avenue O Monday night
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The State Fire Marshal’s office is looking into…
Supervisors vote to hold onto mask mandate
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County Supervisors voted on Monday to continue…
Legislators outline session’s final weeks
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – State Rep. Martin Graber said during a regular…
High School exhibit on at FMAAA
Riggs to step down as Director citing funding shortage BY BRIAN RIGGSFort Madison Area Arts…
Father/son scuffle leads to Stand Your Ground shooting Wednesday
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A 28-year-old Missouri man was charged with simple…
Task force makes felony meth arrest
LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Keokuk…
LCCD to restructure staff in 2021
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – An effort of find more efficiencies and outreach…
For the Record – Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Fort Madison Police Report04/13/21 – midnight – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of…
Work on Pollmiller playground to start next week
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT – Volunteers are still being sought to help install…
“Our PROMise” to help teens prepare for prom
FORT MADISON – A group of Fort Madison locals have pulled their resources together to…
Governor calls vaccine pause “sudden and surprising”
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DES MOINES – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds called Tuesday’s temporary suspension…
Volunteers still needed to fill out Paint-A-Thon crews
BY TIM GOBBLEFort Madison Partners FORT MADISON – The Paint-A-Thon has proven to be successful…
LCHD cancels Tuesday Johnson & Johnson clinics
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County Health officials have cancelled clinics scheduled…
For the Record – Monday, April 12, 2021
Fort Madison Police Report04/08/21 – 7:56 a.m. – Fort Madison Police cited Wayne Andrew Hayes,…
FMFD pulls swamped boaters off Mississippi
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Fort Madison firefighters pulled a stranded boat off the…
Supervisors to hear pitch on FM Marina
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Lee County Supervisors will get a turn to…
Rodeo adds Cole Swindell to reboot of 2020 lineup
FORT MADISON – The Tri-State Rodeo Chairman, Tony Johnson, stated “For over seventy years, the…
Barker group takes a look at Humphrey building
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A familiar face has entered the fray to…
Council gives nod to $1.5M for marina
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A resolution in support of a $1.5 million…
New community police position a “work in progress”
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Karl Judd wasn’t ready to retire from the…
Jones Contracting honored with safety award
WEST POINT – The Associated General Contractors of Iowa announced the winners of the AGC…
Montrose raid yields three arrests
BY PCC STAFF MONTROSE – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of…
Mayor to ask council for $1.5M at special meeting
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – With plans in full swing on a new…
Police make second arrest in downtown shooting
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A second man has been arrested in connection…
Fertilizer plant to have onsite safety training in April
BY PCC STAFF WEVER – The Iowa Fertilizer Company will be holding safety training response…
No anhydrous released in Sunday semi fire
BY PCC STAFF WEVER – A semi tractor hauling anhydrous ammonia caught fire Sunday evening…
Next phase of Avenue H rehab may start April 12
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The next phase of the city’s rehabilitation of…
Test Kitchen rolling out apprenticeship testing program
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Six years ago Kumar Wickramasingha, known affectionately throughout…
Rashid says pharmacy committed to quality service, care
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – The owner of Rashid Pharmacy & Wellness in…
Federal agents descend on Rashid Pharmacy
Voice message at pharmacy indicates customers should call back Wednesday morning BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR…
Task force arrests two on drug charges
PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of…
New stimulus opens up health care savings
Advisors recommend getting agent to help navigate new stimulus health benefits BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR…
County attorney says March 20 shooting justified under Iowa code
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – After more than a week of investigating a…
K9s, handlers certify on old ISP grounds
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – For the second time in three years, canine…
County sees slight uptick in positive COVID cases
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – County health officials are reporting 86 new positive…
City outlines spring leaf burning regs
From City of Fort Madison FORT MADISON – The City of Fort Madison Fire Department…
City spring clean-up April 26-May 8
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Public Works Department announces residents who…
LCHD to open COVID hotline Friday for 350 appointments
BY PCC STAFF FORT MADISON – Lee County Health Department will be opening up their…
Officials release details in Anamosa murders
BY PCC STAFF ANAMOSA – State officials released the names and images of the two…
Man posing as ‘transfer student’ escorted from Central Lee Wednesday
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR DONNELLSON – Central Lee Superintendent Dr. Andy Crozier confirmed Thursday morning…
Hwy. 2 bridge near Farmington to close starting Monday
FAIRFIELD, Iowa – Mar. 22, 2021 – Replacement of the Iowa 2 bridge over Lick…
USDA resets pandemic aid program for equity
WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is establishing new programs and efforts to…
LCCD looking for volunteers for Pollmiller project
LEE COUNTY – Lee County Conservation Board and Three Rivers Conservation Foundation seek volunteers to…
Family escapes harm as twister strikes north of Fort Madison
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A family living on 4 Seasons Road is…