County to reassess IT needs within departments
ISAC tech team to visit county and evaluate county’s IT status BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR…
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County wants city to move on trail drainage issue
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A drainage issue that has surfaced around the…
County redistricting yields more election shuffling
Seyb and Pflug may be forced onto the ballot this year BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR…
Panel wants to stay the course with ARPA funds
Chairman says no final decisions have been made with $4.3 million remaining BY PCC STAFF…
Supervisors to nudge levy starting July 1
New levy is about 6 cents higher at $10.327 for next fiscal year BY CHUCK…
Spirited debate paves way for 10% county wage hike
Sheriff’s administration to get 45% bump beginning July 1, if budget approved BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC…
Supervisors haggle over 2023 levy proposal
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Lee County Supervisors had a healthy exchange Monday…
Amandus, Schultz to run for open supervisor seat in 2023
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Two sitting Fort Madison City Council members will…
Initial county budget talks focus on pay
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – The first day of Lee County budget meetings…
Huebner picked to lead Conservation district
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Conservation Board has selected a…
Navigator tries to sway landowners on pipeline path
More than 160 attend hearing at Small Grand Things BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR WEST POINT…
Danville Telecom to get boots on ground in spring
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A project in the works to bring a…
ARPA panel takes first look at funding requests
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – With the Nov. 1 funding deadline in the…
County gets more than 30 applications for ARPA funds
BY PCC STAFF LEE COUNTY – A Lee County panel working through the distribution of…
County could potentially see another pipeline
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – County officials heard Monday that yet another pipeline…
County extends deadline for ARPA funding requests
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Groups in Lee County that are looking for…
County panel changes direction on ARPA funds
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A panel formed to help figure out how…
Sheriff sends proposed cattle ordinance to county attorney
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A proposed ordinance that includes fines and possible…
Wild cow issue back in front of supervisors
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – It really has become a case of beef…
Supervisors tiring of “wild” cattle problem
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County Supervisors want a county farmer to…
County preps for influx of ARPA fund requests
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – With $3.2 million in federal American Rescue Plan…
Supervisors lift mask mandate for county buildings
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Lee County Supervisors have lifted the mask mandate…
County creates panel to oversee stimulus money
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – A five-person committee will oversee the spending of…
County to buy EMS assets for $442,500
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – After being delayed for several weeks, an agreement…
Supervisors want digital radio contract cleaned up
Board approves a $6 million bond instrument that will pay for the project and clean…
County settles RISE road squabble with contractor
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Litigation between Lee County and a contractor who…
County moves to end sunset on ATV/UTV usage
State to close down Hwy. 2 on stretch west of Donnellson for seven months in…
Fedler wants digital upgrade spend to go to voters
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County Board Chairman Ron Fedler is hoping…
County joins regional reporting authority
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County is now part of a statistical…
Supervisors to hold bond hearings Tuesday
Supervisors also to consider $706,000 budget amendment BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Two…
Supervisors turn down Board of Health mask regulation
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – A proposal to require face coverings when not…
Supervisors OK additional full-time jail staffing
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – As state mandates continue to put pressure on…
Supervisors put money behind broadband mapping
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – Lee County Supervisors have put a little money…
Keefe looks to unseat two-term supervisor Fedler
Two will face off in June 2 primary for District 1 Supervisor seat BY CHUCK…
County approves $775K in bridge repairs
Money to fund repairs comes from federal Farm-to-Table money, not county funds. BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC…
Supervisors back off parking ordinance
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A rural parking ordinance that several Lee County Department…
Supervisors move to final reading of county parking ordinance
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A new law that could restrict parking in…
Work to start in October on county solar project
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Workers will start installing solar panels on three…
Supervisors to approve solar agreements
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – The Lee County Board of Supervisors will be authorizing…
County to contract rural bridge inspections
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – On the heels of a rural timber bridge…
County to address dangerous intersection
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A county resident pleaded with Lee County officials Tuesday…
County may add health savings option to employee benefits
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County is looking at adding an option…
Hauling permit bill could damage county’s bridges
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Lee County Engineer Ben Hull is concerned a…
ATV/UTV fans one step closer to legal riding in Lee County
BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A change in county code that would make it…
Supervisors to vote on ATV/UTV ordinance
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Supervisors will cast their first vote on…
LCEMA shifts local funding to county levy
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – After several weeks of deliberation, the Lee County…
Supervisors looking for cuts in next fiscal budget
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – As Lee County supervisors grapple with the next…
Residents want 255th Street near Croton improved
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – About 10 residents who live near the 255th…
Lee County budget estimate surpasses $30M
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR MONTROSE – A proposed budget for Lee County expenses for…
Folluo gets supervisor chair’s seat
BY CHUCK VANDENBERG PCC EDITOR FORT MADISON – For the first time in seven years,…