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Lady Hawks roll on Senior Night

CENTRAL LEE – The Lady Hawks took three of four sets from Danville Tuesday night in a Southeast Iowa Superconference volleyball matchup. The Bears were able to escape in the first match on …

Lady Hounds keep racing past SE Iowa teams

MORAVIA – The Fort Madison girls took first place at the Centerville Invitational Tuesday night as the Lady Hounds continue to dominate southeast Iowa runs this fall. Fort Madison had five of …
DONNELLSON – The Central Lee Lady Hawks dropped a 3-set match at home Thursday night to Class 2A, No. 12 West Burlington. The SEI Superconference loss sends the Hawks to 1-4 in the conference …
KEOSAUQUA -  The Central Lee boys' and girls' cross country teams had one of their most productive outings of the year Wednesday at Indian Lake in Van Buren County. The boys and girls both took …
LEE COUNTY NEWS
Lee County News

Unions get proposal for FM lease with county

LEE COUNTY – Fort Madison union officials will finally get a lease to consider for the upper story space they currently occupy in downtown Fort Madison. The Lee County Board of Supervisors …

For the Record

For the Record - Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024

Fort Madison Police Report 10/14/24 – 7:28 a.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 2000 block of Avenue J. 10/14/24 – 12:23 p.m. - Fort Madison …

Opinion

Fidelity to Constitution more important than policy differences

A family acquaintance was on Vice President Dick Cheney’s Secret Service detail during George W. Bush’s presidency. His Christmas photo one year was a portrait of him, his wife and Cheney …

Happy birthday to her

Welp… It’s that time of year. The time of year when the readership of Pen City Current gets to be my unwitting therapist. I was scrolling through Facebook to make sure our most recent …

Central Lee superintendent says district strong financially

Dear Editor, Central Lee community, parents, and students, Each September, the Central Lee Community School District engages an independent firm to audit its financial records. Following the …
Education News
AQUINAS REUNION
Front row left to right: Karen (Rickelman) Koenighain, Karen (Kuhljuergen) Hameister, Alice (Carey) Hellenthal, Cindy (Conrad) Doherty, Jean (Lawse) Kay, Dave Moehn
Second row: Judy (Bohnenkamp) Hawes, Barb (Schulte) D'Orazio, Dave Holtkamp, Ronnie Holtkamp, Roger Helling, Janet (O'Malley) Austin, Greg Schmidt, Becky (Heitzman) Freitag, Barb (Amborn) Wollner, Jane (Lawse) Feller
Third roll: Paula (Koellner) Friedmann, Peggy (Groene) Carpenter, Kelly Noll, Dave Clark, Debbie (Kempker) Conway, Dan Moehn, Rob Poetting, Mike Pieper
Fourth Row: Greg Cramblit, Mark Kramer, Tom Mansheim, Don Hunold, Linus Krogmeier, Fred Hoenig, Dave Simmens, Randy Beimer
Also attending were Ken Boyle, Donna (Fraise) Welter, Becky (Zumdome) Rung and Bill Sutcliffe

Aquinas class celebrates 50th reunion

Aquinas High School Class of 1974 recently got together September 14 for a gathering at Hill Side Inn, and September 15 for a tour of the high school, mass at Sacred Heart Church and dinner at …

SAI picks Slater as finalist for Superintendent of the Year

Dr. Erin Slater was recently named as a finalist for Iowa Superintendent of the Year for 2025.   Slater was nominated by peers and selected by a School Administrators of Iowa (SAI) …

FM board may add student reps

FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Community School District Board of Directors could be looking at an expansion in the coming year. At Wednesday’s regular meeting of the board, an agenda …
LATEST NEWS
FORT MADISON - The FMAAA Art Center is registering participants now for the next Brews and Brushes event to be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19. The paint-by-number painting everyone …
Kathleen Melinda “Kathy” Berry, 64, of Argyle, Iowa, passed away at 4:17 a.m. Thursday, October 10, 2024, at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in Fort Madison, Iowa. She was born on …
Cherie Diane (Jones) Wilsey, 66, of Keokuk passed away Thursday, October 10, 2024 at the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Healthcare Center in West Burlington, Iowa.      She …
Buddy Keith Thurman, 88, of Warsaw, passed away on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at his home. Buddy was born on February 28, 1936, in Avon, Illinois, the son of Arthur and Viva (Wheeler) Thurman. He …
Sharon Joyce Bullard, 83 of Keokuk, IA passed away Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at the Montrose Health Center in Montrose, IA. She was born May 27, 1941 in Keokuk, IA the …
Health News
GRHS rolls out new patient options
WEST BURLINGTON – Great River Health is offering a new, secure, patient appointment notification system that allows patients the option to complete their registration and intake paperwork …
GRHS releases more details on 2025 Medicare plans
WEST BURLINGTON – Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center (SEIRMC) and Henry County Health Center (HCHC) will no longer accept Medicare Advantage plans offered by Aetna, effective October 10, …
GRHS nixing two Medicare Advantage carriers
BURLINGTON – Great River Health System has announced that they are no longer accepting two forms of Medicare Advantage plans. Information on the change came Monday morning, a week after the …
Business News
As the Lee County Economic Development Group clears space for future development to the south of the offices, inside office changes are happening, as well. The Fort Madison Economic Development Corp and Keokuk Economic Development Corp. are joining forces with the county group.
FM Partners votes to disband
LEE COUNTY – An effort to bring Lee County together and GROW Lee County has taken another step. The team at Lee County Economic Development Group has announced a change in direction that will …
Supervisors set to evict unions from Newberry building
LEE COUNTY – The Lee County Board of Supervisors has essentially evicted the labor unions from the Newberry Center building in downtown Fort Madison. The move came in another baffling vote of …
Leadership program still accepting applications
Applications for participation in Lee County Leadership’s Class of 2025 are still being accepted at the Fort Madison Chamber of Commerce. Lee County Leadership is an interactive, research and …