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Crusaders advance with win over WACO

WEST POINT – The Holy Trinity Catholic softball team got their seventh win of the season advancing in the Class 1A Region 6 bracket with a 13-2 win over WACO Tuesday night. The win sends the …

Hawks end season with loss in district semis

PLEASANTVILLE – The Central Lee Hawks ended their season with a 5-3 loss to Pleasantville in the Class 2A Substate 6 district 12 semifinals. The Hawks were coming off an 8-4 opening round win …
WEST BURLINGTON — Loren Menke wants his Holy Trinity softball team to have some momentum heading into the postseason, which starts next week. Monday’s 10-0 loss to West Burlington-Notre …
KEOSAUQUA – The Central Lee Hawks have won eight of their last nine and six in a row and are peaking about a week before post-season baseball. The Hawks beat Van Buren County 5-0 on Thursday …
LEE COUNTY NEWS
Lee County News

Task Force arrests two on drug charges

LEE COUNTY - The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrests of two Lee County men on felony and misdemeanor drug charges. David Alan Londrie, age 61, of Keokuk is charged with: Possession …

For the Record

For the Record - Monday, July 15, 2024

Fort Madison Police Report 07/12/24 – 10:23 a.m. – Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the Fort Madison area. 07/12/24 – 2:00 p.m. – Fort Madison …

Opinion
EMPTY NEST - By Curt Swarm

Time Out

Everybody needs a timeout.  When I was a kid, “timeout” was just becoming fashionable, like when the hula hoop took the country by swirl.  Instead of a spanking, a …

We need to admit violence is American

I had this week’s commentary written and submitted early Saturday afternoon, but clearly, things have changed. I wanted to write about my daughter’s belief that capitalism is getting a …

Speed bumps on road to perfect union

Do you remember that phrase our nation’s founders wrote in the preamble to the Constitution 237 years ago? The one about forming a more perfect union? We have hit some speed bumps in that …
Education News

Holy Trinity Schools announce 4th quarter honor rolls

FORT MADISON – Holy Trinity Catholic Schools has announced its 4th quarter honor rolls for the 2023-2024 school year. Pen City Current joins our advertisers and readers in congratulating these …

Central Lee High School announces 2nd semester honor rolls

DONNELLSON - The following is the 1st semester honor roll for Central Lee High School. Pen City Current and our family of advertisers congratulates the following students on their hard work and …

FMHS announces 3rd trimester honor rolls

FORT MADISON – Fort Madison High Schools has announced its third trimester honor roll for the 2023-2024 school year. Pen City Current joins our advertisers and readers in congratulating these …
LATEST NEWS
DES MOINES – As part of a rapid response effort to provide much-needed housing to disaster impacted Iowans, Governor Reynolds has directed the Iowa Department of Corrections, in collaboration …
FORT MADISON - The Fort Madison Prevention Coalition would like to invite all community members and partners to join our Strategic Planning Meeting on July 24, 2024.  The Fort Madison Prevention …
John Curtis Robertson, 88, of Farmington, Iowa passed away at 11:03 p.m. Sunday, July 7, 2024, at his home. He was born on September 15, 1935, in Washington County, Iowa the son of Marion Curtis …
Virginia L. Anderton, 75, Richland, WA, formerly of Keokuk, died July 3, 2024 at her home. She was born on October 31, 1948 to Dorothy Irene Malloy and Benjamin Carl Hatfield in Keokuk, IA. She …
Donald Dean Ward, 86, of Donnellson, Iowa, formerly of Bonaparte, passed away at 10:22 a.m. Tuesday, July 9, 2024, at the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center in Fort Madison, Iowa. He was born on …
Health News
County balks at filling LCHD specialist spot
LEE COUNTY – Replacing a family social worker at the Lee County Health Department rekindled a little animosity that exists between the group and Lee County Supervisors. LCHD Administrator …
Pictured, left to right: Teague Dentino, Stryker Sustainability Solutions, and Matt Little, Nurse Manager, Surgical Services-SEIRMC, West Burlington
GRHS receives environmental excellence award
WEST BURLINGTON – Great River Health announced it has received the Environmental Excellence Award from Stryker’s Sustainability Solutions. This designation is reserved for select …
County to roll out opioid fund applications
LEE COUNTY – The movement to start combatting opioid disorders in Lee County took another step forward Thursday night. A committee formed by the Lee County Board of Supervisors to delve into …
Business News
Rhonda Eid, a certified pharmacy tech from Fort Madison was honored last week as the state's Pharmacy Tech of the Year by the Iowa Pharmacy Association.
FM's Eid named Iowa Pharmacy Tech of the Year
CORALVILLE - The Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) is pleased to announce the 2024 recipient of the Pharmacy Technician of the Year Award is Rhonda Eid, CPhT of Fort Madison, IA. The award was …
Michael Mohrfeld, of MM Real Estate, talks with the Fort Madison Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday night about the company's Jefferson Apartments proposal.
Mohrfeld rolls out Jefferson Apartment project
FORT MADISON – A city panel approved a rezoning request Wednesday that sets the stage for a multi-unit housing project on the former Jefferson Elementary School property. The Fort Madison …
Fifth Annual Love Lee County Tour returns this weekend
There is a lot to love about Lee County. Celebrate it all on the Love Lee County Tour! Take a rural road trip to 18 locations featuring demonstrations, sales, history, art, samples, flowers and …