The Iowa Department of Corrections has announced the appointment of Mark C. Foreman as the new warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) in Fort Madison.
Police have a tough job. They never know what they are going to walk into when there’s a breaking and entering call.
The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Keokuk man on felony drug charges.
Fort Madison was struck by a bad storm on Tuesday. Power was still out at the newspaper office as of 9:30 p.m. The Fort Madison, Keokuk, Carthage, and Burlington papers are all printed in Fort…
KAHOKA, Mo. – Deborah “Debbie” Ann Dienst, 77, of Kahoka, Missouri, died peacefully in her home Monday, June 2, 2025.
ANAMOSA — Central Lee High School sent its baseball team to Anamosa Monday and escaped with an extra-inning win 7-5 thanks to Blake Davis’ pitching and hitting by Bo herdrich and Kayden Calfee.
DONNELLSON — It was the bottom of the seventh inning and the visiting Wapello Arrows had just tied the softball game at Central Lee with a home run in the top of the inning.
FORT MADISON — Reece Huey seems to be in a hurry.
Although the 16-15 score may look like a football game was played at the Baxter Sports Complex Monday between Southeast Conference opponents Fort Madison and Keokuk high schools, it was a soft…
Charleston, Ill. — West Hancock’s Nolan Gooding capped off his outstanding high school track career with a 10th-place finish in the triple jump competition at the Illinois High School Associat…
Recent Obituaries
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office reports the following arrests:
Trinity H. Banes, 48, of Kahoka, Mo., was arrested on May 3, at 1:55 p.m. by the Kahoka Police Department for Driving While Suspended/Revoked and Possession Of Controlled Substance Except 35 G…
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office reports the following arrests:
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office reports the following arrests:
Flag Day, celebrated every June 14, is one of America’s lesser-known holidays, but my father never forgot it.
From my earliest childhood, I attended the Mummer’s Parade in Philadelphia every New Year’s day, watching husky fellows with banjos, full-face makeup and glitter sashay down Broad Street.
Walter Galen Eaton was a veteran of the Vietnam War. In the year 2004, he went home. Someone knew my husband was a veteran and gave him a flag and obituaries and asked him to find Walter’s fam…
Iowa’s farmers are the backbone of our state and the heart of America. Last week, I visited Brenneman Family Farm in Kalona, where I saw firsthand the grit, hard work, and faith that drive fam…
THERES BEEN AN ALIEN CRASHING LANDING IN WARSAW, ILLINOIS (not really)
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