BURLINGTON – Food brings families together, and nowhere is that more evident than the kitchen of The Main Line restaurant on the first floor of The Burlington Apartments, 206 N. Third St.
Local Rotarians’ weekly meeting consisted of a field trip of sorts – moving its lunch gathering to Birkwood Village so as to get a tour of the assisted and independent living complex connected…
CARTHAGE, Ill. – Carthage Public Library District joins more than 200 Illinois libraries to virtually host “The Hidden Gifts of Visual Thinkers” with Dr Temple Grandin.
In February, the Fort Madison Public Library had to dig deep and cut nearly $50,000 from next year’s budget.
Despite Iowa legislators having not settled the question of how much state supplemental aid (SSA) schools will be getting within their’ self-imposed timeframe, school districts were required t…
A basketball player at Southeastern Community College has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to shooting up a car in Fort Madison in January.
KEOKUK – The oldest high school band in America, the Christian Brothers Band, gave their first performance in Iowa Friday evening, March 22. Band director Patrick Bolton, only the 10th directo…
The dust has yet to settle, despite last week’s 3-2 vote by Lee County Supervisors to leave the county’s new dust control fee policy in place.
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Tenderloins and French fries will be served 4:30-7 p.m. Thursday, March 28 at the Fort Madison Eagles Club. For carryouts, call 319-372-6928.
Coming off record harvests in 2020 and again in 2023, Iowa’s spring turkey hunters could be living in the “good ol’ days.” And with three straight years of good hatches across much of the stat…
The Holy Trinity Catholic School Board approved a revision to the 2024-25 school year calendar.
A Burlington man is facing felony charges after police say he damaged a fence and set fire to a garage at his ex-girlfriend’s home in West Point last Thursday.
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Tater tot casserole with garlic Texas toast and salad or country fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy veggies and side salad will be served 4:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 27 at the Fort Madison E…
A garage fire caused several thousand dollars worth of damage to a residence in Burlington on Saturday
Mike Godby is a 40-year veteran of the insurance industry who says today’s climate is unprecedented.
A recent law change requires county auditors to mail a statement to county taxpayers by March 20 with state-specified information related to proposed local government budgets and proposed prop…
BURLINGTON – Get ready to experience an unforgettable evening of pulsating rhythms, electrifying bagpipes and infectious energy as the world-renowned Celtic rock sensation the Red Hot Chilli P…
A recent law change requires county auditors to mail a statement to county taxpayers by March 20 with state-specified information related to proposed local government budgets and proposed prop…
Kibbe Hancock Heritage Museum in Carthage will open for the season Tuesday, April 2. The free museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 12 to 4 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Special g…
Vice President of the Lee County Labor Chapter Carrie Duncan told the large group at the East Palestine, Ohio Country Club on Saturday that “Nothing great is ever accomplished without obstacles.”
The Fort Madison High School Mock Trial team competed last week at the Iowa State Bar Association’s annual mock trial regional competition in Coralville.
Next month there will be several cleanups in observance of Earth Day, but another environmental project will be hitting the area this summer.
Brightly-colored Easter eggs were scattered throughout sections of the prairie next to Lee County Conservation’s Heron Bend Conservation Center Saturday.
Get ready for the moon to pass in front of the sun, casting a daytime shadow across much of North America on April 8.
The Region 12 Iowa Artists Competition was held Saturday at the Fort Madison Area Art Association Art Center.
After spending most of her life helping folks in the Fort Madison area make sure they get the medicine they need, Rhonda Eid, a pharmacy technician with Nelson Family Pharmacy, was recently na…
Brandon Gibbs is arguably the best flash guitarist to come out of Southeast Iowa in the past half-century.
BURLINGTON – The Burlington Police Department investigated a possible gun threat at Aldo Leopold Intermediate School, which was determined not to be credible, on Friday.
Get ready for the moon to pass in front of the sun, casting a daytime shadow across much of North America on April 8.
It has been a little more than a year since a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, forever changed the lives of many of the residents who live there. Many are still contending with health…
The Fort Madison High School mock trial team is now in its second year of existence and on Wednesday, member Charley Huebner, a freshman, gave a demonstration of what it’s like to present open…
BURLINGTON – The Burlington Police Department is investigating after someone shot through a window at a home Thursday night.
Former Lee County Assessor Teresa Murray has announced a run for Lee County Supervisor. She is seeking the District 4 seat, currently held by Lee County Chair Garry Seyb.
Fort Madison City offices will be closed Friday, March 29 in observance of Good Friday and will reopen Monday, April 1.
WEST POINT — Following the sudden announcement last week that Arctic Glacier Premium Ice in West Point would be closing, the facility’s former employees and community leaders are working to fi…
Black women in Iowa have contributed in big ways in every facet of life from the care and emancipation of enslaved black people to the passage of laws in Iowa leading to the desegregation of i…
I have lived in Iowa for just over five years and if there is one thing I have come to know, it’s that Iowans can appreciate severe weather season. There is a subtle appreciation, fear, and aw…
DES MOINES – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 2.9 percent in February, down from 3.0 percent in January and equal to the rate one year ago. Meanwhile, despite widespre…
NAUVOO, Ill. – The Nauvoo City Council, along with 16 in the audience, met Tuesday, March 13, in the council chambers at the Nauvoo City Center on a pleasant evening. Acting Mayor Tacy Nelson …
The Fort Madison school board approved updated graduation requirements at their regular meeting Wednesday.
A 15-year-old was arrested for threatening to shoot up the Central Lee School on Thursday morning.
The members of the Fort Madison Christian Church invites everyone to a special vespers-type communion service at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 28. The service will consist of hymns. Christian s…
A man riding a bike had to be airlifted to Iowa City for medical treatment after being seriously injured in a car accident in Fort Madison Wednesday evening.
Fort Madison Housing Authority employees will be getting a 4% raise, retroactive to October.
A Burlington woman has been arrested after police say she tried to set fire to a porch at a home that she believed a friend lived at.
There is not much progress to report, but the Fort Madison City Council did provide an update on recent efforts to revive the City’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) during their meeting…
Karen Schumacher and Shelley Dowling are hilarious and wild and all kinds of fun in the Old Fort Players’ production of “Opal Is A Diamond” this weekend at the Old Fort Theater in Fort Madison.