WAYLAND – The Holy Trinity Catholic softball team had their biggest offensive output of the season Tuesday night in a 23-4 win over WACO in a four-inning affair. The Crusaders put up a whopping 14 ...

Jeffrey Lynn Kramer, 79, of Wever, IA, passed away on Friday, June 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM at the Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Hospice House surrounded by his family. He was born on February 21, ...

FORT MADISON - The 113th annual Charlie Korschgen 4th of July Kiddie Parade committee announced today that Mayor Matt Mohrfeld has been named grand marshal for the 113th annual Parade. The committee ...

DES MOINES – Iowa Workforce Development, as part of its required annual review of unemployment insurance (UI) wages, announced that the maximum weekly benefit for unemployed Iowans will increase ...

LEE COUNTY – Lee County Supervisors gave the Mississippi Valley Workforce Development board the county’s support in an effort to merge local workforce development efforts beyond the eight-county ...

Richard D. Eaves, 78, of Ft. Madison, IA, passed away at 7:45 AM on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at his home. He was born on August 1, 1946 in Dallas City, IL to Roy and Florence Peeler Eaves. On May 23, ...

Ronald H. Leonard , 91, of Niota, Illinois, passed away at 5:10 a.m. Monday, June 30, 2025 at River Hills Village in Keokuk, Iowa. He was born on October 8, 1933 at his home in Corning, Adams County, ...

FORT MADISON – The Fort Madison Bloodhounds have strung together three straight wins and got just their second doubleheader sweep of the season Monday night with a couple wins over Washington. Fort ...

There’s something about the smell of funnel cakes in the air that says summer is officially in full swing — and around here, that can only mean one thing: it’s almost time for the Lee County Fair in ...

Cynthia Ann “Cindy” Young, 66, of Colusa, Illinois, passed away at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28, 2025 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria, Illinois. Cindy was born July … ...

Fort Madison Police Report 06/30/25 - 9:03 AM - Fort Madison police responded to a report of vandalism in the 900 block of Avenue F. 06/30/25 - 9:44 PM - Fort Madison police responded to a report of a ...

Alice Rovene Cochran, 90, of Fort Madison, IA, passed away at 5:52 p.m. on Sunday, June 29, 2025 at her home. Rovene was born on February 3, 1935 in rural Scotland County, MO to Earnest & Viva (Stehl) ...