The Keokuk School District has a new middle school principal. At Monday’s school board meeting, it was announced that Nora Springs, Iowa native Layne Billings had accepted the position to become the head administrator at the middle school. Billings comes to Keokuk from Gilbert High School just north of Ames where he spent the last 5 years as the principal. Billings also spent 10 years as a teacher and assistant […]
Despite an enthusiastic crowd in tow, the Keokuk Chiefs baseball team saw their magic runout Monday night in the District Championship game in Fairfield. Dozens of Keokuk faithful made the one hour trek to Fairfield to attend the battle between the Chiefs and the Fairfield Trojans, but the home team would take the wind out of the Chiefs sails early and often as the Chiefs fell 9 to 4. After […]
The Dakota Access Pipeline became a topic of discussion yet again at Tuesday’s Lee county Board of Supervisors meeting. Chippewa Resources Project Manager Lester Caldwell attended to report how things have been going between county land owners and Energy Transfer Partners who own the pipeline. Board members Gary Folluo and Matt Pflug questioned Caldwell on whether there have been any issues that the pipeline hasn’t handled to his satisfaction. Caldwell […]
After some consternation from the council, the city of Keokuk has agreed to contribute financially to the Big Dam Street Festival. At the July 6th Keokuk city council meeting the council voted to give 5 thousand dollars to the Lake Cooper Foundation for the carnival set to take place August 24th through 27th. LCF organizer Doug Matlick explained to the council that the funds would be used only towards security, […]
An Iowa Army Veteran is hoping to spread the word about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by running across the state of Iowa. During the run in September, Joshua Jorgensen will be wearing a military-issued gas mask. He told KCRG-TV that the mask represents the struggle many veterans face on a daily basis. “It says I’m struggling […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of a Des Moines man found guilty of beating his girlfriend to death in 2011. According to the ruling from the Iowa Court of Appeals, Kevin Sellers admits he “had assaulted and beaten Laura Welch in the past,” but Sellers said his intent on the day […]Powered by WPeMatico
It’s the hottest week of the year so far and some Iowans are finding “No Swimming” signs posted on their nearby beaches, thwarting hopes of cooling off with a dip. One such body of water is Green Valley Lake at Green Valley State Park just north of Creston. Amanda Husband, an environmental health specialist in […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Webster County man convicted of holding his estranged wife and his child at gunpoint and threatening to kill them a decade ago has lost another appeal of his life prison sentence. Denis Gailey of Moorland was sentenced to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of kidnapping. The Iowa Court of Appeals […]Powered by WPeMatico
Governor Kim Reynolds is on her way to China today for a trade mission focused exclusively on promoting Iowa agriculture products. “The trade mission’s focus is to grow our exports and to improve Iowa’s economy,” Reynolds said recently. “Right now one in five jobs are attributable to international trade and actually one in six jobs is […]Powered by WPeMatico
