At the Keokuk City Council meeting Thursday it was announced that the Keokuk Saddle Club would be returning to town. The council approved of a 1 dollar lease with the saddle club for 99 years regarding a 5 acre plot of land at Joyce Park on the north end of Keokuk. Theresa Murray serves as the president of the Keokuk Saddle Club and she expressed that the plan for the […]
The Fort Madison School Board gave Superintendent Erin Slater a ringing endorsement at a special board meeting Thursday night. The special session was held to review Slater’s first year as the district superintendent. Board President Timm Lamb stated that Slater has implemented many new initiatives which have been very successful in her first year. Another discussion that was held at the meeting was reviewing the recent bond referendum for a […]
The Lee county fair wrapped up Monday morning after a very successful weekend. The fair concluded with Future Farmers of America and 4H youth receiving awards for their exhibits throughout the fair. Lee County Fair Board President Brock Westfall stated that attendance was up from recent years after several new events were introduced for the 2017 version of the fair. Wednesday the fair held its first ever fish fry with […]
An internationally-renowned opera singer from Iowa is honored for his generosity toward a campaign to fight malaria. Simon Estes, a native of Centerville, is credited with helping raise over $500,000 for Nothing But Nets — an organization that distributes nets and other malaria treatments to protect families in sub-Saharan Africa. “I feel very honored and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Governor Kim Reynolds says she has an “obligation” to balance the new state budget and some state worker layoffs may be necessary. “I think they’ll be minimal, so I’ve not had many that have come to our desk,” Reynolds says. “I think the message that we want to really portray is that services have not […]Powered by WPeMatico
Getty Images/Ray Tamarra(NEW YORK) -- Actor Woody Harrelson was a Planet of the Apes fanboy before he starred as the heavy in the upcoming War for the Planet of the Apes. "When I saw the first one of this trilogy, I was freaking," he said on Good Morning America Monday. "I said 'This is amazing...I can't wait to see the next one,' then I saw the second one and I was like, 'Man, I can't wait to […]
(L-R) HARRY STYLES as Alex, ANEURIN BARNARD as Gibson and FIONN WHITEHEAD as Tommy in the Warner Bros. Pictures action thriller "DUNKIRK," a Warner Bros. Pictures release.(LOS ANGELES) -- No stunt casting here: Dunkirk director Christopher Nolan tells Entertainment Tonight that he cast Harry Styles in the World War II film because of his talent, not his One Direction fame. In fact, he says he barely knew anything about Harry at the time. “I was new to Harry,” he […]
Getty Images/Jason LaVeris(LOS ANGELES) -- On Good Morning America Monday morning, Black Chyna opened up to ABC News' Lindsey Davis about why she's decided to take legal action against her ex, Rob Kardashian, after he attacked her online and posted nude photos she'd sent him. "I've talked to Rob...about everything. I've talked to him," she said. "The moral of the story is, he doesn't respect me, so if you can't respect me, you […]
Getty Images/Ethan Miller (LOS ANGELES) -- Nelsan Ellis, who played Lafayette Reynolds, the flamboyant, take-no-crap short-order cook at Merlotte's in HBO's hit series True Blood, died of complications from heart failure in Los Angeles on Saturday, his manager confirmed to ABC News. He was 39. Besides True Blood, Ellis also appeared in the CW TV series Veronica Mars. He also played Martin Luther King Jr. in Lee Daniels' The Butler, and had roles in The […]
