"One Nation. One Destiny" That has been Julian Castro's campaign slogan since he announced in January of 2019 that he would be entering the crowded list of Democrats looking to oust Republican Donald Trump from the White House come next November. That motto carried through much of Castro's hour and a half long speech to roughly 120 Lee County Democrats and interested citizens when the former San Antonio Mayor and […]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC STAFF PELLA – Saturday night against Pella High School, Fort Madison baseball wrapped up regular season play with a 3-1 win, finishing with a record over the .500 mark for the first time in over a decade. The Bloodhounds started the game by getting lead-off hitter Reed Fehseke on when he was hit by a pitch. Back-to-back outs followed, but a double from Brandon Reichelt brought in […]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS BURLINGTON – Energy. By the time the dust settle on Wagner Field at Burlington High School, energy was the one word both teams used to describe the outcome of Fort Madison softball’s 11-1 loss to the Greyhounds after six innings in the Iowa Class 4A Region 6 post-season bracket. “Our attitudes were different coming into the game,” Fort Madison senior Cassie Powers said was the difference […]
Denise Nickerson in 2014; Steve Granitz/WireImageDenise Nickerson, the actress best known for playing Violet Beauregard in the 1971 version of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, died late Wednesday night after being taken off life support, her family announced on Facebook. She was 62 years old. Nickerson suffered a stroke in June of 2018, landing her in the ICU. Despite a stint in a rehab facility later that year, her […]
BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS IOWA CITY- Fort Madison’s baseball team got to experience something not many will ever get the chance to. Wednesday the Bloodhounds traveled to Iowa City to play on the Iowa Hawkeye’s home field at Duane Banks Field, at the University of Iowa. Making things even more special was the fact Fort Madison came away with a 10-0 shutout victory of Denison-Schleswig to bump the Hounds one […]
Walker takes field in honor of father who died earlier in the day BY ETHAN LILLARDPCC SPORTS FORT MADISON- The little yellow lineup card that holds Fort Madison’s starting roster doesn’t change much, but Tuesday night it adorned a simple message on the back that meant everything– That was 4 U pops!! I love U! Fort Madison Head Coach Ron Walker lost his father just hours prior to the Bloodhounds’ […]
The Lee County Democrats have announced that another 2020 presidential hopeful will be visiting the Tri-State Area. Julian Castro is a Texas native who served as the mayor of San Antonio from 2009 until 2014 when he was named the youngest ever Secretery of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under then-President Barack Obama. Castro also announced his presence as a player in the Democratic Party when he delivered a keynote […]
The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Fort Madison man on felony drug charges. Danny David Black, 52, of Fort Madison, Iowa was arrested on July 6th, 2019 in the 1500 block of Ave H in Fort Madison. Black is charged with: possession with the intent to deliver more than five grams of methamphetamine a class B felony, possession with intent to deliver marijuana a class […]
Franziska Krug/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Vin Diesel gave an update from the London set of Fast & Furious 9, revealing that Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren will both be back for the next installment in the franchise. In an Instagram video posted Monday, Diesel said, “Week 3, Fast 9, here on set. We’ve got a lot of the original cast here including Oscar-winners like Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren. A few […]
