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News and Sports Update_010419Download The Keokuk City Council met for the first time this year on Thursday night and began the meeting by approving a consent agenda that included approving an Urban Revitalization Tax Exemption for Bonita Scott, announcing the resignation of John Mason from the Architecture Design Standards Commission, effective immediately and appointing Mary Watson to the City Planning Commission for a term to expire May 14, 2024. A […]

News and Sports Update_010319Download CPA Associates P.C., Certified Public Accountants, today released an audit report on the Keokuk Municipal Waterworks, a Component Unit of the City of Keokuk, dated December 19, 2018. CPA Associates P.C.reported that the Waterworks had operating revenues of $7,969,891 and non-operating revenues $64,504 for the year ended June 30, 2018. Waterworks operating expenses, including depreciation, totaled $7,491,846, an 11.34% increase from the prior year. A copy […]

News and Sports Update_010219Download The Lee County Board of Supervisors held their first meeting of the 2019 year at the North Lee County Office in Fort Madison on Wednesday morning. They began the meeting by swearing in the newly elected county officials, including Chris Spann and Ross Braden who return to the positions they previously held and officially swearing in Rich Harlow to the Board of Supervisors. Other officials who […]

News and Sports Update_123118Download In several reminders from the City of Keokuk, they want to make sure that everyone remembers the city offices will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 1 in observance of New Year’s Day. This includes the offices for the Keokuk Area Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Keokuk and United Way, but the offices can still be reached at 524-5055, 524-5056 and 524-4504 respectively. Also, City sanitation crews […]

Conservation groups are keeping a watchful eye on federal agency websites during the government shutdown according to a report by Suzanne Potter with the Illinois News Connection. They say some pages have been taken down, at agencies that include the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service Planning and US Fish and Wildlife Service. The concern, says Taylor McKinnon at the Center for Biological Diversity, is that those sites are […]

The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Fort Madison, Iowa man on a felony drug charge. Taylor R. Young, 24, of Fort Madison, Iowa was arrested on December 19th, 2018 on a felony drug charge. Young is charged with delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine, a class C felony. If convicted, Young faces up to 10 years in a state correctional facility. The arrest […]

The Lee County Leadership Program is requesting applications from nonprofit organizations throughout Lee County for community projects. The eleven participants of this year’s Lee County Leadership Program will use their new skills and expanded network in leading three community projects proposed by Lee County community organizations. Applications for community projects are due Friday, Jan. 18. Past successful projects include a fundraiser kickball tournament, introduction of healthy smoothies for concession stands […]