DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s Fall 2019 Iowa Youth Straw Poll takes place in schools across Iowa on Tuesday. More than 300 schools have registered to take part in the Straw Poll, which will measure students’ preferred candidates in the Presidential, U.S. Senate and U.S. House races. Those schools include Keokuk Public and Catholic schools, Central Lee, Fort Madison, Burlington and other SE Iowa schools. Live […]
Des Moines, Iowa - October 17, 2019 -The Iowa Department of Revenue has finalized the 2020 interest rate, individual income tax brackets, and individual income tax standard deduction amounts for the 2020 tax year (applicable for taxes due in 2021). Interest Rates Starting January 1, 2020, the interest rate for taxpayers with overdue payments will be: * 7.0% annually * 0.6% monthly *0.019126% daily Iowa Code Section 421.7 specifies the […]
The following statement was made to the public by TJ Juskiewicz. 10/25/2019Dear RAGBRAI Nation-This is a bittersweet day for me and my team. Today, your RAGBRAI Director for the past 16 years and the entire RAGBRAI staff has resigned.RAGBRAI’s parent companies (Des Moines Register & Gannett/USA Today) claim “we will uphold First Amendment principles”, but they refused to offer me that same opportunity to openly speak to the RAGBRAI Nation […]
-Event puts Construction Trades students to the test with real-world construction tasks FHMS Laton Denning screws drywall to metal studFMHS 1st placeMediapolis Clayton Vorwerk cuts rebar for concrete formMediapolis High School 2nd placeKHS 3rd place BURLINGTON, Iowa – Carl A. Nelson & Company, a 106-year-old design-build, construction management and general contracting firm based in Burlington, Iowa, on Thursday hosted its third annual High School Construction Skills Challenge for area construction […]
West Burlington, IA –Pilot Grove Savings Bank received approval letters from both the Iowa Division of Banking (IDOB) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to expand their operations to West Burlington. The bank will be located in Becker Plaza, south of Shottenkirk, west of Becker’s Jewelers, and off of South Gear Avenue in West Burlington. A ribbon cutting and grand opening event will be announced at a later date, to […]
UnityPoint Health – Keokuk has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Hospital and Home Health agency Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care. UnityPoint Health - Keokuk underwent a rigorous, unannounced onsite review on June 10-12, 2019. During the visit, a team of […]
Jefferson City, Mo. — A purported “cyber-hygiene” report from a vendor trying to sell its election cybersecurity product through the media is based on a scan of a domain (mo.gov) that is not in any way related to Missouri’s election website. Not only was the scan conducted on numerous pages that never had any connection to Missouri elections, the election system is completely separate from the networks of other state agencies. […]
VIA THE PEN CITY CURRENT BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR LEE COUNTY – Workers will start installing solar panels on three Lee County properties in October, according to a company official spearheading the work. At Tuesday’s Lee County Board of Supervisors meeting, supervisors approved a purchase power agreement with Sunshine Properties L.L.C. Sunshine Properties is a subsidiary of Morhfeld Electric Michael Mohrfeld, president of Mohrfeld Electric, told supervisors work should begin […]
BY ETHAN LILLARD PCC STAFF Hamilton - Getting stuck behind a tractor is a regular occurrence around the farming areas in the tri-states. This week and possibly over the weekend, some may find themselves stuck behind not just one tractor, but an entire fleet of tractors, as people from around the tri-state area and beyond bring their classic tractors to Hamilton, Illinois for this year's 52nd annual Western Illinois Threshers. For […]
