The Tri-State Area is built on the back bone of our workers. Men and women who go out into our workforce every day and do just that. Work. In their shops, in their factory, in the wind and cold. Rain and heat. Keokuk's newest business Indi Wind Shop is there for that worker. Holding their grand opening open house last week, Indi Shop owner, Robert Shattell showed the public what […]
The Tri-State Area is built on the back bone of our workers. Men and women who go out into our workforce every day and do just that. Work. In their shops, in their factory, in the wind and cold. Rain and heat. Keokuk's newest business Indi Wind Shop is there for that worker. Holding their grand opening open house last week, Indi Shop owner, Robert Shattell showed the public what […]
The Tri-State Area is built on the back bone of our workers. Men and women who go out into our workforce every day and do just that. Work. In their shops, in their factory, in the wind and cold. Rain and heat. Keokuk's newest business Indi Wind Shop is there for that worker. Holding their grand opening open house last week, Indi Shop owner, Robert Shattell showed the public what […]
Mancountry has struck again. The Keokuk based non profit group hosted a music trivia night at the Keokuk Labor Temple on Sunday night bringing in 104 people for a night of fun for a good cause. Music trivia is a popular past time in the Tri-States, with the entry fee costing an average of $10 per person. However with Mancountry, the entry was something much more meaningful, a toy to […]
Adam Kraus and Corey Samuels do not want anyone in Keokuk going cold this winter. Forth generation company Kraus and Sons is teaming up with Mancountry for the 'Winter Warm Up Program 2017'. A donation based fundraiser to make sure no one is without a functioning heater this winter in the city of Keokuk. "Adam and I recently were talking about how this time of year we see an increase […]
Keokuk's own City Administrator Aaron Burnett recently received the Credentialed Manager designation from ICMA, the International City/County Management Association. Mr. Burnett is one of only just over 1,300 local government management professionals currently credentialed through the ICMA Voluntary Credentialing Program, putting our city manager in an elite group. ICMA’s states its mission is "To create excellence in local governance by promoting professional management worldwide and increasing the proficiency of appointed […]
During the workshop portion of Thursday’s Keokuk City Council meeting, 1st Ward Councilman Mike O’Connor raised the question of how the city should look into the background of citizens applying to serve on city boards and committees. O’Connor cited a recent letter to the editor in the Daily Gate city in which he referred to but didn’t name Historic Preservation Commission member Tom Trandel who slandered everyone at the city […]
The first and only public forum for candidates for the position of Mayor of Keokuk took place Monday night at city hall. Candidates Dan Winn, Patricia Whiteside, Tom Richardson, and Carl Morgan were all present and accounted for in their opportunity to educate the public on each of their particular agendas. 10 questions were asked by a moderator with each candidate being given a minute and a half to answer. […]
The South Lee County Courthouse in Keokuk continues to be in the spotlight not only locally but nationally. While the courthouse building itself continues to undergo tuckpointing repairs, indoors a high profile murder case continues. Security has been beefed up at the Keokuk courthouse due to the recent arrival of the Jorge Sanders-Galvez murder trial. Multiple Lee County Sheriff’s Deputies have been on scene during the trial to transport Sanders […]
