Thursday night the fate of the Unitarian Church was officially decided. The council voted to reopen the resolution authorizing the city to demolish the building after it was tabled at the July 6th meeting to allow local residents to raise money to rehab the 4th street property. City Code Enorcement Officer Kathy Gable read a report from engineer Charlie Bach of Poepping, Stone, and Bach which stated that the structure […]
Thursday afternoon citizens showed up to behold the newest healthcare rehabilitation facility in the tri-state area. After nearly a year of construction, River Hills Village held the grand opening for its brand new 2.5 million dollar bounce back facility to much fanfare Thursday. River Hills CFO Ron Wilson stated that this was a project near and dear to his house being from Iowa and knowing how important these facilities are […]
At Tuesday’s Women Inspiring Women event Tuesday an iconic Iowa woman spoke and 3 local women were bestowed with prestigious awards. Jesup, Iowa native Jen Loeb recounted her ventures which include summiting Mount Everest as well as the highest peak on 5 other continents. Loeb implored the audience to follow her dreams as she stated that as recently as several years ago she thought someone like her sitting atop Mount […]
In the feel-good story of the day, an anonymous Keokuk businessperson has decided to help citizens cool off during this late-week heat wave. Keokuk Aquatic Center Director of Operations Denise Estrada explained the gift this anonymous good Samaritan has provided. As a result of this donation, admission to the KAC will be complementary Thursday and Friday as temperatures hit 99 and 97 degrees respectively.
A spokesperson for Fareway Grocery’s corporate headquarters in Boone, Iowa has announced the officially opening date for the chain’s newest store in Fort Madison. Fareway Spokesperson Emily Toribio stated in a release that the Fort Madison Fareway store will open for business on Wednesday August 30th. At this time the open hours have not been reported and the company is still working to set an official ribbon cutting and grand […]
Despite an enthusiastic crowd in tow, the Keokuk Chiefs baseball team saw their magic runout Monday night in the District Championship game in Fairfield. Dozens of Keokuk faithful made the one hour trek to Fairfield to attend the battle between the Chiefs and the Fairfield Trojans, but the home team would take the wind out of the Chiefs sails early and often as the Chiefs fell 9 to 4. After […]
The Dakota Access Pipeline became a topic of discussion yet again at Tuesday’s Lee county Board of Supervisors meeting. Chippewa Resources Project Manager Lester Caldwell attended to report how things have been going between county land owners and Energy Transfer Partners who own the pipeline. Board members Gary Folluo and Matt Pflug questioned Caldwell on whether there have been any issues that the pipeline hasn’t handled to his satisfaction. Caldwell […]
After some consternation from the council, the city of Keokuk has agreed to contribute financially to the Big Dam Street Festival. At the July 6th Keokuk city council meeting the council voted to give 5 thousand dollars to the Lake Cooper Foundation for the carnival set to take place August 24th through 27th. LCF organizer Doug Matlick explained to the council that the funds would be used only towards security, […]
While the city of Keokuk has been granted permission to demolish the Unitarian Church on 4th street, movement on the demolition will have to continue to wait. At Thursday’s regular city council meeting, the board voted to table the decision to authorize demolition at the church which has been defunct for over 40 years. Keokuk residents Rod Tinson and David Romaine, who previously rehabilitated a historic home at 302 High […]
