At the Keokuk City Council meeting Thursday it was announced that the Keokuk Saddle Club would be returning to town. The council approved of a 1 dollar lease with the saddle club for 99 years regarding a 5 acre plot of land at Joyce Park on the north end of Keokuk. Theresa Murray serves as the president of the Keokuk Saddle Club and she expressed that the plan for the […]
The Fort Madison School Board gave Superintendent Erin Slater a ringing endorsement at a special board meeting Thursday night. The special session was held to review Slater’s first year as the district superintendent. Board President Timm Lamb stated that Slater has implemented many new initiatives which have been very successful in her first year. Another discussion that was held at the meeting was reviewing the recent bond referendum for a […]
The Lee county fair wrapped up Monday morning after a very successful weekend. The fair concluded with Future Farmers of America and 4H youth receiving awards for their exhibits throughout the fair. Lee County Fair Board President Brock Westfall stated that attendance was up from recent years after several new events were introduced for the 2017 version of the fair. Wednesday the fair held its first ever fish fry with […]
The Keokuk Chiefs baseball season got off to a tough start on the road over the weekend. Pitching figured to be part of the growing pain for the Chiefs as they lost their top pitcher Chandler Sanders off of last year’s team that went 13 and 25. After losing by a run Thursday the Chiefs played a doubleheader at Burlington High School Friday night. In the opener Chiefs starter Andrew […]
For the first time ever, the Iowa Hawkeyes baseball team are Big Ten Tournament champions. The Hawkeyes entered the tournament as the league’s number 5 seed and after a victory Thursday over 4 seeded Maryland, the Hawkeyes went on to knock off #1 seed Nebraska 2-zero in a pitcher’s duel Friday. Saturday morning the Hawks took their only loss 9 to 3 the third seeded Minnesota Gophers. Iowa would bounce […]
Memorial Day weekend marked one of the first big holidays for the arts in Keokuk. However, at the end of last week there was an air of anxiety hanging over many of the festivities organizers and it came at the hands of Mother Nature. Forecasts for the weekend called for high percentage chances of rain throughout but fortunately Memorial Day weekend featured some of the nicest weather of 2017. Festivities […]
Emergency crews from Iowa and Illinois responded to the report of a capsized boat Monday night on the Mississippi River. The Keokuk Fire Department, Keokuk Emergency Volunteer Corps, Warsaw Fire Department were called by a witness to a sinking boat south of the dam between Keokuk and Warsaw. According to KEVC Assistant Chief Charlie Biddenstadt, the search was suspended around 11PM volunteers found no debris or signs of a capsized […]
A Fort Madison man died as the result of injuries sustained in a single vehicle crash Monday afternoon. 33 year old Hoyt Grossman was travelling on eastbound J48 near Sheaffer Memorial Golf Course when he drove off the right side of the road and over-corrected. Grossman’s truck than hit a culvert and landed on its roof. The preliminary report states that Grossman was not wearing his seat-belt at the time […]
Keokuk Lady Chiefs soccer coach Meg McGhghy had a single day Wednesday to reflect on the Chiefs regular season that ended Tuesday night. McGhghy implemented some new offensive formations at the beginning of the year and she thought the girls responded very well starting off the season 4 and 0. After 9 games the lady chiefs were really clicking when a combination of ailments and a tough portion of the […]
