Simple misdemeanor charges were dropped against five more defendants involved in protests at the Dakota Access Pipeline last fall. The five protestors were women from the Iowa City area that were arrested for minor trespassing on the September 17th or October 1st of 2016. County Attorney Clinton Boddicker offered each of the defendants a plea deal in March but the 5 refused the deal and attempted to have their cases […]
Keokuk High School students celebrated the final day of the 2016-17 school year Wednesday. Festivities at the high school included water balloon, an outdoor slip and slide, and a performance by a band made up of high school students. Principal Adam Magliari’s smile beamed from ear to ear Wednesday afternoon as he described the day he enjoyed with his students. Magliari felt that his first year as head administrator at […]
The Keokuk School District looks like it may be losing another administrator following the 2016-17 school year. The district has seen principals at both the middle school and high school leave in the last 3 years and earlier this spring it was announced that vocal music director Nick McGraw would be going back to school in Nebraska after the school year. Now it has been made known that district superintendent […]
This past Monday a delegation of the willing from the city of Keokuk travelled north to Davenport, Iowa to look at a potential new attraction for the city. That’s the term city administrator Aaron Burnett used to describe the group that visited the Rhythm City Barge to investigate whether the feasibility of bringing the barge to Keokuk. John Helenthal brought a background in plumbing to look at the structural and […]
Wednesday morning citizens of Keokuk welcomed a representative of the company that is building the Senior Lofts at 9th and main to the Coffee and Conversation meeting. Pete Schwiegeraht, is a project manager for Ohio-based development company Miller-Valentine and he was excited to give an update on the progress made at the senior living building. Pete talked about the specifics of the Senior Lofts which will contain 45 1 and […]
Local residents will have an opportunity over the weekend to get a sneak peek at the work that has been completed at the Keokuk union deport. Saturday morning, the Keokuk Union Depot Committee will be holding an open house at the depot complete with a variety of authentic memorabilia from the heyday of the riverfront landmark. The memorabilia will be placed in display cases for the open house and community […]
It appears that natural causes contributed to the death of the Ameren worker who entered the Mississippi River Saturday morning. Hancock County Coroner Kendall Beals stated that while drowning was determined as the preliminary cause of death for 75 year old Ronald Summers, a heart attack is the reason he fell into the water. The investigation indicated that Summers was driving a golf cart when the heart attack occurred and […]
The Iowa State Penitentiary has taken action in response to reports that synthetic drugs are being used on a large scale at the prison. On April 14th, municipal workers council 61 president Danny Homan sent out a press release stating 12 have been tied to the infiltration of the synthetic marijuana drug K2. ISP Spokesperson Lettie Prell announced this week that 5 offenders have been found guilty of violating institutional […]
Several new points were made regarding the proposed new Lee County Health Department meeting at the informational meeting Tuesday night at the Keokuk Public Library. Health Department Administrator Julie Schilling spoke on the issue of whether or not the board looked into repurposed buildings before moving forward with the bond. Matt Pflug and finance manager Tammy Wilson addressed a point that has been brought up at forums stating that the […]
