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Jefferson City, Mo. — A statement has been made from Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft regarding Berkeley, Mo., Mayor Theodore “Ted” Hoskins, charged with several felony counts of election fraud. According to court documents, Hoskins is alleged to have altered absentee ballots and has been charged with one felony count of forgery and four felony counts of committing an election offense. “Our office was pleased to reach out to federal […]

Jefferson City, Mo. — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s Securities Division issued a final order against Adam Sharp and his companies after they sold unregistered, non-exempt securities to residents of Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. The division found that Sharp and his companies — Social Inc., Social Automotive Management Services LLC and Sharp Management LLC — made untrue statements, omitted material facts and engaged in fraud. From approximately January 2016 […]

The Board of Directors of The Keokuk Area Community Foundation (KACF) met on November 12, 2019, to award grants to twenty-three Tri-State Area 501 c (3) exempt nonprofit organizations. Grants were awarded to nonprofit organizations in the fields of arts and culture, community betterment, education, health, and human services in Lee County Iowa, Hancock County Illinois, and Lewis and Clark Counties in Missouri. Lee County Youth Services, Inc. (LCYS) is […]

Branson, Missouri  – WGEM News was honored by the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences during its annual EMMY® Gala held in Branson. WGEM News took home a regional EMMY® Award in the Newscast category. The award specifically recognizes the production of WGEM News at Six the day after the 2018 officer-involved shooting in Quincy last May, resulting in the death of a suspect. The […]

Jefferson City, Mo. — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s Securities Division ordered Walter Vera and his company Metals.com to cease and desist after allegedly misleading 13 Missouri residents into investing $1.4 million in gold and silver. From Dec. 27, 2017, to Aug. 29, 2019, Vera and his company Metals.com, also known as TMTE Inc., allegedly advised at least 13 Missourians to invest $1.4 million in gold and silver through self-directed […]

An editorial column from the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation by Eric Bohl On October 29, historians and computer scientists celebrated the 50th birthday of the internet. On that day in 1969, the very first login to the internet occurred. The “birth” connected a terminal at UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute, about 350 miles away. We have made unfathomable progress in the past 50 years. Unfortunately, that progress has been […]

Area high schools in Lee and surrounding counties took place in the mock election Iowa Straw Poll yesterday. The Office of Iowa Secretary of State states the goal of the poll is to "engage students in a fun, hands-on learning experience that will inspire them toward civic engagement". State wide results, shown here, show President Donald Trump the front runner for the Republican Presidential Candidate with 34.6% of the vote. […]

On Monday, October 28, Keokuk Walmart presented to the Keokuk Union Depot Foundation a grant of $2500 for interior brick repairs. Roan Masonry of Keokuk has been contracted to undertake the repairs. In recent months structural work has been completed by Myers & James Construction, another Keokuk firm, on the ceilings in the downriver rooms of the depot. Plans are currently underway to make even more improvements to the building. […]

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 […]