The Keokuk Chiefs split competition in doubleheader action against Fort Madison on Friday in boys and girls basketball. Keokuk picked up a dominant 56-21 win in the first half of the doubleheader thanks to the girls team playing one of their best games of the season. Fort Madison trailed Keokuk 20-5 after the first and 36-16 heading into the halftime break. The Chiefs would then hold the Bloodhounds scoreless in […]
The Iowa Hawkeye women’s basketball team fell on the road Thursday night to the Purdue Boilermakers 62-57. A close game throughout, Iowa trailed by five points at the halftime break and even took the lead after the third quarter, but were outscored by six in the fourth. Megan Gustafson and Hannah Stewart were both in double digits in scoring with 19 and 17, respectively, but they were the only players […]
News and Sports Update_011019Download Keokuk Economic Development Corporation in partnership with the Keokuk Area Chamber of Commerce is applying to be the 2019-2020 community partner for the University of Iowa’s Initiative for Sustainable Communities. The successful community will benefit from roughly 20,000 hours of work (valued at an estimated $250,000) from UI students and faculty from a variety of disciplines. The community partner application will include 20-30 projects that are […]
News and Sports Update_010919Download UnityPoint Health® is among 12 health systems representing approximately 250 hospitals across the United States that have joined Civica Rx as founding members. Civica Rx was established in 2018 by three philanthropies and seven leading health systems that experience first-hand the impact of drug shortages, which have become all too common and affect all aspects of the health care delivery system. The highly-collaborative initiative will result […]
News and Sports Update_010819Download The Lee County Board of Supervisors met for their weekly meeting on Tuesday. During the public input portion of the meeting, Bernie McCauley asked about the appointing of a second Conservation Board Director. County Auditor Denise Fraise explained the position needed to be advertised for a certain amount of time to get an opportunity for a female applicant to possibly put their name in. Ron Fedler […]
News and Sports Update_010719Download The Lee County Narcotics Task Force reports the arrest of a Fort Madison, Iowa woman on a felony drug charge. Kristina Nicole Boe, 32, of Fort Madison, Iowa was arrested on Jan, 2nd, 2018 on a felony drug charge. Boe is charged with delivery of more than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a class B felony. If convicted, Boe faces up to 25 years in a state […]
News and Sports Update_010419Download The Keokuk City Council met for the first time this year on Thursday night and began the meeting by approving a consent agenda that included approving an Urban Revitalization Tax Exemption for Bonita Scott, announcing the resignation of John Mason from the Architecture Design Standards Commission, effective immediately and appointing Mary Watson to the City Planning Commission for a term to expire May 14, 2024. A […]
News and Sports Update_010319Download CPA Associates P.C., Certified Public Accountants, today released an audit report on the Keokuk Municipal Waterworks, a Component Unit of the City of Keokuk, dated December 19, 2018. CPA Associates P.C.reported that the Waterworks had operating revenues of $7,969,891 and non-operating revenues $64,504 for the year ended June 30, 2018. Waterworks operating expenses, including depreciation, totaled $7,491,846, an 11.34% increase from the prior year. A copy […]
News and Sports Update_010219Download The Lee County Board of Supervisors held their first meeting of the 2019 year at the North Lee County Office in Fort Madison on Wednesday morning. They began the meeting by swearing in the newly elected county officials, including Chris Spann and Ross Braden who return to the positions they previously held and officially swearing in Rich Harlow to the Board of Supervisors. Other officials who […]
