Donnellson News

Cattle, swine, rabbits, poultry, goats and even a few humans will begin pouring into Donnellson today for the Lee County Fair.

Lee County dispatchers paged volunteer members of Donnellson Fire and Rescue just before 8 p.m. to the restaurant in Charleston five miles south of Donnellson on Iowa 218, said Fire Chief Fred Hoyer.

Monday, July 06, 2009 at 4:17 p.m. A Fire struck a Lee County Iowa restaurant shortly after 8:00 PM Sunday, July 5th.

The Lee County Fair Ecumenical Worship Service will be at 8 a.m. Sunday, July 12, at the Youth/Learning Center at the Lee County Fairgrounds in Donnellson.

Asbury United Methodist Church, 2128 S. Main St., will hear the Rev. Jerry Rigdon's sermon "Workers in the Way" during the 9:45 a.m. service Sunday.

The creation a single consolidated dispatch center in Lee County cleared its first hurdle Tuesday with members of the board of supervisors voting unanimously to sign onto a 28E agreement necessary to make the center a reality.

Don Emdia Jr. of Donnellson was elected commander of the Iowa Departments of American Veterans Sunday in Marshalltown.

Three businesses will lose liquor licenses for week. The Hawk Eye Three Burlington bars settled with the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division for previous violations of the statewide smoking ban.

Bobby Mincer had the kind of weekend most race car drivers can only dream about.

BOYS - Tipton senior Eric Thien won the 3,200 meters in 9:33.34, with Eddyville-Blakesburg's Zach Baker taking second .

The Lee Soil and Water Conservation District commissioners will have their regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, in the district office, 507 Elm St., Donnellson.

Six of today's state qualifying track meets and five boys' sectional golf meets scheduled for today have been postponed because of the weather.

Three more bars could lose their liquor licenses, for possible violations of the smoking ban.

One bar in central Iowa and two bars in southeast Iowa have been cited by Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller for repeatedly violating the Iowa Smokefree Air Act.

Reception set for influential teacher, association charter member. The Hawk Eye WEST BURLINGTON -- The Southeastern Community College Alumni Association has announced its 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients.

As part of National Library Week, April 12 to 18, and to highlight the importance of libraries to growing their communities' economic well-being, dozens of new business development books are now on display, on the shelves and ready for check-out at Lee County libraries So if starting or expanding a small business is on your mind as a career option, ...

Donnellson is looking for volunteers on Earth Day April 25 to help with roadside cleanup of Highway 2 and 218.

Donnellson Lions will conduct vision screenings at Central Lee Elementary School Friday during the school's Child Find event.

Lee County Sheriff Buck Jones said 29-year-old Levi Samuel Martinson and one of his friends, James Easter, 31, both of Donnellson, were using high-powered rifles for target shooting at Martinson's home in the 1200 block of Primrose Road.

Authorities have ruled the shooting death of a southeast Iowa man accidental. Lee County sheriff's officials say 29-year-old Levi Martinson, of Donnellson, and a friend were target shooting at Martinson's home ...