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FERDEN, Emily Nicole, daughter of James and Lynne Ferden of Troy, Mich., was born Jan.

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Council members have accepted the resignation of this town's police chief, who has taken a job as a full-time police officer in Fort Madison.

Eight of Iowa's 50 state senators are women. Donna Amandus of Fort Madison hopes to add her name to that list, but first she must beat three other Democrats in the primary then win the general election.

Free tax help is available through the Volunteer Return Preparation Program sponsored by AARP in cooperation with the IRS.

Lee County community leaders spent Wednesday discussing possible tools to spur sustainable growth in the economy.

Ed Wallace, deputy director of Iowa Workforce Development, talks with Tim Gobble, Fort Madison Partners executive director, on Wednesday before he addressed the Great River Region Days delegation at the Embassy Suites in Des Moines.

There is a lot of blame to go around over the mishandling of the Iowa Caucus results.

Alcoholics Anonymous - local chapters are: * Burlington: Meetings are at noon Monday through Saturday; at 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday through Sunday.

Lee County's Democratic lawmakers easily pointed to signs the economy is growing in the state and across the region.

The ultimate volunteer, "Mr. Burlington," received the top honor Friday evening at the Greater Burlington Partnership Annual Dinner at the Comfort Suites Conference Center in Burlington.

There are plenty of things you can do in a job interview to improve your chances at getting hired.

It's time for trap shooters to prove their skills. The Iowa Winter Games Trap Shooting starts at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

Around 4:00 pm on Monday, January 30, 2012, this bus slid into the ditch caught by some trees.

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC has officially opened a 17,000-square-foot expansion to its Fort Madison canned meat factory today.

Alcoholics Anonymous - local chapters are: * Burlington: Meetings are at noon Monday through Saturday; at 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday through Sunday.

Brenna Norman/The Hawk Eye Pro-life advocates take to the streets during the Right to Life March Saturday Jan.

John Gaines/The Hawk Eye Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds and area dignitaries pass by the cleaning and softening process for beans for the new chili product during a tour Friday of the new addition of the Pinnacle Foods plant south of Fort Madison.

Today Burlington Civic Music will present John Jorgenson Quintet at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium , 200 N. Front St.

The Lee County Sustainability Summit, an Iowa State University Extension program, has been scheduled Feb.