Fort Madison News

Jeffrey Gene Thomas pleaded guilty Friday to assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, a felony punishable of up to five years in prison.

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.

However, the court upheld an animal torture conviction, ruling the 30-year-old acted "with a depraved or sadistic intent to cause the animal prolonged suffering and death" "The jury could reasonably find Wilson chopped and stabbed his dog to death with a samurai sword," the ruling stated.

By Bobby Wilson At 4 p.m. last Thursday, at about the time folks hereabouts were learning of the death of Michael Jackson , Danny Bessine's stock of Jackson LPs and CDs at Weird Harold's totaled more than 30.

As a general practice physician in 1950, Readinger charged new mothers $50 for prenatal care, delivery, post-natal care and pediatric care.

A new Iowa law lets you take your bottle of wine "to-go." As of today, if you don't finish the bottle, the restaurant can cork it for you.

By Becky Ogann Story Created: Jul 2, 2009 at 12:49 PM CDT Story Updated: Jul 2, 2009 at 12:49 PM CDT DES MOINES - A Des Moines man convicted in the slayings of his common-law wife and a neighbor has been found dead in his prison cell.

For years, hard-throwing pitcher Sammy Snygg has been nicknamed 'Sammy Strikeout.' 'Sammy Slugger' fits as well after she broke the state softball career home run record Monday.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Madison Williamson, 8, and her brother Chase, 6, both of Mount Pleasant, read books Thursday in the children's section of the Mount Pleasant Public Library and Civic Center.

Jim Butler is on a roll this summer. The Fort Madison golfer won the Iowa Senior Match Play Championship, finished second in the Senior Division of the Hunters Ridge Amateur and won last week's Clinton Riverboat Days Amateur Senior Division.

High-speed passenger train service between Chicago and Omaha could eventually become a reality, Iowa Gov.

Plaid shirts and suede vests. Cowboy hats and boots. A horse and wagon. A duel could break out at any moment.

Lois Virginia Wettstein, 90, of Fond du Lac, passed away at St. Agnes Hospital on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.

Money will go toward J40 interchange. The Hawk Eye Additional funding for the Fort Madison bypass soon will make its way to Lee County, thanks to the Iowa Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration and Congress' 2009 spending bill.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Rose Chochley of West Burlington hugs Tiffany Clay of West Burlington, left, a student at Dayton's School of Hair Design, on its last day Friday after some 60 years at 315 N. Main St.

Presently, the jail has water provided by the Rathbun Regional Water Association and an on-site well.

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.

Attorneys in Fort Madison have confirmed the trial for a 39-year-old man accused of killing another man with a cast-iron sword in a fight over a pool game.

Bill Leasher of Neoga, Ill., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Illini Division tournament on Lake Shelbyville Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 15 pounds, 5 ounces.