Keokuk News

Two one-term veterans of the Lee County Board of Supervisors are vying for the Democratic nomination for the District 5 seat.

JadeA Williams, a student at theA Alternative Campus High School, recently announced her intention to play collegeA basketball on scholarship at The Keokuk Campus of Southeastern Community College in Keokuk, IA.

Memorial Day ceremonies this weekend in southeast Iowa and west-central Illinois include: * 9:30 a.m. Sunday in Keokuk National Cemetery, 1701 J Street.

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Keokuk will host the annual Back Alley Bandfest for the sixth year this Friday. Walk around historic Keokuk streets while listening to free performances from nine different bands.

A Lee County resident is sick of the dust circling her home and has taken her case to the board of supervisors.

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Well the dust up about the million dollar meeting in Maui has finally registered with the judges planning on spending some quality meeting time in a tropical paradise.

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.

A soldier who was born in Maryland, served in the 1st U.S. Dragoons, and at age 50 entered the Civil War in Keokuk will be the focus of a free program.

A fire at a coal plant located between Montrose and Keokuk did more than $1 million worth of damage early Saturday Officials said the fire at Hendricks River Logistics, 3254 Mississippi River Road, was called in from the Illinois side of the Mississippi River about 6 a.m. More than 1,000 feet of conveyor belt caught fire, heavily damaging the ... (more)

Lee County supervisors approved more than $1.34 million in budget amendments Tuesday.

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John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Central Lee High School sophomore Chelsea Page, the winner of the 2nd District's 2012 Congressional Art Competition, holds "The Yellow House," her winning watercolor painting Wednesday in Central Lee High School's art room.

Wars tear at a nation and its people, but the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Committee wants to build something that will bring people together.

Yet another suspected drug dealer fell into the hands of the Lee County Narcotics Task Force on Wednesday.

KEOKUK, Iowa - A Keokuk man faces trial in July on a charge that he killed his mother.

Thursday Burlington Public Library, 210 Court St., will host a visit by children's author John Duggleby, who wrote "Grant Wood: Author in Overalls," at 6:30 p.m. Riverfront Farmers Market is 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Port of Burlington, 400 N. Front St., and adjacent parking lot.