Lee County News

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.

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

A Keokuk man police said wore a red and purple wig, facial makeup and women's clothing and complained motorists did not stop to help him when he ran out of gas, will face serious drug charges.

Two Tennessee women were hospitalized following a one-vehicle rollover accident Tuesday morning.

Raymond D. Cooper apparently had other plans, and willingly going to jail wasn't a part of it.

A grant from the U . S . Department of Justice is going to help create aA full time A computer crimes investigatorA in Lee County Iowa.

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

An investigation into an elaborate meth-cooking operation in a home that netted five people the past few days has resulted in yet another arrest of a local resident.

How to improve and grow Lee County will be the focus of an upcoming summit. Lee County Sustainability Summit invites leaders, community members and businesses to examine the county and explore growth strategies Wednesday in the Millennium Center, 610 Timea St., Keokuk.

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

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A new, cooking-based 4H club is forming in Lee County. The first meeting will be at 4 p.m. Feb.

A Keokuk man who was a suspect in a Lee County, Iowa meth manufacturing conspiracy has been arrested on felony drug charges.

Des Moines County department heads turned a projected $700,774 deficit for next fiscal year into a small surplus in little less than a week as they continue the budget process.

Another local resident was arrested Saturday in connection with a drug bust that netted four other people last week.

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

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

All Lee County students from kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to enter the 2012 Soil and Water Conservation Poster Contest.