Keokuk News

Patrick Hayes briefly informed the audience this morning at a Keokuk Chamber of Commerce meeting he is interested in bringing his industry, WTF Asia International, to Keokuk.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 5:27 p.m. Read more: Local , State , Health A The unemployment rate in the State of Iowa was 6.7% in September 2009.

Just a week after adopting a new bidding policy for purchases, the Lee County Board of Supervisors may change it.

All Saints Catholic Church, Keokuk, will have its Christmas Bazaar and Dinner from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Keokuk Catholic School, 2981 Plank Road.

The 2009 City of Christmas commemorative candle is available at the Keokuk Chamber of Commerce, 329 Main St., or from City of Christmas committee members.

"In 30 years as a criminal trial lawyer ... counsel has never faced a more difficult case based on the sheer complexity of having to defend against between seven to 18 fires, preparing to question between 80 to 100 witnesses at trial," defense attorney Clemens Erdahl told a federal judge in Davenport.

H1N1 swine flu is affecting patients across the United States. H1N1 swine flu virus begs the questions about whether hospitals will be able to handle the influx of H1N1 swine flu patients.

The figures, according to the Associated Press, far outweigh the number of actual weddings and civil unions tallied by the first census data on same-sex marriages.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 11:34 a.m. KEOKUK, IA -- The following is a news release from Keokuk Area Hospital; In hopes to keep patients and visitors from receiving the H1N1 virus, A Keokuk Area Hospital has temporarily changed its visiting A policy.

John Lovretta/The Hawk Eye Sixteen-month-old Natalie Wibbell of Dallas City, Ill., under the watchful eyes of her parents, John and Tiffany, gets a shot from Peggy Moreland of Lomax, Ill., the Lee County Health Department's Maternal Child Health coordinator, Wednesday during a H1N1 vaccination clinic offered by the Lee County Health Department at ...

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 1:48 p.m. FT. MADISON, IOWA -- The following is a news release from the Lee County Iowa Health Department; Due to the very limited amount of H1N1 vaccines/nasal mist received, Lee County Health Department has scheduled two small public health clinics to administer H1N1 vaccines/nasal mist to the following high risk ...

John Raymond Nicol, 57, was booked Wednesday on charges of receipt of precursors and purchase of more than 7,500 milligrams of pseudoephedrine in a 30-day period.

Opportunities as vast as the Mississippi River itself are open to communities on and bordering the Great River Road.

Thrush charged with three counts of arson in Keokuk. An attorney for Travis Lee Thrush, the 21-year-old Keokuk man charged in federal court with three counts of arson in connection with the torching of a church and other structures, wants a judge to disallow the man's statements because police interrogators may have violated his Fifth Amendment ...

Both ecologically and economically, the mighty river continues to play an important role locally as well as nationally.

Kenneth Leo Spring, 39, and Lily Maxine Crowell, 31, were arrested Friday on charges of conspiracy to manufacture less than five grams of meth, maintaining a drug house, child endangerment and possession of marijuana.

Lee County Health Department is canceling the following seasonal flu clinics and will reschedule when more vaccines are available: * Tuesday: 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Senior Housing, Twin Oaks Apartments, Denmark.

During a special meeting Tuesday, the Lee County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to give a no-interest $150,000 loan to the Lee County Economic Development Group Inc., which will in turn lend the money to the entrepreneurs behind the startup.

During a board of supervisors meeting Tuesday, Janice Morgan and Raeann Salter said the deputy could have handled the situation better.

At a meeting Tuesday, Des Moines County supervisors approved a $119,999 contract with First Construction to demolish four cabins on the Mississippi River island.