Keokuk News

John Gaines/The Hawk Eye Balloon artist Doug Campbell entertains Jim and Shirley McCoy while making a beetle during family night in May at Pizza Plus in Keokuk.

Iowa corn is standing tall, and tasseling has begun in some fields, but that growing prowess has caused corn prices to fall to a two-year low.

The violations occurred during a biannual sting conducted by the Lee County Sheriff's office earlier this year, Sheriff Buck Jones said.

Two boys spent a very long night on the Des Moines river Tuesday. 17A year oldA Johnathan Marshall and 18 year old Kegan BawdenA were a part of group of five boysA who had gone inertubing on the river earlier in the day.

An easy 5 1/2-hour drive that only takes 7 hours will get you to Burlington, Iowa, a Mississippi River town tucked in the southeastern corner of the state that has a great deal in common with Cape Girardeau.

A 19-year-old Sioux City man, charged in the death of his four-month-old daughter in February has bonded out of jail.

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

Keith Eugene Galbreath of Keokuk was arrested Wednesday on charges of threatening to commit arson, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass, in connection with a confrontation he had with a neighbor.

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.

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.

In recognition of E-Waste Recycling Week, Drake Hardware and Software of Burlington will be on the road collecting electronic waste.

The cause of death of a Marine who died in a single-car wreck has been identified.

Officials have finished drafting a 28E agreement necessary to create the centralized emergency dispatch, and the city of Houghton already has signed on.

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Matt Ryerson/The Hawk Eye Mackenzie Sherrill, 11, of Argyle, nervously eyes her electrocardiography readout after being hooked up to the harmless machine by Lee County EMTs Mike Hellige and Trista Arnold during the annual Lee County EMS Council open house event Saturday at the former Keokuk Middle School location in Keokuk.

A fire late Saturday night caused major damage to a mobile home in Hacker Estates, though no one was injured by the blaze.

STARS opened its barn doors in 1984, and now, after 25 years, the organization's countless volunteers continue to give the gift of time to help change the lives of their clients.

The fact that the 2009 version of this extravaganza hasn't happened yet as I write this does indeed make writing this article to be a very difficult task.

Greer was arrested last week after the Lee County Attorney's office filed formal charges, accusing the 40-year-old man of two counts of second-degree sexual abuse.

Keokuk, Ia. - Police said a woman jumped off an observation deck on a bridge in Keokuk and fell about 40 feet to a paved road below.