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With its $240 million fertilizer gamble in peril, Iowa should give up on giveaways
A quarter billion dollars just doesn’t go as far as you’d think. The most favorable package of tax and other incentives in Iowa history helped get an Egyptian company, Orascom, to agree in 2012 to build a gigantic nitrogen fertilizer production plant in Lee County. (The tally was about $240 million of state and local investment, going up to $550 million when including federal incentives, much of which were meant for flood recovery.) Part of the sales...
Memorial Hospital Foundation campaign to fund Memorial Medical Clinic mobile unit
CARTHAGE — Memorial Hospital Foundation has launched a $30,000 fundraising effort to provide local students with essential mental health resources. The Foundation’s Strengthening Minds, Building Futures campaign will support Memorial Hospital’s Behavioral Health team as it works to open a new mobile unit, Memorial Medical Clinic Mobile.
For the Record - Monday, April 29, 2024
04/26/24 – 4:26 p.m. – Fort Madison Police arrested Clinton Allen Keenan, Jr., 18, of Fort Madison in the 1100 block of Avenue H, on a warrant for no valid driver’s license. She was taken to Lee County Jail and held. 04/26/24 – 6:02 p.m. – Fort...
Kiddie Parade committee to meet May 5
FORT MADISON - The steering committee for the 112th annual Charlie Korschgen 4th of July Kiddie Parade will have an organizational meeting Sunday May 5 at 4:30 pm at the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge at 620 Avenue G. Andy Andrews general chairman pleads that he always need more volunteers...
Lady Hounds' conference title hopes waning
FORT MADISON Fort Madison’s offense badgered Burlington for the first half of Monday’s girls soccer match, but couldn’t get any goals. Then the Grayhounds’ offense struck in the second half, and the frustration for the Bloodhounds grew. Burlington’s 2-0 win put the Grayhounds in control of...
Five Iowa pilots honored with Wright Brothers award
An April 24, 2024, story in the Fort Madison Daily Democrat in Iowa notes “it was a somewhat unusual day at the Keokuk Municipal Airport (KEOK)” on April 20, when five pilots received the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award: Cecil Schenk, Donald Lindholm, Arnold Spersflage, Dennis Morton, and Robert McDowell.
For the Record – Thursday, May 2, 2024
05/01/24 – 3:47 p.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a report of a burglary in the 3400 block of Avenue N. 05/01/24 – 3:49 p.m. – Fort Madison police responded to a report of a property damage accident in the 2600 block of Avenue L.
FMHS 2024 Prom Court announced
FORT MADISON - The Fort Madison High School Prom Court was announced this week at an all-school assembly. Seniors being named to the King's Court were Jan De Gracia Hernandez, Aiden Benda, Javean Davis, Jamarkus Kline, Henry Wiseman, and Nathan Bowen. The Queen Court included Lily Arnold, Jordyn Burch, Aija Jenkins, Olivia Kraus, Ella Wright, and Miah Wellendorf.
Gauley pens book with movie planned
FORT MADISON – When it’s helping on movie sets, styling hair, or even pruning plants, Fort Madison’s Aimee Gauley is going to find an outlet for her creative energy. The owner of Aimee’s Salon on 9th Street in downtown Fort Madison has just self-published a book based in Fort Madison, but fictional in nature. And not only has she published the book, but said there is also a movie deal in the works.
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