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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.
Camerata 808 to perform final spring concert Tuesday at Culver-Stockton College
CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College’s Camerata 808 is set to deliver an evening of innovative and experimental music with its final concert of the spring semester on Tuesday, May 7. The concert will take place at the idiosyncratic time of 8:08 p.m. in the Merillat Recital Hall on...
New signs highlight historic figures buried in Keokuk cemetery
Volunteers are posting signs throughout the 100-acre Oakland Cemetery in Keokuk to note the historic figures buried there. “We tried to just kind of include some folks that maybe had been forgotten along the way so that we could bring their history back to light and really kind of get their names put back out there so that their story wasn't forgotten,” said Angela Gates, President of the Lee County Iowa Historical Society.
Proceeds from pancake breakfast Sunday to go towards new rescue fire truck in Warsaw
WARSAW, Ill. — The Warsaw Fire Department, 220 S. Fifth, will hold its 14th annual pancake breakfast fundraiser from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, April 28. Cost for the all-you-can-eat breakfast is $7 for adults and $3 for children under the age of 10. The meal will include pancakes, biscuits and gravy, sausage links or patties and a drink.
Severe weather rolls through eastern Iowa leaving thousands without power
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A heave round of rain, wind, hail and lightning roared through eastern Iowa Saturday evening. Fortunately, no major damage or injuries reported, but thousands were left in the dark. Nearly 6,000 were left in the dark in Poweshiek, Mahaska and Keokuk. More than 5,000 of...
FAA Honors Iowa Pilots For Years Of Service
(Keokuk, IA) -- The Federal Aviation Administration has given four Iowa pilots the Wright Brother's Master Pilot award. The men have marked more than 50-years each of piloting an airplane. The FAA handed out the awards April 20th at a ceremony at the Keokuk Municipal Airport, according to Raymond Ott...
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