THE KEOKUK SCHOOL BOARD MET MONDAY NIGHT AT THE KHS MEDIA CENTER. A REPORT WAS GIVEN ON THE WISE IOWA GRANT AS THE KEOKUK DISTRICT WAS ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS IN THE STATE TO RECEIVE A GRANT WHICH PROMOTES SEX EDUCATION.THE SCHOOL CALENDER WAS TALKED ABOUT WITH 178 TOTAL DAYS OF SCHOOL FOR THE [...]
THE KEOKUK CITY COUNCIL MET THURSDAY NIGHT IN A LIVELY SESSION. THE MAIN ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS ISSUE OF THE KEOKUK POLICE DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT. MEYER CONSTRUCTION WAS THE ORIGIONAL BIDDER AT JUST OVER 40 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ASHPALT WORK. THEN THE WORK CREW FOUND OUT THAT THE CONCRETE UNDERNEATH WAS IN WORST SHAPE [...]
A BODY WAS FOUND THURSDAY MORNING IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN KEOKUK. KEOKUK POLICE SAY THE BODY OF 35 YEAR OLD EFREN CRUZ WAS RECOVERED BY FISHERMEN JUST BEFORE 10AM NEAR THE FORMER SOUTHSIDE BOAT CLUB. CRUZ WAS REPORTED MISSING AFTER HIS FRIENDS SAID THAT CRUZ NEVER SURFACED DURING A LATE NIGHT SWIM. CRUZ’S DEATH [...]
THE HAMILTON SCHOOL BOARD MET WEDNESDAY EVENING AT THE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH LIBRARY. ON THE AGENDA FOLLOWING A CLOSED SESSION. HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL RON GILBERT ANNOUNCED THAT MARK BORTZ OF THE CHICAGO BEARS TALKED TO THE STUDENTS ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS. GILBERT SAID THAT THE TITAN FOOTBALL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD GETTING READY FOR THE SEASON [...]
THE LEE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RELEASED A PRESS RELEASE FOR LEE COUNTY RESIDENTS ABOUT THE UPCOMING TAX INCREASE. THE RELEASE STARTS OUT AS THIS: TO THE CITIZENS OF LEE COUNTY: WE ARE GETTING OUT INFORMATION EARLY SO YOU CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY, AS MANY OF US WILL HAVE A UNPLEASANT SURPRISE WHEN WE GET OUR [...]
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