2+ hour, 43+ min ago  (823+ words) Clay Steel, environmental and outdoor education specialist for Lee County Conservation, shows off a bear skull to attendees of the OWLS lecture series at the Lee County Conservation Center in Montrose on Wednesday. (Brad Vidmar/Mississippi Valley Publishing) Around a…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (723+ words) Reports are taken directly from the daily logs of area law enforcement agencies." Joanne C. Boyle, 88, of Burlington, died Thursday, May 7, 20" Love was in the air that October night in 1924, but August Oetkin's cows were having none of it. In fact,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (263+ words) At George Washington Elementary in Keokuk, first grade students watched as freshly hatched baby chicks carefully walked around on the run in their classroom. Incubated eggs start to crack open, revealing fluffy chicks. After learning each week about the life…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1278+ words) Douglas Tallamy, the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Delaware and a New York Times bestselling author, speaks to a full audience Friday, May 1 at The Capitol Theater, 211 N. Third St. , during his program, "Homegrown National…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1278+ words) Douglas Tallamy, the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Delaware and a New York Times bestselling author, speaks to a full audience Friday, May 1 at The Capitol Theater, 211 N. Third St. , during his program, "Homegrown National…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (1165+ words) Ealing Telescope at Witte Observatory, taken January 2017. United Way of Southeast Iowa is looking for local farmers that would have a use for compostable expired food that United Way anticipates having surplus of this year from the Stamp Out Hunger…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (926+ words) Lee County Conservation Director Heather Huebner (standing) gives a speech at the Lee County Conservation Center in Montrose alongside Lee County Conservation Board President Jared Reed and Dr. Anshu Singh, director of Iowa Ports Association on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Dr. Anshu…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (832+ words) Jim Homann (standing), the Deputy Chief of Operations of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers" Rock Island District, speaks to the Lee County Conservation Board held their monthly meeting at the Lee County Conservation Center in Montrose on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (378+ words) The day began with a chilly, overcast morning walk along the Mississippi River, led by Audubon guide Brian "Fox" Ellis. The 15 participants spotted an array of birds, including sparrows, red-winged blackbirds, an oriole nest, ducks, pelicans and woodpeckers. Roxanne Puga's…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1073+ words) Fort Madison Tourism Bureau director Chi Eastin (right, in black) speaks to an attendee of the OWLS lecture at the Lee County Conservation Center in Montrose on Wednesday. (Brad Vidmar/Mississippi Valley Publishing) A crowd of attendees listened to Fort…...