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2 months ago | 
pencitycurrent.com | Tom Schulz |Chuck Vandenberg
COUNTY NEWS Posted Thursday, February 20, 2025 1:10 pm It was a great honor to serve the people of the district and of the county. However, at this point, the only reasonable thing for me to do is to step aside so focus remains on what is important. Lee County is in a position where we could grow and prosper greatly and I know the leadership in place will work us in that direction. It is with deep regret, and humility, that I tender my resignation.” LEE COUNTY – A citation for public...
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2 months ago | 
pencitycurrent.com | Tom Schulz |Garry Seyb |Chuck Vandenberg
COUNTY NEWS Posted Tuesday, January 28, 2025 5:00 pm We’re trying to build regulations that protect everyone, provide for reasonable setbacks and give both the constructors of these facilities and the people that live in the area, a clear idea of what’s expected of each of them.” The more counties that do that, the higher the percentage of chance the state will come in making an overarching rule for all counties and throw out ordinances and zoning that has already been created.” DONNELLSON –...
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2 months ago | 
pencitycurrent.com | Tom Schulz |Chuck Vandenberg
FEDERAL FUND FREEZE Posted Tuesday, January 28, 2025 2:35 pm I think we can keep pushing forward, but we hope within the week we can figure out where we’re at with the freeze. At this point, we are still analyzing to determine how this affects us overall. The loss of any of this funding could be potentially devastating.” LEE COUNTY – A federal freeze on grants, including local government grants, has Lee County officials searching for answers about how the freeze will affect local grants in...
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
pencitycurrent.com | Tom Schulz |Chuck Vandenberg
COUNTY NEWS Posted Monday, December 2, 2024 3:00 pm On Oct. 1, the City Council voted not to accept the agreement to take over the routine maintenance of that road after that had been negotiated both informally with the mayor and more formally with the city manager and the public works director.” FORT MADISON – Just barely a quorum of Supervisors made a statement to the City of Fort Madison that the 302nd Avenue squabble is far from over. With just three of five supervisors present Monday...
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
pencitycurrent.com | Tom Schulz |Chuck Vandenberg
COUNTY NEWS Posted Wednesday, October 9, 2024 5:50 pm Are we happy there was the issue of property tax being collected on the Newberry Center building that could’ve been there for the past 30 years and they just decided that this year? Were we happy with inaccuracies in some of the math we had on the report? I wasn’t particularly happy with those.” LEE COUNTY – Lee County seems to be in agreement on sticking with the Iowa State Auditor’s office in conducting the county’s annual financial...
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
pencitycurrent.com | Tom Schulz |Chuck Vandenberg
COUNTY LAWSUIT Posted Monday, August 12, 2024 12:23 pm But I think the idea of counties suing cities within their own county is not a great idea to start with, but something we were pushed into. I’m really happy to announce that everybody has come to a tentative agreement.” 2000 302nd Avenue Fort Madison, Ia 52627 View larger map LEE COUNTY – It would seem that an agreement in principal has been reached regarding the county’s pending lawsuit against the city over drainage on 302nd Avenue near...
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
pencitycurrent.com | Tom Schulz |Chuck Vandenberg
SENIOR CENTER Posted Monday, August 5, 2024 7:10 pm “I’m certainly hoping we can keep this thing open for at least a year or two while we work through some long-term solutions."” FORT MADISON – The Lee County Board of Supervisors is leaning toward extending its ownership of the building that houses the Newberry Senior Center in downtown Fort Madison. After a town hall meeting hosted by Supervisor Tom Schulz last week, the board discussed again Monday the status of the building and decided to...
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
pencitycurrent.com | Tom Schulz |Chuck Vandenberg
COUNTY NEWS Posted Monday, July 15, 2024 9:20 pm Should we support local newspaper, the local taxidermy shop? A union is an entity that’s not part of the government. I’m okay with the concept of supporting people and unions and I’m fine with unions, but when you say a taxpayer who may not even believe in unions is therefore somehow on the hook to support them…I’m sorry, but that’s corrupt.” LEE COUNTY – A conversation about raising the rent for a local labor union in Fort Madison turned into...
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May 7, 2024 | 
pencitycurrent.com | Tom Schulz |Chuck Vandenberg
CITY/COUNTY NEWS Posted Tuesday, May 7, 2024 9:30 pm What I’m hoping to do today is bring closure and sanity to something that’s become difficult and overblown.” FORT MADISON – The drainage issues being caused by construction of the PORT trail near Gethsemane Cemetery surfaced again Tuesday night at the Fort Madison City Council meeting when Lee County Supervisor Tom Schulz asked the city to take over maintenance of the road that runs parallel to the trail. Schulz spoke during the public...
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May 1, 2024 | 
pencitycurrent.com | Tom Schulz |Chuck Vandenberg
LEE COUNTY NEWS Posted Wednesday, May 1, 2024 7:05 pm It will certainly not be a short process, but we will begin looking at it immediately to see what it will entail, including the cost savings.” FORT MADISON – A bill signed into law by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will permit Lee County officials to consolidate court services in the county under one roof. A 176-year old Iowa Act required Lee County, and only Lee County, to conduct criminal court hearings and clerk of court duties in both Fort...
