Fort Madison Daily Democrat

01/10/2026

Good pizza and other pizza-adjacent cuisine is something to be cherished, and those in Fort Madison and the surrounding communities now have a delicious new option from a regionally familiar source.

Good pizza and other pizza-adjacent cuisine is something to be cherished, and those in Fort Madison and the surrounding communities now have a delicious new option from a regionally familiar

01/09/2026

WAYLAND — Adalyn Kruse led the Holy Trinity Catholic High School girls basketball team with 14 points, but the Crusaders came up short in a 34-24 loss to WACO in an SEI Super Conference crossover game on Thursday at WACO High School.

WAYLAND — Adalyn Kruse led the Holy Trinity Catholic High School girls basketball team with 14 points, but the Crusaders came up short in a 34-24 loss to WACO in

01/09/2026

WASHINGTON — The Fort Madison High School girls wrestling team breezed past Washington, 60-12, in a Southeast Conference dual on Thursday.

01/09/2026

WASHINGTON — The Fort Madison High School boys wrestling team swept a triangular with Washington and Mediapolis on Thursday.

01/09/2026

After December 31, 2026, the Birthplace at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center (SEIRMC) in Fort Madison will no longer provide inpatient labor and delivery services.

01/09/2026

It was a brief meeting that tended to mostly routine city business, but Tuesday’s Fort Madison City Council meeting was still one for the history books.

01/08/2026

The FMAAA Art Center, along with sponsor Melissa Derr of Edward Jones, is pleased to once again host our annual exhibition of the region’s youngest artists.

01/08/2026

Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, in their classic country duet, suggested that “mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys.”

01/06/2026

The Lee County Board of Supervisors wasted little time tending to the business of the county during their first meeting of 2026 on Friday morning.

01/02/2026

The Fort Madison Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a missing 14-year-old girl.

12/30/2025

A large group of Fort Madison High School students filed into the school district’s board room at the central office.

12/29/2025

A former juvenile detention center officer was recently arrested after police say he took n**e photos, groped, and kissed a 16-year-old girl being held at the center after promising to pay to bail her out of the jail.

A former juvenile detention center officer was recently arrested after police say he took n**e photos, groped, and kissed a 16-year-old girl being held at the center after promising to