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BURLINGTON – More than two years after the cases began, a West Burlington man convicted of stealing two homes for a total of $20 avoided up to 20 years in

Lee County’s Opioid Fund Advisory Committee held its inaugural meeting on Thursday evening to begin the process of determining what entities will receive portions of the county’s slice of a

Burlington, IA- The murder trial of a Burlington man accused of shooting and killing his girlfriend is underway. The trial of 27-year-old Kevin Lee of Burlington began Wednesday with opening statements and witness testimony. The Burlington Beacon reports that Lee is accused of First Degree Murder and Domestic Abuse Assault in the November 2020 death of his girlfriend, 24-year-old Riley Degn Smith-Hanna of Burlington. Lee, who is representing himself, declined to give an opening statement Wednesd...

Fort Madison, IA- A district judge has turned ownership of the downtown Humphrey building over to the city of Fort Madison. The Pen City Current reports that District 8B Judge John Wright ruled to give ownership of the building, located at 732 Avenue G in downtown Fort Madison over to the city at a hearing on Friday, March 4th. Fort Madison Mayor Matt Mohrfeld says the city will plan to finish environmental studies of the building which are currently underway. The city is also working with a dev...

Local Sex Offender Ordered Jail Time in Iowa County

March 5, 2021 Burlington, Ia-  A man convicted in the 2017 murder of a Burlington man has asked a judge for a hearing for motions he had previously filed. The Hawk Eye reports that Derrick Parker, one of the men convicted in the murder of DeMarcus Chew, asked Judge John Wright to set a date on a motion to vacate his sentence. Parker wrote in a letter to Judge Wright “I am illegally incarcerated. Sir, could you give me a concrete date that you plan to hear my case?” Hearings for parker�...