Pen City Current

PCC OBITUARIES Posted Tuesday, September 8, 2026 12:03 pm Cremation has been entrusted to Banks & Beals Funeral Home. As per Kevin’s wishes, no services are planned at this time. A memorial fund has been established for Mosaic of Macomb. Memorials and cards may be sent to the Kevin Thompson Memorial Fund, c/o Banks & Beals Funeral Home, PO Box 503, LaHarpe, Illinois 61450.

PCC OBITUARIES Posted Tuesday, September 8, 2026 12:00 pm A visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, September 14, 2026 at Sacred Heart Church in Fort Madison. The funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Gary Beckman officiating. Burial will be held at Sacred Heart Cemetery. A memorial has been established in Chuck’s memory. Charles R.

SPORTS BRIEFS Posted Tuesday, September 8, 2026 11:34 am GALESBURG – The Fort Madison boys cross country team captured 7th at the loaded 16-team Silver Streak XC Invitational at Galesburg’s Lake Storey Saturday. Hunter Wiegand ran to a season’s best 17:81.70 for 21st place overall anchoring the Bloodhounds 229 points.

PAW SHELTER - PET OF THE WEEK Posted Monday, September 7, 2026 1:17 pm Pinky is 10 years old and has been at the PAW Shelter for almost 8 of them. She is an American Staffordshire Bull Terrier who loves children and car rides. She will sit patiently, just like in her picture, and look at you intently while you toss little training treats in her direction. (And she is really good at catching them.)  She needs to beP an only pet.

PCC OBITUARIES Posted Monday, September 7, 2026 1:11 pm A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, September 11, 2026, at Embury United Methodist Church in rural Donnellson with Pastor Nancy St. Clair officiating. Burial will be at Embury Cemetery, rural Donnellson. A memorial has been established in her memory for Embury United Methodist Church. Beverly Ann Ort, 78, of Croton, Iowa, passed away at 6:11 a.m. Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.

PCC OBITUARIES Posted Monday, September 7, 2026 12:57 pm A celebration of life will be held at a later date and burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy. A memorial has been established for St. Jude Children’s Hospital or West Point Care Center and may be mailed to Wayne Mabeus. Bette J. Mabeus, 74, of Wever, IA, passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM at the West Point Care Center. She was born on July 16, 1952 in Quincy to Donald and Hazel Sole Tipton.

PCC OBITUARIES Posted Monday, September 7, 2026 12:54 pm A visitation will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at King-Lynk Funeral Home & Crematory. A memorial has been established for St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Nancy A. Riddle, 76, of Denmark, IA, passed away at 7:48 p.m. on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at Prairie Ridge Care Center in Mediapolis, IA. She was born on February 27, 1950 in Burlington, IA to Harry & Lois Galvin Fincher.

BESIDE THE POINT Posted Saturday, September 5, 2026 10:42 pm I’ve been having trouble finding the funny in the world lately. We’re still paying $4 a gallon for gas, my utility bills keep going up, my assessed valuations keep going up despite not doing anything to my property, $75 isn’t uncommon for a meal for two and $100 if you tip well. There’s not a lot to laugh about anymore. Cancer rates are through the roof in Iowa, education is sagging when our pants used to be high and secured.

HAWK FOOTBALL Posted Saturday, September 5, 2026 5:16 am I think given the conditions — get on a bus at 96 degrees this afternoon, ride in a two-hour heat box, and then play the way we did tonight, I think that says a lot about these guys.” ALBIA — The defensive pressure was going to come from the left, so the play call was to have Central Lee quarterback Brett Cook roll to the right.

BLOODHOUND FOOTBALL Posted Friday, September 4, 2026 11:30 pm 100% we were ready to go punch for punch with them. I’m biased but I don’t think they were as ready for that as we were. We weren’t cramping, we were just bowing out.” WEST BURLINGTON – Fort Madison was just fine letting West Burlington tailback Jayden Nanthan run wild in the first half of Friday’s 42-21 loss to the Falcons. That was because every time Nanthan punched it in for a score, Fort Madison would punch back.... in the first half.