The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. FORT MADISON — Fort Madison, in southeast Iowa's Lee County, is home to historic Old Fort Madison, the ...

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad called the escape of an inmate from the state's maximum security prison "stupid" but "ingenious," and he called for a total review of security at the facility. Justin ...

For the first time in five decades, a passenger train pulled into the southeast Iowa town of Fort Madison this morning as part of its regular service, stopping at the original, 111-year-old station.

A lesser-known piece of American history is the establishment of the United States Government Factory System. In response to the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis, government trading posts were set up as part ...

New problems have surfaced at the $175 million new Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, which opened nearly two years late in 2015 because of construction flaws allegedly caused by bad design work ...

It will cost more next year for vehicles to cross a nearly mile-long toll bridge in southeast Iowa. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway maintains the bridge, which connects Fort Madison to ...