BY CHUCK VANDENBERGPCC EDITOR

FORT MADISON - Despite entering a guilty plea on March 30th to a felony drug charge, a sitting Fort Madison city councilman has said he plans to fill out his term.

Travis Seidel, who represents the 3rd Ward on the council, reached a plea agreement with the Lee County Attorney’s office in which he would plead

guilty to one count of distributing narcotics within 1,000 feet of a school, a class C felony. In exchange for the plea, Lee County Attorney Ross Braden has agreed to seek a deferred judgment, which would knock the felony charge off Seidel’s permanent record after successful completion of a probationary

period.Seidel said Monday af-

ternoon he wanted to serve out his term and possibly seek re-election in 2019.

“I’m not looking to resign,” he said. “The way things are set at this point, the punishment does have a chance to come off my record. I understand it’s an agreement and the judge can do what they see fit.”

“If everything goes well, I plan to serve out my term and look to the public and see if they are still willing for me to run. I would be willing to do it. I was going to be done because I thought eight years was enough. But what I’ve seen lately I’d be interested in running again to make sure people are getting the best council they can and the best service they can.”

Seidel declined to speak on the specifics of the arrest other than to say he doesn’t deny doing what he was charged with.

“I’ve never denied that I did something wrong. It

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Monday accident traps driverBY PCC STAFF

WEST POINT - A Monday morning accident resulted in a driver being confined to a vehicle after taking out a utility pole on County Road 103 about three miles north of Fort Madison.

West Point Fire & Rescue, along with Lee County Sheriff ’s deputies and Lee County EMS, responded at about 8:30 a.m. and were still on the scene await-

ing utility crews to shut power off at about 9 a.m. A blue and white Toyota FJ Cruiser out of Illinois was headed southbound and allegedly lost control and possibly rolled taking out the pole on the east side of the roadway. West Point Utilities owns the pole and was responding to the scene to shut the power off so the driver could get out of the vehicle.

No information was available as to any injuries at the scene.

Despite drug plea, councilman wants

to keep seat

SEIDEL

See COUNCILMAN, page 6

“I’m notlooking to

resign. The way things are set

at this point, the punishment does

have a chance to come off my

record.” -Travis Seidel

FM City Councilman

Kiwanis’ Illinois-East-ern Iowa District Governor Terry Cu-nafare addressed the crowd of about 40 at the Fort Madison Kiwanis’ 50th Anni-versary on Monday. Dignitaries from the Illinois-Eastern Iowa District, as well as Fort Madison May-or Brad Randolph were on hand for the event.

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The following is the 3rd quarter honor rolls for the Fort Madison Middle School. The Pen City Current congratulates all these students for their academic achievements.

Principal’sScholar: 8th Grade

Emilia Arnold, Dayton Davis, Emily Eaves, Hunter Edgar, Tyler Horn, Logan Johnson, Kayla Kruse, Alexia Lantry, Maggie Lurvey, Anna Lynk, Kaylie McFadden, Madison Meyer, Madison Pirri, Kerrid-wen Roberts, Addie Scanlan, Hattie Schrepfer, Reese Shannan, Hannah Shepler, Alana Simpson, Tyler Wade, Kerrington Wardlow, Landes Williams, Gavin Wiseman

Principal’sScholars - 7th Grade

Ivy Arnold, Mylah Blanchard, Alivia Blint, Isabella Boeding, McKenna Cashman, Lucy Deacon, Kaden Dunn, Camille Kruse, Londyn McClellan, Lila Miller, Lauren Otte, Kamryn Pierce, Kay Quittem, Piper Shafer, Ellie Schulte, Emily Steffensmeier, Delaney Walker.

Principal’sScholar: 6th Grade

Jackson Amandus, Lily Arnold, Sage Beals, Alexus Beebe, Aiden Benda, Gracie Blind, Leif Boeding, Kiley Bohnenkamp, Jayden Bowen, Nathen Bowen, Jordyn Burch, Collin Campbell, John Cottrell, Cassandra Fullenkamp, Eliana Gnann, Madelyn Gobble, Lauryn Helmick, Mazie Hotop, Caden Hutson, Raymond Jaci-unde-Sutton, Shelby Johnson, Kayore Lafferty, Haley Lampe,

Alexis Leasch, Xander Lums-den, Emiliano Patino, Kalob Prier, Carson Rashid, Keaghan Roberts, Leila Roberts, Marin Rose, Gabrielle Ruble, Oliver Santiago, Teague Smith, Rylee Steffensmeier, Kaleb Sutcliffe, Isaac Thacher, Miah Wellen-dorf, Henry Wiseman, Ellanore Wright, Amy Yasenchok.

Principal’sScholar: 5th Grade

Ava Barnes, Lily Brockelman, Olivia Buckner, Gavin Callahan, Brody Cashman, Hunter Cook, Alyssa Crowther, NaNa Detlef-sen, Danika Dotson, Sydney Fraise, Laci Gathers, Marley Grizzle, Kayden Hansen, Ethan Huffman, Taylor Huffman, James Janic, Hadley Johnson, Hailey Kemper, Katie Kline, Mason Koser, Allison Lamb, Brylie Lorence, Macey Mclees, Sabrina Mehmedi, Victoria Peters, Kemee Peterson, Ayala Ramirez, Emiliy Ross, Zayne Speer, Noah Swigart, Ava Taylor, Lawson Twedt, Brady Wade, and Zaonna Williams.

Principal’sScholar: 4th Grade

Ladriel Anderson, Maleena Bentley, Lillyanna Berner Madd-ax Brecount, Shane Bryant, Lil-lian Buckner, Skyler CaleIzebel-la Dusenberry, Holden Fraise, Kadence Gobble, Nolan Guz-man, Jackson Haessig, Ellie Huebner, Isabel Krogmeier, Val-

erie Leis, Halle Menke, Grace Mitchell, Logan Pomberg, Jasmine Prado, Alyssa Rife, Kelli Roberts, Addison Rump, Avery Rump, Ames Schinstock, Lily Schuelka, Johnathan Shallcross, Savannah Sissel, Mara Smith, Kayreena Sterling, Dwight Wilson-Cowles, Hadley Wolfe, Mia Woodbury

A Honor Roll: 8th GradeAragorn Allen, Daniel Barton, Gage Brockman, Madison Clute, Tierra Dahlstrand, , DaShyia Deal, Miles Dear, Maria Delgadillo, Katelyn Dennis, Rachel Frey, Shaylin Fullenkamp, William-Michael Gager, Luke Gernhardt, Gar-rett Hermes, Matthew Hopper, Kylee Howren, Coree James, Sylvia Jerden, Tate Johnson, Abagayl Kirchner, Nathan Leasch, Abram Lorence, Kinley Lumsden, Neil Macomber, Colton McDonald, Jakob Mc-Gowan, Austin Miller, Matthew Moore, Shelby Penrod, Bre-anna Richers, Jennifer Riggs, Alexandrea Robertson, Gene-vieve Ruble, Christian Sawyer, Chelsea Smith, Matthew Stef-fensmeier, Reiburn Turnbull, Layni Vessell, Hayden Wolfe

A Honor Roll: 7th GradeIvy Arnold, Faith Bennett, Jordyn Boyer, Haley Craft, Ran Detlefsen, Drew Dra-vis, Nakodah Dunlap, Carly Fedler, Elijah Gonsalves, Paige

Hathaway, Venus Hunter, Jade Jaqua, Trista Jones, Molly knipe, Emmett Kruse, Macy Lebeck, Trevor Luke, Emma Lurvey, Allison Miller, Cade Packard, Aidan Pennock, Jillian Perry, Tristin Schneider, Tanner Settles, Tauren Settles, Madison Sherwood, Camer-on Shutwell, Daniel Sokilik, Abigail Stockwell, Tanner Stoermer, Abigale Stueker-juergen, Kailey Sutak, payton Sutcliffe, Nathaniel Swigart, Lillionna Walz, and Xander Wellman, Kane Williams,

A Honor Roll: 6th GradeKassidy Barton, Lacey Beimer, Reid Bell, MaKenna Bern-hardt, Annah Blanchard, Dane Brecount, Hailee Carle, Alix Carson, Ieisha Coleman, Chail-ee Cover, Hunter Cresswell, Cade Denning, Madyson Erb, Marissa Frantz, Autumn Fritz-junker, Conner Fuget, Conner Gelsthorpe, Micah Gernhardt, Joni Gilpin, Maylie Gordon, Kar-ma Greenhagen-Johnson, Ella Groves, Chloe Haessig, Madi-syn Harris, Reed Holmes, Madi-son Huebner, Darien Hummell, Damon Hunter, Taylor Johnson, Alixandra Kern, Emma Kern, Audrey Kirchner, Jamarkus Kline, Sky Lawson, Amelia Leis, Aksheen Manchanda, Adalynn McKnight, Kyle Menke, Mia Moore, Ayden Moyers, Alma Oronia, Alexia Osborn, Lucas Pace, Ethan Porter, Benjamin

Ramatowski, Naudia Ruston, Delanee Seay, Kameron Segoviano, Autumn Sly, Chloe Sokolik, Elizabeth Tanner, Chance Weakley, Kelltyn Weaver, Kadin White, Paetyn Wiegand, and Theodore Yeh.

A Honor Roll: 5th GradeChase Allen, Benjamin Blanchard, Kaylynn Boe, Klaire Bohnenkamp, Ellianna Boyer, Madison Braun, Nicholas Carle, Ricky Chamness, Jackson Day, Julian Dear, Bella Estrada, Maria Frantz, Chandler Ful-lenkamp, Joseph Fuller, Lillian Gelsthorpe, Kylee Gilman, Mia Gonzalez, Devlin Guzman, Jackson Guzman, Jonathan Hasenclever, Harlie Hill, Se-renity Hirte-Kempker, Jessiona Jaciunde, Taylor James, Isaiah Jenkins,Sabrina Jennings,Alexa Johnson, Calvin Johnson, Shel-by Johnson, Alma Johnstun, Abagail Karhoff, Emilee King Ruby King, Madalyn Kirchner, Dayton Lamar, Peyton Lambert, Hunter Landrum, Austin Lantry, Brooklyn Linder, Jonathan Lynk, Dacee Marshall, Aurora Martinez-Eid, Keira Masellas, Alen Behmedi, Talan Meredith, Mia Mesecher, Morgan Miller, Alex Moore, Alexis Muldoon, Kassara Muldoon, Kaylee New-ton, Brandon Osborn, Richard Pennington, Waylan Plant, Naomi Ramatowski, Anna Scanlan, Katherin Schwerin,

Fort Madison Middle School releases 3rd quarter honor roll

See HONORS, page 6

Fort Madison Police Report

04/05/18 - 9:01 a.m. - Fort Madison Police arrested Gary Lee Manning, 51, of Fort Madison at the intersection of 53rd Street and Avenue O, on a charge of driving while barred. He was taken to the Lee County Jail and held.04/05/18 - 2:09 p.m. - Fort Madison Police arrested Ryan Robert Anderson, 42, of Burlington, in the 700 block of Avenue F on a warrant for violation of probation and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. He was taken to the Lee County Jail and held.04/05/18 - 3:18 p.m. - Fort Madison Police responded to a report of vandalism in the 2200 block of Avenue D.04/06/18 - 11:32 a.m. - Fort Madison Police responded to a report of property damage accident at the intersection of Avenue L and 25th Street.04/07/18 - 2:02 a.m. - Fort Madison Police arrested Wil-liam Earl Jones, 52, of Fort Madison at the intersection of 32nd Street and Avenue L, on charges of OWI-2nd offense and interference with official acts. He was taken to Lee County Jail.04/07/18 - 9:09 a.m. - Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a gas drive off in the 1700 block of Avenue H.04/07/18 - 12:53 p.m. - Fort

Madison Police responded to a report of a shoplifter in the 4800 block of Avenue O.04/08/18 - 7:16 a.m. - Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a larceny/theft in the 4800 block of Avenue O.04/08/18 - 7:39 a.m. - Fort Madison Police arrested Ray Williams Jr., 52, of Quincy, Ill., in the 4800 block of Avenue O, on a charge of 5th degree theft. He was released with a court date.04/08/18 - 7:39 a.m. - Fort Madison Police arrested Breann Nicole Johanning-meister, 27, in the 4800 block of Avenue O, on a charge of 4th degree theft. She was released with a court date.04/08/18 - 7:23 p.m. - Fort Madison Police responded to a report of a vandalism in the 400 block of 24th Street.04/09/18 - 6:22 a.m. - Fort Madison Police arrested a 14-year-old male juvenile in the 1100 block of Avenue E, on a charges of assault, interference with officials acts and assault on a police officer. He was released into the custody of a guardian.

Lee County Sheriff’s Report

04/05/18 - 2:03 p.m. - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Cordall Antonio Rob-inson, 20, of Cedar Rapids, at the sheriff’s office on a charge of willful injury-bodily

injury. He was taken to the Lee County Jail and held.04/05/18 - 2:26 p.m. - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies ar-rested Dalton Wayne Gabriel Branham, 25, of Keokuk, at the Hancock County Jail and a warrant for probation viola-tion. He was held in custody.04/05/18 - 4:18 p.m. - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Matthew Laurence Spring, 22, of Keokuk at the sheriff’s office on a warrant for violation of probation. He was taken to the Lee County Jail and held.04/06/18 - 4:03 a.m. - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Colby Matthew Man-ning, 25, of Keokuk in the 200 block of 19th Street in Keokuk on a charge of driv-ing while suspended, eluding police at speeds 25 mph over speed limit. He was taken to the Lee County Jail and held.04/06/18 - 10:37 a.m. - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies ar-rested Jacob Anthony Haage, 24, of Montrose at the Lee County Jail on a charge of being a fugitive from justice. He was held at the jail.04/06/18 - 6:33 p.m. - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Jason Tod Willits, 27, of Fort Madison in the 5400 block of Avenue O, on a warrant for failure to appear. He was taken to Lee County Jail and released on his own recognizance.

04/06/18 - 9:15 p.m - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Billie Jo McKeown, 43, of Donnellson, in the 2100 block of 255th Street Donnellson, on a charge of domestic abuse assault. She was taken to Lee County Jail and released on bond.04/06/18 - 9:15 p.m. - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Michael Paul Brown, 29, of Donnellson, in the 2100 block of 255th Street Donnellson, on a warrant for 2nd degree theft between $1,000 and $10,000. He was taken to Lee County Jail and released on a pre-trial release.04/08/18 - 4:37 a.m. - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested William Earl Jones, 52, of Fort Madison at the sheriff’s office on a charge of interference with correc-tions officers - assault. He was taken to Lee County Jail and then released after posting bond.04/08/18 - 1:57 p.m. - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies ar-rested Garry Franklin Farmer, 45, of Donnellson, in the 2300 block of 220th Street in Donnellson on warrants for possession of a controlled substance and failure to appear. He was taken to the Lee County Jail and then released after posting bond.04/08/18 - 2:10 p.m. - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies

arrested Nicholas Raymond Kennedy, 40, of Cedar Rapids, at the Linn County Jail on two warrants for failure to appear and two warrants for fifth-degree theft. He was held in custody.04/08/18 - 8:15 p.m. - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a one-vehi-cle accident on Hwy. 27 where a vehicle driven by Charles K. Gadza, 32 of Hunstville, Ala., lost control and entered the east ditch. No injuries or citations were reported at the scene.04/08/18 - 10:21 p.m. - Lee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Nicholas Walter Cassimore, 21, of Donnell-son, in the 200 block of Madison Avenue in Donnell-

son, on a charge of assault with injury. He was taken to Lee County Jail and held.Those listed above should be presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.

Fort Madison Fire & Rescue report

04/05/18 - Fort Madison Firefighters responded to five medical calls. 04/06/18 - Fort Madison firefighters responded to a report of four medical calls.04/07/18 - Fort Madison firefighters responded to a report of three medical calls.04/08/18 - Fort Madison firefighters responded to a report of burn permit and one odor complaint.

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was just such a minimal thing and I thought it could be handled as a learning les-son. I’ve certainly learned from it, I just didn’t know the legality of it all. I was just looking to help somebody out.”

He said people who know him know he goes out of his way to help people. “People who know me know my character and that this was a mistake,” Seidel

said. “A big majority of people have been doing this, but the main thing here is that this was educational for me and some random acts of kindness can be illegal and can get you into trouble. When it’s all over and I can talk about it, I want to help educate other people as well.”

“I’m hoping the judical system gives me the benefit here and know this would never happen again.”

Seidel was originally arrested Friday, Dec. 8, 2017 and charged with two counts of distributing hydromorphone, also known as Dilaudid, Hydrostat, Palladone, Dillies, and hospital heroin, within 1000 feet of a school. He posted bond and was released the same day and the charge has been working its way through the court system. Sentencing has been set for June 1, at 9 a.m.

Lee County Attorney Ross Braden, who prosecuted the case, said he was going to recommend the deferred judgment as part of the plea agreement, but said the judge has the final say at sentencing.

“Obviously, this guy is a high-profile member of the community,” Braden said. “But I hold him responsible to the same extent I would anyone else in this same position. It’s his first offense so that certainly qualifies for a deferred judgment. It’s not binding on the court and the presentence investigation report will show any criminal history, or in this case, the lack thereof.”

He said deferred judgments are typically given to youthful offenders who’ve made an isolated mistake, or observed in older offenders who’ve lived an otherwise exemplary life, and for whatever reason, made a poor decision.

Seidel is also facing up to a $1,000 civil penalty and restitution as part of the penalty of the class C felony.

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Danielle Shaffer, Katelyn Sissel, Briahna Sprague, Aidan Stegall, Alexa Walz, Alexander Wamsley, Jerome Zemlicka

A Honor Roll: 4th GradeIsiaha Atwater, Zachary Baden, Dayton Bonar, Colton Boyer, Dawane Brandon, Hannah, Leice Brunswig, Zoey Counts, Megan Curtiss, Dayonna Davis, Addison Dean, Hayden Derr, Karson Dixon,Austin Dubois, Robert Elfgen, Zoey Fink, Addyson Fowler Case Fraise, Jayce Fullenkamp, Destiny Gaugler, LaVontre’ Gray, Jake Haessig, Markus Holbert, Mackenzie Huebner, Elayna Hutson, Jason Janic Brook Johnson, Gavan Jordan, Jr. Kempker, Jackson Kirby, Hanna Kirchner, Brandon Klein, Brody McKenzie, Mason McLey, Edin Mehmedi, Isaiah Neabel, Isabella Patton, Tatum Peters, Karlyna Plate, Kaydy-nce Plate, Taylor Prado, Hevin Royer, Daniel Seager, Gavin Shrum, Laila Smith, Athena Snook, Ethan Southward, Kevin Tripp, Myrthe Vanderlinden, Ethan Vice, Kayden Warner, Xzander Weaver, Ahkeil Wilkerson, Simfony William-son, and Gerald Woodsmall.

B Honor Roll: 8th GradeGrade Level: 8thKeagan Benedict, Nickolas Booten, Arianna Brantner, Kennedy Brookhiser, Gabri-ella Carle, Laton Denning, Kami Eaves-Fedler, Austin Ensminger, Marissa Gasaway, David Greenwald, Gracie Heid-breder, Gabriel Helmick, Ebony Hoaglin, Matthew Hoenig, Mattie Karriker, Shelby Kemp,

Kyle Kemper, Kylie Kemper, Tajanique Martin Emily Mayes, Cale McKnight, Adrianna Nicol, Layla Nye, Ashton Peter-schmidt, Marli Phillips, Olivia Puga-Vass, Christian Rains, Macaden Rhoer, Leighton Rockhold, Cuyrin Ross, Emma Slater, Elizabeth Stuekerjuer-gen, Mariana Tecpanecatl, Mercedes Voorhees, Amy Wamsley, Abbygail Wheeler, Alivia Williams, Loki Wind-bigler, Rylee Zimmerman

B Honor Roll: 7th GradeGideon Anderson, Gavin Archer, Joseph Barnes, Kath-erine Beach, Brandt Booten, Aidan Boyer, Madissyn Brewer, Maxwell Brunswig, Dane Butler, Brianna Byrd, Tommy Cockrell, Zander Crank, Paige Dettmers, Bailey Dodson, Rylee Dubois, Kevin Durand, Colton Durbin, Shayna Eid, Evan Fedler, Cayla Feuerhammer, Kencade Fraise, Kaitlin Gaugler, Dylan Gilman, Nathan Gram, Collin Greenwald, Taegan Hamilton, George Hantzeas, Taylor High, Gavin Horton, Colton Jones, Elianna Karriker, Erika Kruse, Kelsey Kruse, Gage Langrill, Mateo Lozano, Brian McMillan, Landon Medland-Berry, Erik Millard, Raimi Monnier, Camer-on Nabors, Kayley Noble-Mal-loy, Shawn Peters, Makenna Pixler, Tate Settles, Jordan Simpson, Edlicia Smutney, Eve-onna Smutney, Zander Speer, Autum Stephens, Selena Stotts, Benjamin Thele, Brennan Ulik, Breeann Walston, William Watkins, Garrett White, Jamiah Williams, and Hayden Woolever

B Honor Roll: 6th Grade

Marshall Belknap, William Bennett, Bryan Crutchfield, Javean Davis, Jayden Gonsalves, Micky Grape, Kyle Grube, Joseph Hartman, Darren Harwood, Kayla Hester, Dylan Hnat, Michael Hollister, Skarlett Hoover, Elizabeth Inghram, Tia Jenkins, Ayven Kempker, Hunter Kempker, Dawson Knipe, Draven Kryzak, Jennifer Marshall, Isaac Mason, Jace Nixon, Megan Roxberg, Hayden Segoviano, Beau Sim-mons, Elizabeth Smith, Juanita Sportsman, and Kevin Winn.

B Honor Roll: 5th GradeCaden Barnes, Emma Berry, Gavin Blindt, Trentin Bowen, Kenden Bowie, Sadie Brandon, Madison Britt, Hannah Carson, Connor Dennis, Kaden Durbin, Jeffery Fedler, Micah Fraise, Madison Gasaway, Kalib Heidbreder, Autumn Hum-mell, Michealla Jones, Abigail Kensett, Triston Marshall, Kevin Padgett, Aleister Raines, Evan Richmond, Austin Rote, Megan Shacklett, Nola Shores, Jacob Shottenkirk, Luis Tecpanecatl, and Thomas Williamson

B Honor Roll: 4th GradeAriana Bauswell, Wyatt Bern-hardt, William Biggs, Beverly Brogdon, Zane Califf, Russell Chaknine, Eric Cornelis, Chloe Crank, Jonathan Crutchfield, Hunter Hodson, Gavin Hunter, Chandlar King, Synthia Kro-gmeier-Scott, Silas Laprade, Aman Nash, Wyatt Orr, Chloe Rote, Kierah Sawyer, Richard Scoville, Brianna Six, Roni Vowels, and Marlee Weiler.

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