A mother and son were arrested Monday after an investigation revealed they set fire to their Fort Madison, Iowa home, the city's police department said.

FORT MADISON – Despite the fact that women make up the majority of Iowa’s population (1,435,515, or 49.1 of Iowans are male, according to the 2010 census), only seven women serve in Iowa’s 50-seat Senate.

FORT MADISON -- The Bloodhound Baseball Hitting League and Clinic will be held in the Fort Madison High School Indoor Facility.

A Fort Madison couple was arrested Thursday on charges connected with the manufacturing of methamphetamine.

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC officially opens a 17,000 square foot expansion to their Fort Madison canned meat factory today. The newly expanded location brings 65 jobs to Fort Madison, Iowa.

In our Facebook Story of the Day for January 23, we're talking about a recent letter to the editor in the Daily Democrat where a resident requested more stop signs at a site in Fort Madison.

You see a lot of styrofoam bricks around Fort Madison these days, and there's a good reason.

FORT MADISON, Iowa -- Catfish Bend Casino 's revenue rose 1 percent overall in 2011, according to MVM News Network. The small revenue increase is being attributed to better marketing by the casino and the weather, the report explained.

FORT MADISON — The Fairfield wrestling team’s success or failure wasn’t so much about wins Monday, but about pins. Fort Madison (9-2, 3-0 SEC) won by fall four times, earning six points per pin, to help grab a 47-22 dual victory in Southeast Conference action. Fairfield (2-5, 1-2), meanwhile, had zero pins on the night. “I told the guys beforehand that it comes down to who gets pinned and who ...

Junior Dane Jones was the lone Oskaloosa wrestler to make it to this week's state tournament.