At long last, it looks like KEOKUK’S riverfront trail project is going to start seeing some construction. The Keokuk City Council looked over two items related to the project, which has been in the ...

Keokuk's history is framed by two great rivers and rapids. In Iowa's early days, rivers were the main artery of transportation. People seeking new homes and land came up the Mississippi on steamboats.

Keokuk National Cemetery, Iowa's only national cemetery. Many Iowans buried in this area died in summer and fall of 1918 during WWI. (Marion and Rich Patterson/for The Gazette) ...