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Friday, March 15, 2013  Cut services include labor and delivery, postpartum and the Tri-State medical Group's Women's Health Center.

Friday, February 08, 2013  Press release from hospital president and board of directors chairman does not detail how many layoffs took place.

Monday, January 21, 2013  Keokuk Area Hospital has announced it's signed a two-year contract with a firm called Fitch Healthcare to help manage the facility.

Friday, January 18, 2013  No children were hurt in a school bus crash Thursday in Scott County, Ill.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  Twenty-two Lee County agencies benefit from Vision Iowa funds.

Friday, July 06, 2012  Keokuk police are looking for the driver behind a hit and run that injured a local woman.

Friday, July 06, 2012  A Critical Care Status would allow the struggling hospital to collect better reimbursement rates for treating Medicare and Medicaid patients.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  A Kahoka man has died after an accident during a building demolition project.

Sunday, May 06, 2012  The Jacksonville Police Department is investigating a shooting of a man that occurred sometime over the weekend. As of Sunday night, the gunman had not been located.

Thursday, April 19, 2012  A bill signed by Iowa governor Terry Branstad will help the Keokuk Area Hospital utilize local funds to leverage more federal matching funds for their operation.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012  Very few details have been released after a man was found unconscious in fishpond and then died.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  Financial help might be coming to the Keokuk Area Hospital -- but it might require a local match.

Friday, November 11, 2011  Currently only 78 percent of the hospitals operating costs are being covered.

Thursday, August 25, 2011  Authorities are looking for any information about the identity of the hit and run driver.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010  An unusual pay-it-forward kidney donation chain is taking place involving a Chicago-area hospital.