UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report:   May 25, 2005

Commission File Number 1-6227

LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

    Delaware                                 42-0823980
            (State of Incorporation)    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

201 N. Harrison Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(563) 383-2100
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (the "Company") has elected Michael R. Gulledge as Vice President-Publishing of the Company effective May 25, 2005. As with all of the Company's elected officers, he will serve in such capacity until the next annual meeting of the Company's Board of Directors, when the Board considers election of officers, or until his successor has been duly elected and qualified.

In 1998 Mr. Gulledge, 45, became Publisher of the Company's Herald & Review in Decatur, Illinois. Since 2000, he has been Publisher of the Billings Gazette, the Company's sixth largest daily newspaper by paid circulation. In February 2002, he became a Group Publisher, overseeing the Company's newspapers and publishing operations in Billings, Helena and Butte, Montana, and in Casper, Wyoming. With the Company's planned acquisition of Pulitzer Inc. in June, he will additionally have corporate responsibility for its daily newspapers in Santa Maria, Lompoc, Hanford and Napa in California, and Lihue in Hawaii.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

99.1     News Release of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated dated May 25, 2005.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED
Date: May 25, 2005	/s/Carl G. Schmidt
	Carl G. Schmidt
	Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
	and Treasurer

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.     Description
99.1                  News Release of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated dated May 25, 2005.

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EXHIBIT 99.1

                   201 N. Harrison St.
                   Davenport, IA 52801-1939
                   www.lee.net

  NEWS RELEASE

 Michael Gulledge becomes Lee Enterprises publishing VP

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