LEE ENTERPRISES, Inc — Director's Dealing 2005

Dec 2, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: LEE ENTERPRISES, INC (LEE ENT)
CIK: 0000058361
Period of Report: 2005-11-30

Reporting Person: DONOVAN NANCY S (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-11-30	Common Stock	A	608	$40.250	Acquired	5581	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	500	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Reporting Person is a participant in the issuer's Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, under
which participants have the right to elect in writing to receive all or 50 percent of their director compensation, which
would otherwise be payable in cash, in shares of Common Stock. The number of shares awarded was determined by dividing the
amount of the compensation to be paid by the closing price of the Company's Common Stock as reported for NYSE-Composite
Transactions on the trading day immediately preceding the date of payment and rounding to the nearest whole number.
Elections under this section must be made at least 1 week prior to the beginning of the Company's next fiscal quarter. A
change in an election is effective, if timely made, beginning with Company's next fiscal quarter. Reporting Person will be
issued 608 shares of Common Stock (inclusive of accrued dividends),

F2: at a range of prices between $40.250 - $46.360 for the period of 9/30/04 to 9/1/05.

F3: Reporting Person and her spouse previously established a family limited partnership. The Reporting Person disclaims
beneficial ownership of the Company's common stock held by the family limited partnership except to the extent of her
pecuniary interest therein.