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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * SCHERMER GREGORY P   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LEE ENTERPRISES, INC [LEE ENT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Vice Pres.-Interactive Media (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED, 201 N. HARRISON STREET, STE. 600 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/30/2012 (Street) DAVENPORT, IA 52801 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock               546,688 D   Common Stock               540 I (1) (2) By Son Common Stock               2,000 I (1) By Son in Trust Common Stock               540 I (1) By Daughter Common Stock               540 I (1) By Daughter Common Stock               540 I (1) By Daughter Common Stock               1,163,966 I (3) (1) By Schermer Investment Partnership Common Stock               6,001 I (1) By Son in Trust Common Stock               4,001 I (1) By Daughter in Trust Common Stock               1 I (1) By Daughter in Trust Common Stock               1 I (1) By Daughter in Trust Common Stock               55,000 I (1) By Trust

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 2.57

09/28/2011

09/28/2020

Common Stock

12,600 (4)

12,600

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 1.13

04/30/2012

A

40,000

04/30/2012

04/30/2022

Common Stock

40,000 (4)

$ 1.13

40,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SCHERMER GREGORY P C/O LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED 201 N. HARRISON STREET, STE. 600 DAVENPORT, IA 52801	X		Vice Pres.-Interactive Media

Signatures

/s/Edmund H. Carroll, Limited POA, Attorney-in-Fact		04/30/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest, if any, therein.
(2)	Since the date of the Reporting Person's last ownership report, the Reporting Person no longer reports as indirectly-owned 6,000 shares of Common Stock owned by his ex-wife.
(3)	Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of all the shares of Common Stock held by Schermer Investment Partnership, L.P. ("SIP"), including those held indirectly by Schermer Management Corporation ("SMC"), except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. Reporting Person holds 41.5 limited partnership units of SIP; Reporting Person, as trustee of trusts for the benefit of each of his four children, holds 8 limited partnership units of SIP (2 units held by each such trust); Reporting Person's brother, Grant E. Schermer, holds 49.5 limited partnership units of SIP; and SMC holds one general partnership unit of SIP.
(4)	These securities are exercisable as follows: 30% upon the first anniversary date of the grant; 60% upon the second anniversary date of the grant; and 100% upon the third anniversary date of the grant.

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