River Valley

The Kee High School Speech Program will be hosting its annual Dinner Theatre Saturday, March 7 at TJ Banquet Hall in Lansing. Tickets are being sold this week only and only until this Friday, February 28, and they can be purchased from any speech student or at the high school office, 563-538-4201. No tickets will be sold at the door; seating is limited to the space allowed. The meal will include a full buffet of beef brisket, barbeque chicken, party potatoes, baked beans and Oreo fluff, along with a dessert bar.

The 12th Annual Bald Eagle Watching Day is scheduled to be held Saturday, March 7 in Ferryville, WI at the Village Community Center located on State Highway 35 “The Great River Road”.  This program is sponsored by the Ferryville Tourism Council, co-sponsored by Friends of Pool 9, and is free to the public to attend.

Event activities are scheduled to take place from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., with doors opening at 9 a.m. Returning to the program is the Decorah Raptor Resource Project/Decorah Eagle Cam organization presenting at 12:30 p.m. on “Rehabbing the 2019 Eagles”.  John Howe and Amy Reis of the Raptor Resource Project and their team tell about these frisky eaglets and how they recovered from injury to fly the Mississippi River Valley once again.

Monday, March 16 at 5:30 p.m., Main Street Lansing, in partnership with Main Street Iowa, will be offering a Marketing for Small Business class at the Kerndt Brothers Community Center on Main Street in Lansing. This class is free to the public and will be taught by Robin Bostrom, Business Specialist with Main Street Iowa.

Everything done as a small business owner helps build a unique brand and markets that business to the public. Attend this class to learn about all the ways a small business can market itself without spending a great deal of money. Attendees will hear about the current trends affecting small business and be exposed to a considerable number of examples on what they can do to better market their business in 2020.

Contact Main Street Lansing Executive Director Andy Kelleher for more information at 563-538-9229 or director@lansingmatters.com.
 

Waukon native and Ulysses S. Grant portrayer Pete Grady will present a show entitled “Unconditional Surrender: A visit with Ulysses S. Grant” Saturday, March 14 at 11 a.m. at the New Albin Community Center. The presentation will feature Grant’s childhood in Ohio on through to the final years of his life, when he struggled to complete his autobiography while dying of throat cancer. The event is free and everyone is welcome to attend. Submitted photo.
 

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is accepting comments on proposed waterfowl and coot hunting seasons and bag limits, which includes 2021-2022 season dates, and the proposed restructuring of the hunting zones and seasons for 2021-2025.

A copy of the proposal is available online at https://www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/Migratory-Game-Birds by clicking on the Chapter 91, Waterfowl and Coot Hunting Seasons link.

The Kee High School Post Prom Committee will host Bingo Sunday, March 15 in the Kee High School cafeteria in Lansing. Games will start at 4 p.m., with doors opening at 3:30 p.m.

Participants can bring a food or household item and play an extra Bingo card free.  All donations will be given to LIFT (Lansing Iowa Food Trust). Every player will be eligible for a door prize drawing at intermission. Proceeds will be used to fund 2020 Post Prom prizes and entertainment.
 

by Alexis Johnson

The regular meeting of the Lansing City Council was held Tuesday, February 4 due to a scheduling conflict with the usual Monday meeting date this particular month. The discussion at the meeting centered around the consent agenda, parks report and clerk’s report.

A motion was made and seconded to send out correspondence regarding special permit requirements for the front patio/step area of the property located at 691 South Front Street advising that the property owner will be fined for failure to fill out the required building permit. The garage addition located in the rear of the property will also need to be lowered to a height of 22 feet or less, with that change needing to be made by May 31 of this year to avoid further action.

The Kee High School Post Prom Committee will host Bingo Sunday, February 16 in the Kee High School cafeteria in Lansing. Games will start at 4 p.m., with doors opening at 3:30 p.m.

Participants can bring a food or household item and play an extra Bingo card free.  All donations will be given to LIFT (Lansing Iowa Food Trust). Every player will be eligible for a door prize drawing at intermission. Proceeds will be used to fund 2020 Post Prom prizes and entertainment.
 

The Waterville Public Library located in the Waterville Community Center at 115 Main Street in Waterville will continue its series of healthy living discussions. This Thursday, February 13 from 5-6 p.m. there will be a discussion on Personal Fitness led by Tera Mathis of Tera Mathis Coaching. The discussions are open to everyone and there is no charge.  Healthy living snacks are provided at each event by the Waterville Public Library.
 

Allamakee County part of national initiative focused on increasing mental health literacy

Anyone who knows a young person who could be experiencing a mental health or substance abuse problem can learn an action plan to help by getting trained in Youth Mental Health First Aid. Catholic Charities is offering a Youth Mental Health First Aid training Saturday, March 28 in Lansing.

This eight-hour training gives adults who work with youth the skills they need to reach out and provide initial support to adolescents (ages 12-18) who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem and help connect them to the appropriate care. The training March 28 will be from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Kerndt Brothers Community Center located on Main Street in Lansing. To register for the training, contact Lori Eastwood at 563-382-1231 or L.Eastwood@dbqarch.org.