Free sport physicals will be offered at the Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Clinic-Postville for all junior high and high school students who need the physical for participating in school sporting events. These will be held at the Postville Clinic on the following dates and times:
• Tuesday, March 10 5-6:30 p.m.
• Thursday, March 19 5-6:30 p.m.
Students are asked to please sign-up for these physicals at the Postville High School Secretary’s office and pick-up a physical form. These forms must be signed by parents prior to the event and brought along to the physical.
Physicals will be performed by Postville Medical Clinic providers. For more information, feel free to contact the Veterans Memorial Hospital Postville Medical Clinic at 563-864-7221.
Deadlines/Dates
March 9: General CRP Opens
March 20: Deadline to submit a Continuous CRP Offer
April 17: Deadline to submit a General CRP Offer; Deadline to apply for the Farmer’s Bridge Assistance (FBA) Program
April 30: Deadline to apply for SDRP Stage 1, SDRP Stage 1 Quality Loss, and SDRP Stage 2
May 14 – August 2: Primary Nesting Season
USDA Announces Continuous and General Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment for 2026
USDA announced the enrollment periods for agricultural producers and landowners to submit offers for the Continuous and General Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting offers for Continuous CRP from February 12, 2026, through March 20, 2026. Enrollment for General CRP will run from March 9, 2026, through April 17, 2026. FSA will announce dates for Grassland CRP signup in the near future.
Program supports on-farm dairy processing and labor-saving technology
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced that applications are now open for the third year of Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grants. The program welcomes eligible dairy farmers and processors to apply for cost-share funding that supports on-farm dairy processing and labor-reducing technologies, helping bring more locally produced dairy products to Iowa consumers. The grant program is administered by Choose Iowa within the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.
If you love skyrocketing costs, high inflation, tax cuts for billionaires, and blowing up billions of dollars in bombs, reach out and thank President Trump and his party’s representatives and senators who control the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate. In particular, thank our U.S. Representative who has been a loyal Trump puppet.
Representatives in congress had the authority to block the tariffs and stop costs from spiraling, but they did nothing. Trump’s tariffs cost everyday Iowans billions of dollars. We’ve spent more on groceries, clothes, school supplies, household goods, and building materials. Farmers have lost revenue and markets, and small businesses struggle.
The Supreme Court ruled that Trump’s tariffs are illegal, but it is unlikely ordinary people will see a refund. Big corporations with deep pockets for high powered lawyers undoubtedly will.
In his letter to the editor in the February 25, 2026 edition of this newspaper, Thomas Hill asserts that “America has become a lawless state”. The assertion is totally false.
He asserts that ICE has been transformed into a “paramilitary” organization “answerable only to Trump”. He gives no specific evidence to prove this assertion, claiming only that ICE agents “jump out of unmarked cars, stop, assault, arrest, and sometimes kill individuals all without probable cause”. He fails to give any proof of that assertion and expects the readers to believe it just because he makes the claim. At no time has ICE aver claimed that they have “absolute immunity”.
The family of long-time Allamakee Community School District teacher and coach, the late Deb (Kaune) Tweedy, accepted the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) Basketball Hall of Fame Award on her behalf at halftime of the Class 2A State Tournament Championship Game Saturday, March 7 at the Casey’s Center in Des Moines.
Playing for West Central High School during her high school career, (Kaune) Tweedy helped the Lady Blue Devils to consecutive State Tournament appearances in 1971 and 1972, leading the entire State Tournament field in scoring with 189 points in four games while guiding West Central to a third-place State Tournament finish during her senior season in 1972, including a 70-point performance in the Blue Devils’ 91-90 semifinals loss to eventual State Champion Roland-Story in that season grand finale.
Robert (Bob) Calvin Krousie, 81, of Waterville passed away peacefully Sunday, March 8, 2026 surrounded by family and friends, following a brief battle with cancer. A private family inurnment will be held at the Rossville Cemetery. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
A full obituary will appear in the March 18 edition of The Standard. You can subscribe to The Standard's print edition or e-edition by clicking here.
Starting with a bit of “Chit-Chat” ... During the starting line-up introductions at the University of Iowa women’s basketball team’s Pink Out Breast Cancer Awareness home game against the University of Washington Wednesday, February 11, each of the five breast cancer survivors honored at the game was paired up with a Lady Hawkeye starting player. Pictured above, Waterville native Laurie Moody, now living in Postville, was paired up with starting sophomore point guard Chazadi “Chit-Chat” Wright and takes the floor with her as she is introduced. Submitted photo.
by Jennifer Bissell
Laurie Moody is a breast cancer survivor and an advocate. She’s a representative on the Postville City Council and the Environmental Health Coordinator for Allamakee County.
And, as of February 11 of this year, she is an honorary member of “The Circle” for the University of Iowa (UI) women’s basketball team. Laurie and four other ladies were selected to honor breast cancer survivors during the Hawkeyes’ annual Pink Out game, played Wednesday, February 11, against the University of Washington at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.
As a part of the experience, Laurie and this year’s other honorees toured Carver Hawkeye Arena, met the University of Iowa players and staff, spent time with Head Coach Jan Jensen, were part of the legendary Circle during shoot-around, and were also introduced with one of the Iowa starters and to the crowd during the game.
The 2026 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Waukon will be held Sunday, March 22 (postponed from the originally scheduled date of Sunday, March 15 due to anticipated weather conditions), beginning at 1 p.m. All are invited to participate in this year’s parade with an Irish-themed entry at no cost.
Any businesses, organizations, families or individuals wishing to have an entry are asked to be lined up by 12 noon Sunday, with float entries lining up in the parking lot of WW Homestead Dairy and the former Northern Engraving plant, tractors unloading and lining up at the Sweeney Auction Service parking lot and horse units gathering at the Croell Redi-Mix plant on the southeast edge of Waukon.
Waukon High School welcomed the newest members into its local chapter of National Honor Society at an annual induction ceremony held Tuesday, March 3 at Waukon High School. Starting in January of their junior year, eligible students are invited to complete the application process to gain membership into National Honor Society. Membership is based on the four pillars that National Honor Society represents: Scholarship, Character, Leadership and Service. Pictured above are this year’s new inductees.
