Brett Cota and Paige Nelson of Waukon announce the birth of their daughter, Everly Julaine Cota, born February 9, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 9 lbs. 7 ozs. and measured 23 inches in length at the time of her birth.
Grandparents are Paul Nelson of Fredericksburg, Jamie and Penney Neuzil of Fort Atkinson and Brian and Karen Cota of Waukon. Great-grandparents are Rich and June Cota of Waukon, Mary and the late Gary Johnson of Waukon, Dale and Jan Nelson of Fredericksburg, Julie Nelson of Cedar Falls and Dan and Ethie Neuzil of Fort Atkinson.
Justin Jones and Brianna Halverson of Postville announce the birth of their son, Cyrus Walter Jones, born February 9, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 7 lbs. 15 ozs. and measured 22 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins siblings, Madyson (13), Haylie (10), Jayden (8), Dawson (4) and Wesley (2).
Grandparents are Sam and Nikki Jones of Waukon, Deb and Chris Funk of Elkader, Melody and Dennis Moose of McGregor, and Bill Halverson and Cathie McGuire of McGregor. Great-grandparents are Walter and Janice Kurth of Waukon.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Associate Dean Dr. John Lawrence and Iowa farmer Larry Buss of Logan have announced the release of the Iowa Pest Resistance Management Plan. The full plan and additional information about pest resistance management efforts can be found at www.ProtectIowaCrops.org.
Steve Johnson, Farm Management Specialist and D. Allen Pattillo, Aquaculture Specialist will speak at the annual meeting of the Northeast Iowa Agricultural Experimental Association (NEIAEA) at the ISU Northeast Research Farm near Nashua.
The program starts at 9:30 am Wednesday, March 8 with the Association’s board meeting. From 10 a.m. to Noon will be key presentations from Steve Johnson and D. Allen Pattillo. Johnson will address “Crop Market Outlook: Strategies & Tools” for Iowa’s producers. Pattillo will discuss “Aquaculture Opportunities in Iowa”. After lunch, Ken Pecinovsky, Research Farm Superintendent, will review 2016 trial results conducted at the ISU Northeast Research Farm.
Provided free at the meeting is the 2016 Research Farm Report. CCA credits (2 CM) will also be offered complimentary. Lunch will be served by the Riverton Lucky Clovers 4-H Club. Following lunch and Pecinovsky’s presentation, the NEIAEA board of directors will meet.
Waukon High School 1981 graduate Robin Schoh recently returned to her native tri-state area to, among other things, celebrate the February 3 grand opening of a new La Crosse, WI franchise of the skyrocketing business she co-founded, Waxing the City. Pictured above at that grand opening event are, left to right, Waxing the City La Crosse franchise co-owner Daniel Kern, Waxing the City co-founder and Director of Sales Robin Schoh, Waxing the City La Crosse manager Maddy Brenny and Waxing the City La Crosse franchise co-owner Michael Tonsager. Submitted photo.
The road from smalltown rural Iowa to the Fortune 500® won't be found on any map or GPS unit, but Waukon High School 1981 graduate Robin Schoh may be a good one to ask directions from.
The former stand-out athlete for the Indians in her high school days, who may best be remembered locally for her athletic prowess that earned her All-Conference and All-State recognition in three different sports: basketball, softball and track, is now the co-founder of a steadily growing business that has been ranked among the business world elite on the Fortune 500® list compiled by Entrepreneur magazine. Making that prestigious list last year was only another step forward, however, as this year's list unveiled in January showed Schoh's 2003-founded Waxing The City body waxing company had zoomed from its initial #392 spot on that 2016 list to the even more elite top 100 at #89 for 2017.
The long-running television series "Finding Bigfoot" on the Animal Planet channel is scheduled to air an episode of that series this weekend that is reported to have been filmed in Yellow River State Forest in Allamakee County. The television series is described as "A team from the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) tracks the legendary beast using infrared and night-vision cameras, as well as information from firsthand accounts of alleged encounters."
A northern Allamakee County landowner recently reviewed trail camera footage from last fall and made a surprising discovery. An animal known as a fisher (pictured in lower half of photo at right) was discovered in a trail camera photo and confirmed by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), a notable sighting since fishers have not been known to be in Iowa since the 1800s. This relative of the weasel is more common in the woodlands of Minnesota, but Furbearer Biologist Vince Evelsizer with the Iowa DNR out of Clear Lake has indicated that a southward trend has been recorded over the last five years for fishers in Minnesota, with a noticeable increase in numbers of the mammal in southeast Minnesota. Evelsizer believes the uneven terrain of northeast Iowa and southeast Minnesota, known as the Driftless Area, lends itself as an ideal habitat for fishers.
Although area thermometers and daytime weather conditions didn't offer much support of the name, the annual WinterFest celebration did take place in Lansing Saturday, February 18. Temperatures rising toward the 60-degree mark during the latter portion of this past week (confirmed by the LED thermometer reading pictured at right) allowed for WinterFest enthusiasts to take part in a variety of activities while donning some very "unFebruary-like" attire, such as the shorts and sandals sported by the youngsters pictured above. For additional WinterFest photos taken for The Standard by Jordyn Burroughs, see Page 5A of the print edition or e-edition. For additional spring-like weather in February... don't look too far ahead in the forecast.
The Waukon Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its Annual Banquet this Friday, February 24 at the Waukon Banquet Center. The Chamber will be awarding nominees from the community for Business of the Year and Person of the Year honors. Awards will also be distributed to honor businesses and organizations for their Years of Service to the community for those celebrating a five-year increment anniversary.
The doors will open for the event at 5:30 p.m., with awards being distributed at 6:30 p.m. and the meal to follow. This year’s banquet will be catered by Schulte's BBQ & Catering and they will be serving charcoal cooked beef and pork loin, along with all the sides.
Anyone with further questions about the event should contact Waukon Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Stephanie Dugan at 563-568-4110 or by email at waukoncc@mchsi.com.
At the February 6, 2017 Waukon City Council meeting, representatives from Alliant Energy were present to answer questions and address concerns relating to the installation of green utility/transformer boxes in the boulevard in front of customers' homes or in yards, as necessary. Alliant Energy's representatives indicated that this would be done at no charge to customers and would improve service reliability.
Justin Foss, Senior Marketing and Communications Partner with Alliant Energy, recently provided additional information and clarification on this project. Foss indicated that Alliant Energy repairs and replaces a portion of its power grid on a yearly basis and advised that sections of Waukon have been targeted for that transition this year due to the amount of trees within the city.
