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Dennis Lee Zidlicky, age 74, of Decorah died Sunday, March 26, 2023 at Gundersen Health Systems in La Crosse, WI. Funeral Services were held Saturday, April 1 at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, rural Decorah with Rev. Jennifer Edinger presiding.

Dennis Lee Zidlicky was born February 11, 1949 to Arthur and Gatriel (Thompson) Zidlicky in Nevada, IA. He later graduated from Cresco High School in 1967.

In 1970 he married the love of his life, Donna (Moe) Zidlicky. To this union, two sons were born, Dean and Don. In his early years, Dennis worked for Camcar and Marigold, but his true passion was farming. Dennis and Donna went on to farm together for 35 years near Ridgeway, Waukon and Highlandville. He also worked for Holden Farms in their hog buildings.

by Brianne Grimstad

The Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) Board of Directors met Monday evening, April 17 for its regular monthly meeting. Two public hearing were held at the beginning of the meeting. The first was on the proposed budget for 2023-2024. The second public hearing was on amending the 2022-2023 budget. There were no verbal or written comments on either subject and the hearings were closed.

Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Business and Community Solutions is offering a DIY (Do It Yourself) Kids Hanging Room Decorations class Tuesday, May 2 from 3:45- 4:45 p.m. at the NICC Waukon Center, located at 1220 3rd Avenue NW.

Kids and their imaginations will love creating their own hanging room décor. Using cut-outs of butterflies, stars, birds and other images, they can apply a wide range of colors to their take-home masterpieces. Paper will be provided for kids who have their own individual cut-out ideas. All supplies will be provided.

The deadline for paid registration is April 25. To register online visit www.nicc.edu/waukon or call NICC Waukon center at 844-642-2338, ext. 6700.
 

Original composition commissioned in memory of Adelia Dundas will also be live-streamed

by Julie Berg-Raymond

This is a story that resonates on so many levels, it’s difficult to know where to begin its telling. On one level, it’s about the world premiere of a new musical composition being performed by band students in grades five to eight at a small middle school in rural Iowa. On another, it’s a story about how that small rural school district - Eastern Allamakee - embraced a just-out-of-school-himself band teacher and his young family in a way that would touch many hearts and traverse many years, and about how that family and that school district have since both given so much to the other.

This story is about all those things. At the center of it all, though, is a young girl named Adelia.

The 2023 Waukon High School Prom is scheduled to be held this Saturday, April 22 at the Waukon Middle School gymnasium. Doors will open to the public at 7:30 p.m. for the Grand March, which is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Parents and community members may view the Grand March either seated in the auditorium or standing in the gym.

Following the Grand March will be the coronation of this year’s Prom King and Queen. Visitors are asked to exit the building after the coronation in order for students to start the Prom dance, which is scheduled to begin at approximately 9 p.m. Students need to be present and attend both the Prom and Post Prom event to be eligible for prizes at Post Prom being held in the Waukon High School gymnasium. For those who prefer not to attend the Prom dance, there will be alternative activities and games set up in the Waukon High School Library.

The 2023 Kee High School Prom is scheduled for this Saturday, April 22. Pictured above are this year’s senior class Queen and King candidates for the annual event. Left to right - Front row: Queen candidates Alyssa Darling, Monica Davis, Brooklyn Bakewell and Jayden Rankin; Back row: King candidates Jackson Poley, Cota Gavin, Ben Franceschetti and Dylan Waterworth.

The annual Prom banquet will be held at TJ Hunter’s Banquet Hall on Main Street in Lansing, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Prom dance will also take place in the banquet hall this year following the Grand March and coronation of this year’s Prom King and Queen that will take place in the Kee High School gymnasium.

Debra Stantic, City Clerk for New Albin, received the Outstanding Professional in Urban Forestry award from the Iowa Urban Tree Council during the 32nd Annual Urban Forestry Awards Ceremony held April 12 at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny. Stantic can trace her appreciation of trees to childhood memories of visiting her grandparents in New Albin on weekends. Since moving to New Albin, she has taken that appreciation to enhance her home and revive the city’s landscape. Through grant writing and receiving Trees Forever/Alliant Energy grants, Stantic has planted 75 trees throughout New Albin on her way towards her goal of 100. Her “get it done” attitude and love for nature is inspiring to the citizens of New Albin.

In honor of this year’s 50th annual Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI), a documentary film titled “Shift: The RAGBRAI Documentary” has been created by The Des Moines Register. “Shift” tells the story of RAGBRAI through photography and interviews with three riders and a pair of community leaders as they overcome grueling miles and personal hurdles to find peace, redemption and clarity in the annual ride across Iowa.

The Allamakee County Veterans Museum at 105 Allamakee Street in Waukon will be offering its next public program Thursday, April 27 at 6:30 p.m. and again Saturday, April 29 at 10 a.m. There is no charge for admission and no membership requirements to attend the presentations.

In December of 2023, Dr. Dan Davis, a marine archaeologist and former U.S. Navy diver, presented a program at the Allamakee Veterans Museum describing his work helping recover MIA remains. This second program will be a video presentation of a film donated to the Veterans Museum by Dr. Davis.
 

Robey Memorial Library in Waukon encourages all community members to visit the library during National Library Week, April 23-29, to explore all the library has to offer. Most people know about the wealth of stories available at the library, from picture books and large print to audiobooks and ebooks. But there’s so much more to the story of libraries.