The local Grief Support Group will be holding its monthly meeting at Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Tuesday, April 11 at 5 p.m. in the Meditation Healing Center, located just inside the main entrance of the hospital.
This informal meeting is open to anyone suffering from any type of loss whether it be death, divorce, illness or some other grief.
Feel free to attend and bring a friend. This grief support meets the second Tuesday of each month at Veterans Memorial Hospital.
Bobby and Caity Schultz of Frankville announce the birth of their son, Byron McCoy Schultz, born March 8, 2023 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. He weighed 8 lbs. 14 ozs. and measured 21 inches in length at the time of his birth.
Grandparents are Marty and Carla Johnson of Stratford and Kent and Donna Schultz of Frankville. Great-grandparents are Rolf and Carlene Solbach of Algona, Gerald and Kayleen Johnson of Stratford, and Doris Eglseder of Waukon.
What separates average-to-good Iowa towns from thriving ones, former Governor Terry Branstad often said, is the presence of locally owned banks and a dedicated community newspaper. Community newspapers are a big part of what makes Iowa, well, Iowa.
And that’s why it’s so troubling that some in the Iowa Senate are considering requiring legal notices to be posted on some to-be-created state-run website and would not be required to be published in a local newspaper.
Senate File 546 would in practical terms eliminate an essential part of your newspaper, limiting the news, and in so doing, cripple many newspapers, many of which are already facing financial struggles.
We understand that Alliant Energy (a public utility granted a monopoly, with the trust they will act in the public interest) has plans that will likely destroy many of the roads in eastern Allamakee County. This area actually has very few roadways to support its population.
Alliant has three plans that will likely decimate the major roadways in this area.
Upcoming Deadlines/Dates
June 2: ERP Phase 2
June 2: PARP
Farm Loan Presence in Allamakee County
The USDA/FSA Farm Loan team will have a Loan Officer in our office every Tuesday during normal business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). If you would like to visit with the loan officer, feel free to call or stop in.
Elizabeth Fossum (center in photo), daughter of Kevin and Julie Fossum of Waterville, was crowned the 2023 Allamakee County Dairy Princess at the annual Allamakee County Dairy Banquet held Saturday, March 25 at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds Pavilion in Waukon. Pictured above following their coronation, left to right, are Allamakee County Alternate Dairy Princess Claire Opperman, daughter of Amy Opperman of Waukon; Allamakee County Dairy Princess Elizabeth Fossum; and Allamakee County Alternate Dairy Princess Cassidy Gibbs, daughter of Shawn and Danette Gibbs of Waterville. Additional photos of award winners and other recognition from the 2023 Allamakee County Dairy Banquet will appear in a future edition of The Standard. Photo by Paula Enyart.
The Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in regard to a pair of February incidents involving vandalism and attempted arson at a rural Allamakee County swine facility. Reward money in the amount of $15,000 is currently being offered in regard to the case.
Sunday, February 5 of this year the Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspicious item at a swine unit located on Dry Ridge Drive in rural Lansing. Deputies did respond to the location and recovered an incendiary item, reportedly a molotov cocktail, that had been placed on the building.
Upon further investigation it was determined that the item was placed with the intent to start the building unit on fire. The building unit was occupied with numerous swine at the time of the incident. The item did not ignite the building and minimal damage was observed.
Allamakee County Treasurer Jennifer O’Neill would like to remind property owners that the second installment of property taxes is due by Friday, March 31.
Property tax payments can be made in the Allamakee County Treasurer’s office in the Allamakee County Courthouse at 110 Allamakee Street in Waukon between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tax payers are reminded to bring their tax stubs with their payment to insure proper credit. To avoid penalty on the second installment, payment must be received in the Treasurer’s Office by Friday, March 31. Penalty will apply April 1, 2023.
E-check and credit card payments are also accepted online at www.iowatreasurers.org. Tax payers will need their receipt number to pay by E-check. This can be found on their tax statement.
The Allamakee County Emergency Management Agency wants to take this opportunity to notify the public of the intent to conduct a county-wide Tornado Drill and test of all city emergency warning sirens next Wednesday, March 29 at 10 a.m. This will allow Allamakee County to participate in the State of Iowa Tornado Drill as part of Severe Weather Awareness Week, which is scheduled for March 27-31 this year. At approximately 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 29, warning sirens in all six cities in the county will be activated and National Weather Service NOAA Weather Radios will be sent the drill as a Required Weekly Test (RWT) with normal alert tones followed by drill verbiage.
Tuesday, March 21, nearly three dozen school districts across the state of Iowa received what are being referred to as “swatting” telephone calls, which are described as messages of what turn out to be fake threats of school shootings or other harm. The calls are made in an effort to try and get a large police gathering at one location, and they have been occurring across the nation over the past several months.
Although many of the schools reacted accordingly throughout the state of Iowa on that March 21 date, no threats were ever realized or any harm reported. Two area school districts, Decorah and MFL/MarMac, each received such threatening messages at their respective high schools, prompting action by local authorities in each case, with no threats realized in either scenario.
