The Eastern Allamakee Community School District (EACSD) Board of Directors met Monday, November 27 at Kee High School in Lansing. Board President Bobbie Goetzinger called the meeting to order. Board members Tony Becker, Bobbie Goetzinger, Melanie Mauss and Arla Wagner were present, and board member Kelli Mudderman was not in attendance. EACSD Superintendent and Lansing Middle School/Kee High School Principal Dr. Sarah Murray, New Albin Elementary School Principal Donna Thomas and Board Secretary Michele Martin were also present.
Audience members attending included Lansing FFA Advisor Ray Rankin and the following FFA students: Jackson Schulte, Kaleb Drape, Dustin Stendel, Kyle Mauss, Mason Mohn, Zachary Meyer and Landyn Rankin. Visitors Tom Martin, Marian Verdon and Tyler Verdon were also in attendance.
Those who travel on the State of Iowa Highway 9 bridge (Black Hawk Bridge) over the Mississippi River from Lansing to its intersection with the State of Wisconsin Highway 82 in rural Crawford County, WI need to be aware of a construction project that may slow down their trip through the end of next week. That construction project started Monday, December 4 and will last through Friday, December 15, weather permitting, according to information provided by the Iowa Department of Transportation.
Construction crews will close the eastbound lane on the bridge so the bridge rail can be repaired. Motorists will be guided across the bridge with flaggers while work is taking place. More can be learned about this project on either of the Iowa and Wisconsin Departments of Transportation (DOT) websites or by following posts on the project’s Facebook page.
Thursday, December 14, from 5-6 p.m., Meehan Memorial Lansing Public Library will be hosting another monthly learning and informational session with the lead engineering staff working on the Black Hawk Bridge replacement project. Everyone is invited to bring questions and curiosity. The engineers plan to have hands-on activities and this is a unique opportunity for the local community to learn a lot about the bridge building process.
Sessions will be held monthly the second Thursday each month and are for all ages. Questions about this program can be sent to libary@lansing.lib.ia.us.
A presentation featuring Dr. Patrick Jung has been scheduled to take place Monday, December 18 at 7 p.m. at the New Albin Community Center. Dr. Jung is an expert on Native American History and will be speaking on the Native American people who lived around the New Albin area, The Black Hawk War of 1832, and specifically what was happening in the local area during that war.
The event is open to the general public. There is no admission charge to attend.
This year’s Holiday Parade in Waukon has been scheduled for Saturday, December 9, beginning at 6 p.m. Anyone from the general public, business community, or any school or community organization is invited to decorate any vehicle, float, side-by-side or other creative avenue with lights and participate in the parade as it travels through Waukon by a different route this year.
Registered entries will be eligible to win a prize in one of the following three categories: Most Effective Use of Lights; Best Religious Theme; or Best Decorated Animal Entry. It is asked that no parade entries use a live Santa Claus, as he will be making his own appearance in this year’s parade.
Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH), together with Helping Services of Northeast Iowa, will be offering the ‘Baby and Me - The Basics’ class Tuesday evening, January 2, from 4-8:30 p.m. in the hospital’s Large Conference Room.
Helping Services’ Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians Barb Fjelstul and Rachel Weber will teach the basics about how to correctly secure children in their car seat and getting the seat secured in the vehicle. Barb Fjelstul, also a breast-feeding educator, will guide participants through the challenges and rewards of breast-feeding and provide techniques to ensure baby is getting the most benefit from nursing.
Series totals over 320 pins lead the way ... Waukon girls bowling junior Mercedes Wilkins (photo above) and senior Hayden Holzwarth (photo below) launch rolls down the lane in the Lady Indians’ home loss to Decorah by just seven pins Friday, December 1. Wilkins bowled a 328 series consisting of games of 172 and 156 pins, with Holzwarth not far behind with her 323 series made up of games of 142 and 181 pins. View and find out how to purchase these photos and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.
The Waukon girls and boys bowling teams hosted their first home dual match of the 2023-2024 season, welcoming Decorah to its refurbished home at Grumpy’s Lanes in Waukon Friday, December 1. The bowling Indians ended up being gracious hosts to the visiting Vikings, allowing Decorah to take home a pair of victories as the boys fell by a 2655-2377 final result and the Lady Indians had an early head-to-head competition lead snatched away in the Baker round of competition for a loss by just seven pins, 2230-2223.
The bowling Indians are next scheduled to host North Iowa this Friday, December 8. They will then travel to Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, December 15 to wrap up the pre-holiday portion of their season schedule.
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The Kee boys basketball team got its 2023-2024 campaign off to a busy start, playing three games in a span of four days this past week and putting all three of those game in the win column at differing degrees of difficulty. The Hawks opened the season with a 64-25 home romp over Central Elkader Tuesday, November 28 before bringing home a 56-48 win from De Soto, WI Thursday, November 30. Kee wrapped up the week holding on for a 59-57 triumph at the home of last season’s undefeated Upper Iowa Conference champion, MFL/MarMac, in thrilling fashion Friday, December 1.
The Hawks were next scheduled to host Clayton Ridge Tuesday, December 5 before playing at North Fayette Valley Friday, December 8. They will then host Postville Tuesday, December 12 before playing back-to-back dates to end next week, playing at South Winneshiek Friday, December 15 and then taking on Alburnett at of the UIU Shootout hosted by Upper Iowa University in Fayette Saturday, December 16.
2023-2024 Waukon boys basketball team ... Left to right - Front row: Frankie Ghegan, Hayden Dahlstrom, Brody Gress, Lawrence Fenton, Jack O’Neill, Colton O’Neill, Dylan Stegen, Dalton Frick; Back row: Cashton Lloyd, Jacob Courtney, Shawn Martin, Carson Hager, Mason Wasson, McKinley Rostvold, Kole McCormick, Jaxon Brinkman, Graine Curtin, Ethan Kelly, Zach Perkins, Ethan Palmer. Not pictured: Dalton Ellickson.
For its 2023-2024 campaign, the Waukon boys basketball team will look to benefit from the return of six players with varsity letterwinning experience from a season ago. Those half dozen veterans are coming back from a squad that posted a 3-18 season record last winter and graduated just a pair of seniors from its roster.
Those six returning letterwinners will be headlined by four seniors, including Jacob Courtney, Kole McCormick, Jack O’Neill and Mason Wasson. Junior Jaxon Brinkman and sophomore Colton O’Neill help complete that list of experienced veterans who will set the pace for this season’s squad that has 23 young men currently in consideration in this season’s early-going.
Setting her up for the fall ... Waukon girls wrestling senior 105-pounder Mia Kurth works over her Crestwood opponent in the Indians’ 39-34 home dual meet loss to the Cadets Tuesday, November 28. Kurth won the match by fall in a time of 5:04. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.
The Waukon girls wrestling team pulled double duty this past week, wrestling in both a dual event and a weekend tournament against some considerable competition. The Lady Indians opened their dual meet schedule with a 39-34 loss at home to Crestwood Tuesday, November 28 before competing in the large, two-day Dan Gable Donnybrook Tournament held in Coralville Thursday and Friday, November 30 and December 1. The mat Tribe finished 23rd in the tournament’s 43-team scoring field made up of squads from all over the Midwest, with seniors Mia Kurth and Kloe Hemmersbach each wrestling to a team-best fifth-place individual finish at 105 and 190 pounds, respectively.
