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The Waukon boys golf team played in a pair of competition dates this past week, hosting its final home date of this season before taking part in a multi-team event later in the week. The golf Tribe finished ahead of just one of the three teams it matched up against in those competitions, falling at home to Charles City, 157-153, Tuesday, April 29 before finishing in second place at the South Winneshiek Triangular Thursday, May 1.

The Waukon boys were next scheduled to play in a quadrangular at New Hampton Tuesday, May 6 before playing in another triangular Thursday, May 8 at Turkey Valley. Waukon’s boys will then wrap up their regular season playing in the Northeast Iowa Conference Golf Tournament hosted by New Hampton Monday, May 12 and then preparing for their Class 2A Sectional Tournament being played Wednesday, May 14 at North Fayette Valley.

Winters, Mudderman, Strong and Mohn rewrite own shuttle hurdle relay record in both meets this week

The Kee girls track and field team competed in a pair of meets hosted by fellow Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) squads this past week, placing third at both meets. The Lady Hawks scored 85 team points to finish third in the Clayton Ridge Invitational Tuesday, April 29 before scoring 65 team points to also finish in third place at the MFL/MarMac Invitational Thursday, May 1.

Both meets also featured a continued trend of new school records for the Lady Hawks. The shuttle hurdle relay team of junior Addison Winters, sophomores Rylee Mudderman and Lilah Strong, and freshman Morgan Mohn continued to lower its own school record at both meets, clocking in at 1:11.29 at Clayton Ridge but then bettering that new mark once again at MFL/MarMac with a time of 1:11.01, with both of those efforts earning gold medals for Kee.

The Waukon girls golf team played through a busy past week, playing in three different events over the course of the final three days of the week. After being idle the first half of the week due to weather, the Lady Indians finished second at the South Winneshiek Triangular Thursday, May 1 before falling at Charles City, 232-226, Friday, May 2 in a dual meet rescheduled from Monday, April 28. The Waukon lady linksters wrapped up their week finishing fourth at the 18-hole Decorah Quadrangular Saturday, May 3.

This Friday night, Bandmates, Brothers and Friends (BBF) will reunite in Waukon for the third year in a row with another night of musical entertainment to benefit the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation. This year they will be joined by The JayR Brink Bank as part of the musical line-up, all taking place this Friday evening May 9, from 6-11 p.m. at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds Pavilion in Waukon.

The first set of BBF members will take the stage to begin the night, offering a variety of older country music, with a second set of BBF members performing a variety of hits from the 1950s through the 1990s.  The JayR Brink Band will be finishing out the night with its well-known variety of music covering a mix of country, folk and oldies with a folky, alternative country style.

The annual “Family Wellness Fair” will be held Wednesday, May 14 from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) in Waukon. Health and wellness testing, exhibits, activities and refreshments will all be providing a complete evening of entertainment and education for families of all ages. All visitors are again welcome to enter the wellness fair through the Veterans Memorial Hospital main entrance, the hospital clinic entrance or the Gundersen Emplify Clinic entrance, allowing for more accessible parking options.    

Input is still needed for the community health needs assessment survey which is required every three years of Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) to survey the residents of Allamakee County and the surrounding areas served by the hospital. The hospital is still conducting that survey from now through May 15 and more input is needed from all the area communities.

This Community Health Needs Assessment gathers information to help guide and direct health planning activities. Information from this survey is compiled and used to update and improve the health plan for this entire service area of the hospital.

The survey can be accessed through the QR code at right, or through the following Survey Monkey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BHVHJJS or on the home page of the VMH website at www.veteransmemorialhospital.com.
 

The Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, May 15, at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of the hospital.

This diabetes class is open to everyone who has diabetes or has a friend or loved one with diabetes. For more information on the Diabetes Support Group, feel free to call  Angie Mettille, RN, Certified Diabetes Educator at Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
 

The local Grief Support Group will be holding its monthly meeting at Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Tuesday, May 13, 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 group meets the second Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hospital.
 

Memorials were recently received by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation in memory of Lisa Kerndt by Cindy Barness, Joan Bieber, Jane Dietrich, David and Suzanne Hahn, Mark Kerndt, Patsy Kerndt, Jim and Jill Kiesau, Ernest and LaVonne Palas, Carol Paus, Pat Pettingill, John and Sheryl Prestemon, Bill and Beth Shafer, Linda Siegrist, Dean and Lynn Sorenson, and Arlen and Karlene Wonderlich.

Memorials were also received in memory of Msgr. Ed Lechtenberg by Mary Ann Burke, Jean Gilbertson, Ardie Kuhse, Lynn Thomson, Frank and Jean Weymiller, and Brad and Erin Berns.

In addition, memorials were also received in memory of Sandra Reinke by Daniel Reinke, in memory of Charles Rolfs by Chuck and Lois Votsmier, in memory of Bill Smith by Scott and Kim Bollman, in memory of Lawrence Powell by Beverly Bacon, and in memory of Dr. Bill Withers by Kay Lemke.

A gift to the Foundation was also received in honor of Shawn Moody by his sister, Laurie Moody.

Upcoming Deadlines/Dates
May 14: 2025  deadline to complete spring CRP Mid-Contract Management (MCM) activities
May 14: Deadline to establish new cool season grass practice CRP seedings
May 15-August 1: Primary Nesting Season (PNS)
May 26: Office Closed for Memorial Day
May 31: Deadline to request a Marketing Assistance Loan (MALs) for 2024 farm stored or warehouse stored grain
June 19: Office closed in observance of Juneteenth