Pladsen Chevrolet automotive technicians Drew Adam and Brian Wullner (left to right in the submitted photo at right) were recently honored with Mark of Excellence Awards for ranking among the Top 20 Performing General Motors (GM) Service Technicians in the Midwest Region. The General Motors Mark of Excellence Service Technician Award recognizes the top 20 performing service technicians within each General Motors zone. It honors the industry’s highest achievers in fixed-right-first-time (FIRTFT) metrics, product knowledge, and continued General Motors certification. Technicians are evaluated on their annual diagnostic skills, productivity, Gold/Master Level training certifications, and customer satisfaction (CSI) scores.
Deadlines/Dates
May 14 - August 2: Primary Nesting Season
July 3: Office closed in observance of Independence Day
July 13-19: Allamakee County Fair
July 15: Deadline to Report Acres
August 12: Deadline to submit an SDRP application
Livestock producers and land managers interested in learning more about pasture productivity and grazing management practices are invited to participate in the Iowa Grazing Academy this July and August. The Iowa Grazing Academy consists of online sessions and in-person field days that provide practical skills and strategies for improving grazing practices.
The online sessions will be held July 13–22 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Participants can join all sessions or choose those that fit their schedule. All sessions will be recorded and available for later viewing.
What is Christian Love and how do we as Christians live into it? Let me start off by saying the love our Triune God has for all of His created beings (i.e. Humanity/Us) and how we are to exhibit to one another is not inclusive to one’s salvation. But, that discussion will need to wait for another time.
On to Christian love… I look at Christian love using this premise; I can agree to disagree with you on how you do or see or believe X, Y, or Z. But that does not in any way take away from the fact that you are a creation of God with great worth. Regardless of “X, Y, or Z” or whether I like you or not, I can share everyday life experiences with you… I can laugh with you, I can cry with you, if you are in harm’s way or need assistance, I will be there to intervene. We can co-exist, but we may not be able to co-habitat.
Saturday, July 4, the Allamakee County Veterans Museum at 105 Allamakee Street in Waukon will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is no admission charge. The public is welcome to visit for tours, and the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Auxiliary will be providing cookies and beverages for the Fourth of July event.
The Veterans Museum honors the service and sacrifice of Allamakee County veterans who have served the United States in uniform throughout the years.
Guided tours will be given of exhibits from the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and all post 9-11 conflicts. Patriotic music from all eras will be played.
All local veteran videos in the museum library will be available for presentation on request. Donations of additional pictures to the Veteran Honor Walls will be welcome.
Over the past several months numerous caring and compassionate deeds for wild animals have taken place in New Albin. The young, the middle aged, and the older residents of this community have all taken a focused interest in protecting individual turtles of at least three different kinds, as well as the nests full of eggs the pregnant turtles entrust to residents year after year.
“Young people have been amazingly caring,” shares Friends of Pool 9 Turtle Conservation Project Committee Chairperson Ric Zarwell. “Learning about and practicing compassion is a truly important goal. It is a way of acting everyone could use more of, and that kind of learning surely exists here.”
Grace Stegen, the daughter of Lee and Jenny Stegen of Waukon, recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Drake University in Des Moines with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences and a minor in Spanish. Stegen is a 2023 graduate of Waukon High School and was able to complete her undergraduate degree in only three years at Drake, due in large part to the college classes she was able to take from Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) during high school, where she earned her Associate’s Degree one week prior to graduating high school.
Stegen has now been accepted into the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, where she will pursue her Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. She says her goal is to practice rural medicine and impact patients the way her mother has throughout her career. Submitted photo.
The Eastern Allamakee Community School District (EACSD) Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting Monday, June 8 at Kee High School in Lansing. Board President Arla Wagner called the meeting to order.
Other board members present included Heather Lutz, Director District #2 Vice-President; Joe Manning, At‑Large Board Member; Tommy Martin, Director District #1 Board Member; and Glen Delaney, Director District #3 Board Member. Non‑voting attendees included Superintendent Jay Mathis; Michele Martin, Board Secretary and Financial Clerk; Donna Thomas, PK‑12 Principal; and Liz Hill, Special Education Director and Associate Principal.
The board approved the meeting agenda as presented. No visitors offered public comment. Consent items including previous meeting minutes, the secretary’s financial report, student activity report, food service report, and monthly bills were reviewed and approved unanimously.
LifeServe Blood Center wants to help students and their families save money while also saving lives. Students who plan and execute a successful blood drive through LifeServe during the summer of 2026 can earn scholarships and recognition while making a meaningful difference in their community.
LifeServe will award up to $500 in scholarship funds to students who organize a successful blood drive between Memorial Day and Labor Day of this year. To be eligible for the scholarship, students must recruit donors, act as the chairperson for the blood drive, and register 25 donors ($250 awarded) or 40 donors ($500 awarded).
Firing to first base ... Kee baseball freshman second baseman Wes McKee rears back to fire a throw to first base in the Hawks’ 12-2 home victory over North Fayette Valley Wednesday, June 17. McKee smacked a single and recorded two sacrifices to help drive in a team-high two runs and also scored one in the ballgame. Photo by Danielle Potter. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photos link on this webpage.
The Kee baseball team came within a game of completing an undefeated weekday schedule in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play at home this past week, with the Hawks’ lone loss in that UIC stretch coming Thursday, June 18 to a team that nobody has beaten yet this season. Kee opened this past week with a sweep of Postville by mercy-rule results of 10-0 in five innings and 11-1 in six innings Monday, June 15 before handling Turkey Valley, 5-1, Tuesday, June 16 and defeating North Fayette Valley by a 12-2 mercy-rule result in six innings Wednesday, June 17. That lone UIC loss of the week came to undefeated and Class 1A fifth-rated South Winneshiek Thursday, June 18 in a game where the Hawks took an early lead but couldn’t hold off the highly-regarded Warriors in suffering an 8-3 defeat. Kee was also scheduled to play two games at Osage Saturday, June 20, with coverage details of those two contests appearing in a future edition of The Standard.
