During its regular meeting Monday, December 5, the Lansing City Council voted to meet the requirements outlined by the Iowa Workers’ Municipalities Compensation Association (IWMCA) for safety training - which means agreeing to participate in a two-year program to “develop a safety culture,” according to Dean Schade, safety and risk approvement manager with IWMCA.
As the Iowa and Wisconsin Departments of Transportation (DOT) finalize their plans for replacement of the current Black Hawk Bridge, the “Light The Way” fundraising campaign to place 48 LED lights along the top of both sides of the new bridge - as well as four LED lights illuminating two bridge piers - is just getting started. The main campaign will begin in the Spring of 2023, but those who would like to take advantage of a tax deductible donation for 2022 should make their check out and mail it to: Main Street Lansing, c/o Light The Way Campaign, P.O. Box 307, Lansing, IA 52151.
Donations can also be dropped off at any local Kerndt Brothers Savings Bank. Those who have further questions are welcome to contact Lansing City Council member Steve Murray at blackhawkbridgelights@gmail.com.
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Auxiliary Gustave F. Kerndt #5981 has announced the kick-off of the VFW Auxiliary’s National Anthem Singing Contest, “Get Excited for the Red, White and Blue!” Local youth in grades K-12 can showcase their talent, display their patriotism and express their creativity while competing for their share of $2,000 in national awards.
Contestants must submit a video of their solo vocal performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Video must be uploaded to YouTube and submitted to VFW Auxiliary #5981 along with a completed entry form for judging. The video must be recorded between July 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023. Entry will be judged on vocal ability, mastery of lyrics, originality or interpretation and entertainment value.
Les Winters will be celebrating his 70th birthday December 14. In honor of the occasion, cards can be sent to him at 409 1st Street NE, Waukon, IA 52172.
The Waukon girls wrestling team had a busy end to this past week, competing in both dual meet and tournament action on back-to-back nights. The Lady Indians took on a traditionally strong Waverly-Shell Rock squad in their first Northeast Iowa Conference dual meet competition Thursday, December 8, falling by a 60-24 final result, before wresting to a fifth-place finish in the South Winneshiek Tournament held at Luther College in Decorah, with junior Kloe Hemmersbach pinning her way to the 170-pound tournament title on the way to an undefeated week on the mat.
The Indian mat ladies were next slated to compete at Decorah Thursday, December 15 with the Vikings and Central Elkader to wrap up the 2022 portion of this season’s schedule. They will return to the mat after the holiday break for a Monday, January 2 tournament at Osage before a Thursday, January 5 home date with Charles City.
What was scheduled to be a busy week of three games this past week for the Kee boys basketball team, instead turned out to be just a pair of games, as the Hawks had a Friday, December 9 home date in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play with North Fayette Valley postponed by winter weather to a rescheduled date yet to be determined. Games that were played both earlier in the week and right after that postponement both fell short of the win column, despite the Hawks turning in much different offensive results in each contest. A 54-17 UIC defeat at Clayton Ridge Tuesday, December 6 was followed by an 80-66 loss to Lanesboro, MN in the annual Border Battle played in Decorah Saturday, December 10.
Senior Jakob Regan reaches 100 career wins on way to tournament title
The Waukon boys wrestling team battled through a busy week, competing on three different days in three dual meets and a weekend tournament. The Indian matmen fell short of the win column in any of their three duals, falling in a double-dual at South Winneshiek Tuesday, December 6 by scores of 54-27 to Fillmore Central/Lanesboro/Mabel-Canton out of Minnesota and 54-24 to the host South Winneshiek squad. The mat Tribe then traveled to Class 3A top-rated Waverly-Shell Rock Thursday, December 8, falling by a final result of 58-22, before competing in the Zimmerman Invitational hosted by Maquoketa High School Saturday, December 10 and placing fourth as a team, with senior Jakob Regan claiming the Indians’ only weight class championship at the event, topping the 126-pound field, and reaching the milestone mark of 100 career victories on the mat.
A busy latter part of this past week ended up resulting in a split of two games for the Waukon girls basketball team, and was just a point away from being a sweep. After being idle from competition for more than a week’s time - having not played since consecutive nights dating back to the final week of November, the Lady Indians played another pair of back-to-back nights of basketball to end this past week. Those most recent consecutive nights of competition included a 57-53 loss at home to Caledonia, MN in the Tribe’s second double overtime game so far this season Thursday, December 8, followed by a 49-36 win at Crestwood that opened the Waukon girls’ Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) season Friday, December 9.
Richard Duane Hagensick passed away peacefully at Good Samaritan Society - Waukon December 6, 2022 due to living a long and rewarding life. There will be a celebration of life service at a later date.
Richard was born August 19, 1929 to Richard F and Augusta Hagensick. He was married to Madeline (Achenbach), who was the love of his life and “there was no one better than her”. He was a farmer and raised his five children on the farm.
Richard enjoyed watching the Iowa Hawkeyes no matter what the sport, and watching the Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins play baseball. He was active in his church and enjoyed going every Sunday when he could.
