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.
Anna Mary (Sunstrom) Gearhart, 89, of Waukon passed away into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior Sunday, December 11, 2022 at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Memorial services will be held Monday, December 19 at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon with Pastor Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial will be at Linwood Cemetery in Boone.
Friends may greet the family from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services Monday at the church. Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon is handling arrangements. With heartfelt love and appreciation for all the compassion, care and spiritual guidance for Anna, memorials may be designated to Good Samaritan Society, Veterans Memorial Hospital or St. John’s Lutheran Church, all in Waukon.
Katy Maker, Nurse Midwife and Nurse Practitioner ... Katy Maker, Nurse Midwife and Nurse Practitioner, joined the Veterans Memorial Hospital Birthing Center team delivering babies last summer. Maker has over 30 years of experience as a nurse midwife and has assisted in nearly 2,000 deliveries. She is also proficient in and encourages water births. Maker offers care for maternity and family practice patients at both the Veterans Memorial Hospital Waukon and Postville clinic locations. Submitted photo.
Katy Maker, Nurse Midwife and Nurse Practitioner, joined the Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Birthing Center team delivering babies, including waterbirths, last summer. She also cares for maternity and family practice patients in both the Waukon and Postville Clinic locations. Maker joins Dr. Dave Schwartz and Halie Ruff, Nurse Practitioner, as the hospital’s maternity care team.
Maker has over 30 years of experience as a nurse midwife and has assisted in nearly 2,000 deliveries. She continues to add to that number, assisting moms with their baby’s birth in the Veterans Memorial Hospital Birthing Center. Maker is also proficient in and encourages water births.
Do the holidays tend to impact your wallet and your waistline? Well you’re not alone. The good news: despite feeling several pant-sizes larger post-holiday season, such exaggerated weight gains are not typical. According to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, most of us pack on far fewer pounds than we think. Now the rub: Although our annual holiday gains may be small, many people fail to lose the additional weight from year to year.
Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) will be offering free blood sugar testing and blood pressure checks with immediate results at the Waukon Chamber’s Holiday Hop Thursday, December 8. Free chair massages will also be offered. The hospital is joining The Copy Shoppe in its downtown location and will be serving energy bars and giving away prizes and coupons as well from 4-7 p.m.
Angie Mettille, RN, Certified Diabetes Educator and Juli Viet, RN, Community and Home Care Nurse, will be performing these free tests. Both of these checks take just a few seconds to perform and are free of charge. Massage therapist Shannon Bernatz, LMC, will be offering the free chair massages.
For additional information, call Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
Veterans Memorial Hospital Clinic in Waukon will be closing a half-hour early at 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening, December 8. The clinic will reopen at 8 a.m. Friday morning, December 9.
The regular clinic hours for the Waukon location are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with early access Monday mornings at 7 a.m. and late access Thursday evenings until 7 p.m. Same-day appointments are usually available. Again, the clinic will need to close a half-hour early Thursday, December 8 at 6:30 p.m.
For questions or to make an appointment, call the Veterans Memorial Hospital Clinic-Waukon at 563-568-5530 or the Clinic in Postville at 563-864-7221.
