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Wed
17
Aug

Veterans Memorial Hospital Postville Clinic holds Open House August 11 ...

Nearly 100 people attended the Veterans Memorial Hospital Medical Clinic-Postville Open House held Thursday, August 11 from 5-7 p.m. All were able to visit with clinic providers, who are pictured below and include Michelle Crary, Nurse Practitioner (at left); Dr. Thomas McMullan, Family Practice Physician (at right); and Katy Maker (center), the new Nurse Midwife and Nurse Practitioner who recently joined both the hospital’s Postville and Waukon medical clinics.

Wed
17
Aug

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church to begin Raising Our Spirits Together program for mental well-being

Those who are feeling down or blue should know they are not alone, and that can be especially true now that there is a local group program to help lift their mood. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Lansing recently received a grant from Gundersen Health System of La Crosse, WI to offer a new resource to help adults with low mood called Raising Our Spirits Together.

Raising Our Spirits Together is a technology-assisted, engaging, small group program that provides people who are feeling down with new tools and skills to feel better. The small groups meet in local churches and are led by pastors.

Wed
17
Aug

Raleigh Buckmaster to offer presentation on protecting, caring for Indian burial mounds

All are welcome at the Driftless Area Education & Visitors Center in Lansing Saturday, September 10 at 1 p.m. to hear local expert Raleigh Buckmaster give an illustrated presentation on how he has protected and cared for Indian mounds and burial sites on his farmland in the Lansing area. He will answer questions after his presentation and light refreshments, cookies and lemonade, will follow. Free will donation accepted.
 

Wed
17
Aug

Heytman’s Landing boat ramp on Mississippi River closed until September 23

The Heytman’s Landing boat ramp, south of Lansing, on Pool 9 of the Mississippi River is scheduled to be closed until September 23 this fall. The closure is taking place to accommodate the replacement of the railroad bridge that spans the boat channel along the river’s edge at that boat ramp site.

Wed
17
Aug

ACSD Board of Directors hears variety of updates in final regular meeting prior to the start of the new school year

by Brianne Grimstad

The Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) Board of Directors met Monday night, August 15 for its regular monthly meeting.

Under the consent agenda items, the following personnel items were approved for the upcoming school year: After School Program staff; Penny Barr as a part-time food service worker; Brooke Welsh as seventh grade girls track coach; increased paraprofessional hours for Mandee Dundee, Katie Martin, Jenna Shogren and Ashley Mitchell; 2022-2023 Mentors; Dillon Daniel as seventh/eighth grade football coach; and Erin Thornton as a paraprofessional.

Wed
17
Aug

Healthcare Faces of the Future class to be offered September 14

Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Business and Community Solutions is offering Healthcare Faces of the Future Wednesday September 14 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Students who want to be a nurse, paramedic, doctor or other health professional can spend an action-packed day experiencing what these careers are like.

Guest speakers from a variety of healthcare occupations will tell youth in attendance what it’s really like to work in their healthcare jobs. This camp is intended for students in grades 6-8. Lunch is provided.

Support from Iowa Intermediary Network and Veterans Memorial Hospital makes this class available at no cost. The deadline for registration is September 7. To register online visit www.nicc.edu/waukon or call NICC Waukon center at 844-642-2338, ext. 6700.
 

Wed
17
Aug

St. Patrick School Public Release for National School Lunch and Breakfast Program

The Iowa Department of Education, Bureau of Nutrition and Health Services, has finalized its policy for free and reduced price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program and the Afterschool Care Snack Program.

For determining eligibility for the programs, State and Local school officials have adopted the family size and income criteria listed in the chart accompanying this article at right. Households may be eligible for free or reduced-price meal benefits one of four ways:

Wed
17
Aug

Parker Hesse catches touchdown in pre-season opener

Waukon High School 2014 graduate Parker Hesse got the 2022 National Football League (NFL) pre-season off to a strong start in the Atlanta Falcons’ 27-23 pre-season victory at Detroit Friday, August 12. Listed as a starting tight end for the Falcons in their pre-season opener, Hesse caught the first touchdown pass of his NFL career in the second quarter of Atlanta’s win.

Capping off the Falcons’ second drive of that second quarter, the two passes thrown toward Hesse in the ballgame both came on that series. After not connecting with Falcon rookie quarterback Desmond Ridder on a 21-yard touchdown pass attempt late in the drive, the two did connect two plays later on first down and goal on a play-action pass where Hesse first went into blocking mode before edging out to the right to haul in a one-yard pass from Ridder for a 14-10 Falcon lead with 4:36 left before halftime.

Wed
17
Aug

Waukon Swim Club completes undefeated regular season, breaks records and finishes second at NEISC Meet in 2022

The Waukon Swim Club made some recent history during its 2022 season, turning in a perfect regular season meet record of 8-0. That unblemished regular season record included a first win for the Waukon swim squad over the perennial power Decorah team in at least 20 years, with some believing that streak may have been as long as 30 years. However, that Decorah squad was able to counter that regular season win by topping second-place Waukon in the Northeast Iowa Swim Conference Meet, with those top two teams leaving the rest of the conference field well behind by more than 100 points.

A number of event records were broken by members of this season’s club once again. Among the greatest highlights of those new standards was a new Northeast Iowa Swim Conference record in the 8 & Under Boys Butterfly set by Theo Rausch.

Tue
16
Aug

Betty Lou Thompson

Betty Lou Thompson, 91, of Clarion, passed away Sunday, August 14, 2022 from a blocked small intestine caused by scar tissue from past diverticulitis surgeries. Funeral services followed by a luncheon for Betty Lou Thompson will be held Saturday, August 20 at 11 a.m. at Holmes Lutheran Church, 2139 Hancock Avenue, rural Clarion, with Pastor George Lautner officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the funeral service at the church, beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Betty Lou, the daughter of Lewis and Anna Larson and deaf Anna Steffenson, was born in Minneapolis, MN June 17, 1931. She was raised on a farm south of Holmes, attended the rural school and graduated from Clarion High School in 1949. Betty Lou was united in marriage to Richard Thompson in 1953. They were married over 60 years.

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