The Lansing City Council has agreed to write a letter of support for Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission’s (UERPC) proposal to complete a Highway 9/Main Street Vision Plan for the City of Lansing, and to allow UERPC to be fiscal agent for the project.
The project/vision plan will be funded with a $20,000 grant, for which the City Council approved a $5,000 match earlier this year. The estimated total project cost is $25,325. The City of Lansing will not be billed over the maximum local match of $5,000.
New officer joins Waukon PD ... Officer Kole Northland, pictured above at left, is sworn in by Waukonk Mayor Pat Stone, pictured at right, at the Tuesday, July 5 Waukon City Council meeting. Northland, a certified officer with eight years of experience, started with the Waukon Police Department the week prior to the July 5 City Council meeting. Submitted photo.
by Joe Moses
The Waukon City Council met in regular session Tuesday, July 5, 2022 following the closure of City Hall in observance of the Independence Day holiday Monday, July 4.
Patrick O’Shannon Stone, age 42 and currently serving as Mayor of Waukon, was taken into custody and booked into Winneshiek County Jail late Friday afternoon, July 1 on an arrest warrant for two counts of Felony Child Endangerment (Physical Abuse Causing Bodily Injury) involving two of his minor children on two separate occasions in March and May of this year. The warrant was issued by First Judicial District Court Judge Thomas Bitter that day following an investigation that has been going on since March of this year.
The University of Iowa Simulation in Motion-Iowa (SIM-IA) team is headed across the state of Iowa in advance of RAGBRAI XLIX. The simulation truck is making stops in towns along the RABGRAI route - including in Lansing Monday, July 25 from 1-5 p.m., hosting simulated education sessions for first responders, EMTs, paramedics, nurses and physicians. Clinical scenarios will focus on traumas and medical conditions that may occur during the RAGBRAI ride.
“Hands Only” CPR training ... Veterans Memorial Hospital will be offering free health tests and training each day of the Allamakee County Fair in their booth located in the Pavilion. Sunday, July 24, “Hands Only” CPR training will be offered. “Hands Only” CPR is a simple technique for performing CPR that is intended for non-trained bystanders to use easily and effectively on any adult or teen needing CPR. A mannequin will be available that day for children and adults alike to practice this simple form of CPR. Pictured is a scene from a previous Veterans Memorial Hospital Family Wellness Fair where “Hands Only” CPR instruction was also offered. Submitted photo.
Veterans Memorial Hospital will be offering “Hands Only” CPR training Sunday, July 24, at their booth in the Pavilion at the Allamakee County Fair. “Hands Only” CPR is a simple technique for performing CPR that is intended for non-trained bystanders to use easily and effectively on any adult or teen needing CPR.
“Hands Only” CPR is a simple two step process. Whenever a teen or adult suddenly collapse, the bystander should first send someone to call 911 or call 911 themselves. Then place the heel of one hand in the center of the patient’s chest, with the other hand on top, and press hard and fast until help arrives.
The chest compressions should be performed at a rate of 100 beats per minute, or to the beat of the song “Staying Alive.” There is no need to perform any mouth to mouth breathing. It has been proven that it is most important that the circulation be maintained through the chest compressions.
VMH Postville Medical Clinic staff ... The Veterans Memorial Hospital Medical Clinic in Postville opened Tuesday, July 5, with provider, Michelle Crary, NP, providing care full-time and Dr. Thomas McMullan seeing patients two days per week. Pictured is some of the Postville Clinic staff opening day July 5. Pictured above, left to right, is Michelle Crary, NP; full-time provider; Laura Baxter, RN, Postville and Waukon Clinic Manager; Casey Fisk, Certified Medical Assistant; and Tatum Wagner, Receptionist and Billing Specialist. The clinic is open Monday through Friday. Appointments can be made by calling 563-864-7221. Submitted photo.
The Veterans Memorial Hospital Medical Clinic in Postville opened Tuesday, July 5, at 124 West Green Street in the same location of the former Postville Medical Clinic in downtown Postville. The clinic will follow a consistent schedule Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The clinic will remain open over the lunch hour, then close from 1-2 p.m. each afternoon.
The Postville Clinic has one full-time provider, Michelle Crary, Nurse Practitioner, and Dr. Thomas McMullan, who will continue to see patients in the clinic on a part-time basis.
Michelle Crary, Nurse Practitioner, is working four days a week in the clinic. She has over 10 years of nursing experience at both Gundersen Health and Mayo Clinic in La Crosse, WI as well as Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. She has been seeing patients at the Veterans Memorial Hospital Medical Clinic in Waukon for the last two months.
As of Friday, July 8, Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) is temporarily closing its Urgent Care department, which has been available evenings and weekends for walk-in, non-emergent cases. The hospital does plan to reopen the Urgent Care Area again in the fall. During this time, patients seeking immediate or emergency care should visit the VMH Emergency Department (ER).
For all other needs, patients should utilize either of the Veterans Memorial Hospital Medical Clinics located in Waukon at 105 E. Main Street, or in Postville at 124 W. Green Street.
The Waukon Medical Clinic is open Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition, Mondays, this clinic offers early access hours beginning at 7 a.m., and evening appointments are available Thursdays until 7 p.m. Starting July 5, the Postville Medical Clinic will be open Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
submitted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
What You Need to Know
• COVID-19 can make children and teens of any age very sick and can sometimes require treatment in a hospital. Some children and teens have even died from COVID-19.
• The benefit of COVID-19 vaccines, like other vaccines, is that those vaccinated get protection without risking the potentially serious consequences of getting sick with COVID-19.
• Help protect children from severe disease, hospitalization, or death by getting them vaccinated against COVID-19.
Tony and Brittany Beneke of Waukon announce the birth of their daughter, Karsyn Dee Beneke, born May 31, 2022 in La Crosse, WI. She weighed 7 lbs. 10 ozs. at the time of her birth. She joins a sister, Kenleigh (6).
Grandparents are Keith and Faye Beneke, Rob Johnson, and Casey and Lynn Larson. Great-grandparents are Wayne and the late Bonnie Johnson and Robert and Gloria Hanson.
Hannah Davis and Russ Brandt of Postville announce the birth of their daughter, Veronica Mae Eleanor Brandt, born May 9, 2022 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 8 lbs. 2 ozs. and measured 22 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins a brother, Jacobe.
Grandparents are Clyde and Mari Davis of Lincoln, NE and Bob and Beth Brandt of Postville.
