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The Veterans Memorial Hospital Medical Clinic-Postville will open next Tuesday, July 5. This clinic is in the former Postville Medical Clinic location at 124 West Green Street, in downtown Postville. Minor renovations to the clinic are now being completed.

The clinic will be open Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The clinic will remain open over the noon lunch hour, then close from 1-2 p.m. each afternoon.

Michelle Crary, Nurse Practitioner, will be the full-time provider in the Postville Clinic working four days a week. “I am glad to be working closer to home and with an organization that focuses on enhancing the lives of their patients,” states Crary. “I wanted to become a nurse practitioner as I wanted to be able to make more of a difference in my patient’s lives. I am very excited to have the opportunity to be doing just that in my own county and close to home.”

The 29th annual Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation Golf Tournament was held Monday, June 20 at the Waukon Golf and Country Club. Twenty-seven teams of three participated in this tournament. Each team enjoyed 18 holes of golf and also enjoyed lunch and dinner prepared by Rich Schulte, Bud and Marge Strike and Family, and the Foundation Directors.

The Foundation gives credit for the success of this tournament to the many local businesses that provide prizes so everyone participating wins. Plus many businesses serving this area contribute as hole sponsors to the tournament making it an enjoyable, community-wide event.

Every two seconds someone needs blood. The next LifeServe Blood Center blood drive will be held Thursday, July 7 from 12-5 p.m. at First Baptist Church located in south Waukon. Blood drives are held once a month in Waukon, to allow for more donors to give. The LifeServe Blood Center supplies Veterans Memorial Hospital with its blood and blood products.

Blood centers across the United States see a decrease in blood donations during the busy summer months. During the summer, people become more active, have busier schedules, spend more time outdoors and take vacations.

While donations decline, hospitals see an increase in the need for blood. More driving can mean more automobile accidents. A person who has suffered severe injuries from an automobile accident can need up to 50 units of blood.

The local Grief Support Group will be holding its monthly meeting at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon Tuesday, July 12 at 5 p.m. in the Meditation Healing Center, located just inside the main entrance of the hospital. Masks will be required.

This informal meeting is open to anyone suffering from any type of loss whether it be death, divorce, illness or some other grief.

Feel free to attend and bring a friend, and be sure to wear a mask. All attendees will be able to physically distance during the meeting. This grief support meets the second Tuesday of each month at Veterans Memorial Hospital.
 

Larry and Cindy (Winters) Olson of Gunder are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple married July 1, 1972 at Frankville Presbyterian Church in Frankville.

They are the parents of Heather (Dan) Scannell of Cedar Falls and Jarrod (Kelli) Olson of Waukon. They have three grandchildren, Anna Scannell and Addie and Jase Olson.

In honor of the occasion, cards and well wishes may be sent to 17508 Gunder Road, Postville, IA 52162.

Devin and Paige Brennan of Lansing announce the birth of their son, Callan Martin Brennan, born June 12, 2022 in La Crosse, WI. He weighed 8 lbs. 9 ozs. at the time of his birth. He joins a sister, Rowan (2).

Grandparents are Jill and Mike Mitchell of Port Aransas, TX and Karen and Marty Brennan of Lansing.

Dylan Mullikin and Serenity Visgar of Merrill, WI announce the birth of their son, Jaxson Lee Mullikin, born June 19, 2022 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 8 lbs. 7 ozs. and measured 18-1/2 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins a sister, Adley Visgar (2).

Grandparents are Scott and Sandra Gander of Boscobel, WI, Bruce and Cheryl Mullikin of Waukon, and Ben and Angie Clason of Merrill, WI. Great-grandparents are Bob and Carol Mullikin of Wauzeka, WI and Vickie Shell of Soldiers Grove, WI.

Preston and Leiah Burroughs of Waukon announce the birth of their son, Daniel Cade Bryer Burroughs, born June 20, 2022 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 7 lbs. 8 ozs. and measured 21 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins a sister, Evalyn Burroughs (11 months).

Grandparents are Darren and Angela Burroughs of Rossville and Sarah Gambrell of Fort Atkinson. Great-grandparents are Wendy and Mike Kimber of Waukon, Lorna Burroughs of Waukon, and John and Shirley Forbes of Harpers Ferry.

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rise as Tillage Increases
by LuAnn Rolling, District Conservationist

Research has proven that an in increase in tillage increases greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions according to research published in the journal Nature Food in April 2022. Scientists Chaoqun Lu, Iowa State University, Zhen Yu, Nanjing University in China, David A. Hennessy and Hongli Feng, Iowa State University, Hangin Tian, Auburn University and Dafeng Hui, Tennessee State University examined two fluctuations in the recent past of U.S. tillage, a decrease in tillage from the years 1998 to 2008, and a subsequent increase in tillage between 2008 and 2016. The decreases were observed in both carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Researchers focused exclusively on tillage practices in corn-soybean rotations.

Nearly 360 women landowners in Iowa shared their experiences on owning and operating farmland in a recent survey conducted by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.

A study in 2017 showed that women own nearly half of the farmland in Iowa, and specialists with ISU Extension and Outreach wanted to improve their understanding of this important segment of the state’s agriculture.

The current survey asked women landowners a variety of questions related to farmland leasing, conservation practices, and farmland transition plans. According to the results, a majority of women are interested in information about landowner responsibilities, the economics of farmland ownership, crop production costs, and determining the right rental rates.

The survey also shows how women prefer to receive farmland management information, with the majority preferring newsletters, followed by webinars, fact sheets and infographics, and half-day educational meetings.