Herb and Vicki Behrend and Brad and Becky Decker, all of Waukon, announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their children, Nicole Behrend and Desmond Decker, both of Surprise, AZ. The couple will exchange vows Saturday, July 9, 2022 at a ceremony at the Decker family farm located south of Waukon. Friends and family are invited to a wedding dance taking place Saturday, July 9 at the Waukon Banquet Center from 7-11 p.m.
The bride-to-be is a 2016 graduate of Waukon High School and a 2020 graduate of the University of Iowa in Iowa City with a degree in Education. She is employed as a kindergarten teacher at Festival Foothills Elementary School in Buckeye, AZ.
The groom-to-be is a 2012 graduate of Waukon High School and a 2016 graduate of Iowa State University in Ames with a degree in Turf Grass Management. He is employed at The Wall Company in Phoenix, AZ.
A celebration in honor of Betty Troendle’s 80th birthday is planned for Sunday, June 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Old East Paint Creek Church Basement, located at 1799 Elon Drive, rural Waterville.
Brittany Hawkinson and Brian Schroeder of McGregor announce the birth of their son, Brandon Edward Schroeder, born May 31, 2022 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 6 lbs. 12 ozs. and measured 20 inches in length at the time of his birth.
Grandparents are Casey and Teuka Halvorson of McGregor, Angela and Bobby Schroeder of Prairie du Chien, WI, Corey Schroeder of Clermont and Tristia Woltzen of Postville.
Upcoming Deadlines/Dates
May 15 – August 1: Primary Nesting Season
July 15: Spring Crop Reporting
June 2022 CCC and FSFL Interest Rates New rates were issued for the month of June and are as follows:
• 2.875% for 3 years
• 2.875% for 5 years
• 3.000% for 7 years
• 2.875% for 10 years
• 3.000% for 12 years
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today encouraged producers of pesticide sensitive crops to renew their field and beehive entries on the Iowa Sensitive Crops Registry. “The Iowa Sensitive Crop Registry is an effective tool to support communication between producers of specialty crops, beekeepers and pesticide applicators – all important aspects of Iowa agriculture,” said Secretary Naig. “Now is a good time for farmers, beekeepers and pesticide applicators to reference and update their information using this user-friendly online platform.”
The latest version of Iowa State University’s Research and Demonstration Farms summary reports are now available online and in print.
Nine farm reports are available, with a new look that includes larger headings, expanded tables and color photography.
“I think the public will be excited by the new look, but they will also appreciate the fact that the reports contain the same data and the same information people are used to, just in a modernized package,” said Tim Goode, director of research and demonstration farms at Iowa State.
The reports date back to the early 1930s and were part of the agreement made with farmers and Iowa State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, when the first research farm was established in north central Iowa.
Memorial Day celebrations honoring our fallen soldiers and our veterans have occurred throughout Iowa. I had hoped that their sacrifices and service would be valued by my U.S. Representative. However, when it came time to vote on two important bills which help veterans, our First District U.S. Representative voted no. What a gut-punch to veterans.
Fortunately, the EVEST Act is now law in spite of our U.S. Representative’s no vote, and soon, Honoring our PACT Act of 2022 will also become law.
I am humbly grateful and deeply appreciative for the Quilt of Valor that I was given at the annual Memorial Day Ceremonies in Waukon. An early ancestor of mine fought in the American Revolution, two great-great-grandfathers fought in the Civil War, my great-grandfather served in the Army during the Spanish American War, and my grandfather (Dr. R. H. Wheat) was an Army dentist during World War II.
My dad (Daniel Regan) saw significant combat as a corpsman with the 9th Marines in the Pacific. I served in the Navy during Viet Nam.
My own service to our nation was insignificant and unworthy of note; however, I accept with gratitude this incredible quilt, so painstakingly created and sewn, not so much for my military service, but in memory of my family who has seen their duty to don the uniform of this nation in time of war and in time of peace.
I hate to write but there are a few things that concern me.
I have lived in the city of Waukon for a long time and walked on sidewalks that were essentially flat. Now with the new sidewalks in many places - like Main Street, Allamakee Street near the stop light, between the Presbyterian Church parking lot and St Patrick’s Church, to name a few - by some feat of engineering the new sidewalks now slope to the curb.
This town gets a lot of snow and ice. Imagine the hazard when someone steps out of a vehicle onto the curb and ends up under the vehicle. I hope this town has lots of liability insurance when someone gets hurt and the out-of-town lawyer firm hears about it. I expect that the most egregious of these mistakes (yes, I said “mistakes”) to be corrected in a timely manner.
