Vendor applications due June 8; Volunteer public forum June 15
RAGBRAI is coming to northeast Iowa in late July this year, and as the final tire-dip destination for the annual bike ride, Lansing will be needing a large number of volunteers for a variety of services. The volunteer experience offers the opportunity to meet people from all over the world who have traveled 453 miles across Iowa on their “Pedal to Paradise”.
Volunteers can choose to help for a morning, an afternoon or any allotted time that works for them from July 22-30. It’s ultimately up to the volunteer and their schedule.
Swartz Law Firm, PLLC, of Waukon has announced that Luke Meinholz has joined its staff as a new associate attorney. Meinholz graduated from Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, NE in August 2021.
Meinholz hails from the Madison, WI area. He graduated from Marshall High School in 2008, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Arts degrees in History and in Zoology in 2012. Meinholz began his law studies at Creighton in August 2019, and graduated cum laude in only two years.
While in law school he received CALI awards for academic performance, was active in numerous organizations and competition teams - including serving as President of Creighton’s Military Law Society, and earned recognition for his pro bono service from the Nebraska Supreme Court. He also worked as a legal intern for Great Plains Communications in Blair, NE.
The 4-H Toppers 4-H Club hosted its Annual Waterville Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 16 at the Waterville Community Center. Attendees were asked to bring non-perishable food items to participate in the annual event. Collectively, 90 pounds of non-perishable food items were collected (as pictured above with the club) and recently donated by the 4-H Toppers to the Allamakee Community Food Shelf. The 4-H Toppers were recipients of a 2021 Waterville Community Foundation Grant which helped support the Annual Easter Egg this year. For more information about the Allamakee County 4-H Program, contact the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach office in Waukon at 563-568-6345. Submitted photo.
Valedictorians or top graduating seniors were honored by KWWL Television and the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in a ceremony held Saturday, May 21. The students took part in KWWL’s 38th annual “Best of the Class” celebration on the University of Northern Iowa campus in Cedar Falls.
Haley Meyer from Kee High School was selected as a member of the 2022 Best of the Class. Best of the Class students able to attend were videotaped on the UNI campus for a series of public service announcements, which are scheduled to air on KWWL’s Channel 7 during the month of June.
Daniel Wagner, a 2022 graduate of Kee High School in Lansing, was awarded the $2,000 Hammel-Zoll Scholarship for the Holy Family of the Bluffs Catholic Community at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Lansing this year. Wagner is the son of Andy Wagner and Erica Krause-Wagner of Lansing, and he plans to attend Iowa State University in Ames this fall to pursue a career in Mechanical Engineering.
Iowa Falls Alden High School senior Jackson Kelsey graduated Sunday, May 22 with summa cum laude honors. His parents are Sara and Kent Kelsey of Iowa Falls, and his grandparents are Debbie and Pastor Ken Kimball of rural Waterville.
Along with earning his Iowa Falls Alden High School diploma with highest honors, Kelsey is a member of the North Central Conference All-Academic Team and received recognition as Top Senior in Language Arts, Foreign Language and Social Studies, among other scholarships and awards. He will be attending Grinnell College in Grinnell on a Founder’s Scholarship.
Thornton Manor would like to invite anyone who has (or who knows of someone who has) an old-fashioned car or fun motorcycle to participate in Thornton Manor’s First Annual Father’s Day Fun Parade scheduled for Friday, June 17. Participants can call Karen at Thornton Manor to confirm they are going to participate, or for more information, at 563-538-4236.
Parade will start at 10 a.m. Friday, June 17. Staff will be outside Thornton Manor to direct the traffic and set up the parade line.
All residents and staff who want to watch the parade will be seated safely outside the front of Thornton Manor. In the case of a rainy day, the parade will be canceled and rescheduled for a later date, which will be announced.
Get hooked on fishing during free fishing weekend June 3-5. Iowa residents can try fishing without buying a license this Friday through Sunday, June 3, 4 and 5 as part of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) free fishing weekend. All other regulations remain in place.
“A summer of family fun is just a short drive and a fishing pole away,” said Joe Larscheid, chief of the Iowa DNR’s Fisheries Bureau. “You’ll be reeling in fish and making new memories in no time!”
Free fishing weekend is a great time to learn how to fish, take family members fishing, or introduce a friend to fishing. Outdoor fun awaits at hundreds of Iowa lakes, thousands of miles of rivers or a neighborhood pond.
Find a list of stocked lakes and ponds that are easily accessible in parks and along trails on the Iowa DNR’s interactive Iowa Community Fisheries Atlas at www.iowadnr.gov/Fishing/Fish-Local.
The first program in Ferryville, WI’s popular Chautauqua Summer Series is scheduled to be held Wednesday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m. in Ferryville’s Village Hall. The hall is located along Hwy. 35, Wisconsin’s Great River Road Scenic Byway, at the south end of the village.
The program for the June 8 presentation will be “Lock and Dam #9” and will be presented by Jay Grimsled and Brian Sipos. They will explain the history, the purpose, and the importance of the lock and dam system to the Mississippi River. Many drive by the Lynxville Lock and Dam frequently, and this June 8 Chautauqua program will provide an opportunity to learn more about it. They will provide information and answer any questions those in attendance might have.
Beats him to the bag ... Waukon baseball junior second baseman Nathan O’Neill dives to tag the bag before this Waverly-Shell Rock baserunner can reach in the Indians’ home Northeast Iowa Conference doubleheader with the Go-Hawks Thursday, May 26. In addition to his defensive plays, O’Neill also popped a pair of singles, scored a run and pitched three combined innings in both ballgames, giving up just one hit and no earned runs.
The Waukon baseball team put together some late-inning rally excitement on a couple occasions in its opening week of four games, but ultimately came away with a 1-3 start to the season. That lone win came in the Tribe’s season opener at Clayton Ridge, 10-0, Monday, May 23 and was followed by the first of those rallies that came up just a bit short in a 5-4 home loss to North Fayette Valley Tuesday, May 24. The Indians wrapped up the week with a home Northeast Iowa Conference doubleheader with Waverly-Shell Rock, having another rally be full denied in game one, a 9-5 defeat in eight innings, before also suffering a 6-1 loss.
