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12
Jan

Allamakee County Veterans Museum to show video interview with veteran Ollie Emerson as part of program on World War II bombers


B-24 Liberator bomber ... Submitted photo.

B-25 Mitchell bomber ... Submitted photo.

The Allamakee County Veterans Museum will celebrate the New Year by offering a  program to the public in the Program Room of its new museum in the former Vet’s Club building on the 100 block of Allamakee Street in Waukon.

This Thursday, January 13 at 6:30 p.m. a video interview with World War II Army Air Corps veteran Oliver Emerson recorded in 2006 will be presented, followed by a video documentary about the WWII bombers that Emerson served on during the war. The program will be introduced by Emerson’s son, Joe Emerson, who is also a retired Army veteran and pilot.

There is no admission or membership charge. The facility is handicapped accessible. Due to COVID-19 concerns, masks are encouraged but not required.  Light refreshments will be available.

Wed
12
Jan

January is Mentoring Month: Mentoring is a simple way to volunteer


January is Mentoring Month ... Pictured above, left to right, mentor Elaine Holthaus and her mentee Ebreanna enjoy spending time together. Helping Services for Youth and Families is celebrating January as National Mentoring Month with a variety of events and activities designed to promote youth mentoring. Submitted photo.

January is National Mentoring Month. Helping Services for Youth & Families is celebrating mentoring friendships and inviting others to engage in their community with the theme “Mentoring is simple! Be a friend to a youth.”

Mentoring has a positive impact on youth and the volunteer mentor. Research confirms that quality mentoring relationships bring about powerful and positive changes in youth. Mentored youth have a greater chance of avoiding negative influences, such as substance abuse, bullying or dropping out of school.

One in three youth grows up without a positive adult role model to look up to.

Wed
12
Jan

Collaboration between library and hospital benefiting newborns celebrates five-year milestone ...

Robey Memorial Library and Foundation is marking its fifth anniversary in partnership with Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) reaching out to families delivering babies at the hospital. To promote Robey Memorial Library’s early literacy program, 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten (1,000BBK), the Library Foundation purchases items for a literacy care package gifted to each newborn at Veterans Memorial Hospital. Packages include a board book; a tri-fold brochure highlighting the 1,000BBK program plus the many other programs and activities available to families at Robey Memorial Library; and coupons for a library tote bag and the Library Foundation’s monthly Book Sale.

Wed
12
Jan

Magner earns Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering

Kerry Magner ...
Kerry Magner ...

Kerry Allen Magner, son of Rose Magner and James Magner of Waukon, was conferred a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Civil Engineering with a Geotechnical Engineering Emphasis from the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) in Rolla, MO December 17, 2021.

Magner is a Waukon High School graduate and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Iowa State University (ISU) in Ames, a Master of Science degree in Geological Engineering from Missouri S&T, and a second Master of Science degree in Explosives Engineering from Missouri S&T.

Wed
12
Jan

Confinement Site Manure Applicator Workshops

Confinement site manure applicators and anyone interested in learning about manure issues should plan to attend a two-hour workshop offered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in January or February 2022. These workshops are offered in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Registration is required. No walk-ins allowed. There is no fee to attend the workshops, but applicators will need to pay certification fees to complete certification requirements.

“Iowa law requires confinement site manure applicators to attend two hours of continuing education each year of their three-year certification period or take and pass an exam once every three years,” said Dan Andersen, associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering and extension agriculture engineering specialist at Iowa State University and coordinator of the manure applicator certification program.

Wed
12
Jan

Private Pesticide Application Recertification

Continuing Education is required in order to keep a Private Pesticide Applicators license current annually. The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Allamakee County office will be offering three face-to-face opportunities to attend the Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course, led by Extension Field Agronomist, Joshua Michel.

State law requires that attendees be in their seat at the start of the program. The course will run for approximately two and a half hours, and attendees must stay for the entire program. Individuals only need to attend one of these sessions to complete the education requirement.

The trainings will be held at the Freedom Bank Community Room in Waukon. Pre-registration is recommended by calling 563-568-6345. Allamakee County will be hosting the following dates and times: January 19 at 9:30 a.m., February 1 at 1:30 p.m. and February 1 at 6:30 p.m.

Wed
12
Jan

Fullmoon Snowshoe Hike January 18

Join the Allamakee County Conservation Board (ACCB) and the Friends of Yellow River State Forest for a Fullmoon Snowshoe Hike January 18 at 6:30 p.m. The hike will take place in the Luster Heights Unit of Yellow River State Forest, approximately three miles with views of the Mississippi River.

Participants should meet at the Luster Heights Unit parking lot located at 481 Luster Heights Road, Harpers Ferry.

The Fullmoon Snowshoe will be a guided trail hike taking place after dark to enable participants to see the stars and full moon. The event requires pre-registration for those wishing to use snowshoes provided by the Allamakee County Conservation Board and is open to all ages. However, anyone under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult. In the case of inclement weather or poor snow conditions the Fullmoon Snowshoe may be postponed or canceled and will be announced via the Allamakee County Conservation Board’s Facebook page.

Wed
12
Jan

Waukon boys basketball team wraps up busy first week of the new calendar year with a lone win at end of four-game stretch


Double-double in first game back ... Waukon boys basketball senior Braden Hemann gets a shot up and draws the foul right before halftime in the Indians’ 64-60 home loss to Kee Monday, January 3. In his first game back from a broken arm suffered during the football season, Hemann recorded double-double totals of 18 points and 13 rebounds while also dishing out four assists, swiping three steals and blocking two shot attempts in the game. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon boys basketball team got the 2022 portion of its schedule underway with its busiest week of the season, saving its best for last for the week with its only win of the week and its second victory of the season, a 63-58 edging of Turkey Valley at the Upper Iowa University Winter Classic in Fayette Saturday, January 8. Prior to that triumph, the Indians opened the new year with three consecutive losses, 64-60 at home to Kee Monday, January 3, 59-44 at home to Crestwood Thursday, January 6 in a game rescheduled from December 10, and a 71-67 loss at Charles City Friday, January 7.

Wed
12
Jan

Waukon girls basketball team plays to undefeated first week of new year with four consecutive wins


Looking to drive by ... Waukon girls basketball sophomore Kaitlyn Krambeer looks for an opening in the Kee defense in the Indians’ 56-33 home win over the Hawks Monday, January 3. Krambeer finished the game with four points. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

The Waukon girls basketball team returned to action following the holiday break, playing in its busiest week of the season and ending up with its most successful week of the season by winning all four games. That undefeated effort began with wins of 56-33 at home over Kee Monday, January 3 before three consecutive nights of triumph to end the week. That final streak included a 41-38 home edging of Crestwood Thursday, January 6 in a game rescheduled from December 10 by winter weather, a 66-36 road rout of Charles City Friday, January 7 and a 58-42 win over Wapsie Valley Saturday, January 8 in the Winter Classic at Upper Iowa University in Fayette.

Wed
12
Jan

Kee girls basketball team begins new calendar year with single win


Historic Hawk ... Kee girls basketball senior Reagan Mudderman rewrote Kee girls basketball program history in the Lady Hawks’ 44-32 home win over South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 4, as the first five points she scored in that game pushed her past the Kee girls basketball all-time career scoring mark of 1,364 points established by 2007 Kee High School graduate Chandran Duffy. That fifth and historical point came on a lay-up with 1:44 left to play in the first quarter as part of a 25-point performance by the four-year varsity starter for the Lady Hawks. Mudderman put herself within easy striking distance of that record with a 24-point performance just the night before in a 56-33 Kee loss at Waukon, where she is pictured below soaring in for two of those points. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage. The individual photo above taken after Mudderman’s historic effort is courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook.

Senior Reagan Mudderman becomes Kee girls basketball’s all-time leading scorer

The Kee girls basketball team returned to the court following its holiday break, returning to the win column just one time in a busy week of three games for its first week of the new calendar year. That lone Lady Hawk victory of the week also featured some Kee girls basketball history, as a 44-32 home win over South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 4 saw Lady Hawk senior Reagan Mudderman become the program’s all-time leading scorer early on in her 25-point performance in the contest, surpassing the previous mark of 1,364 points scored by Chandran (Duffy) Lapel during her Kee girls basketball career during the 2004-2007 seasons.

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