Justin and Regan (Berns) Sweeney of Waukon announce the birth of their son, Luke James Sweeney, born December 2, 2021 at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, WI. He weighed 8 lbs. 15 ozs. and measured 19-1/2 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins sisters, Stella (7), Scarlet (5) and Evelyn (2).
Grandparents are Margo Sweeney and the late Jim Sweeney of Waukon, Reg and Angie Berns of Dorchester, and Jim and Becky Beardmore of Caledonia, MN.
Fighting off an Eagle attack ... Kee girls basketball junior Alison Wagner fights off this Clayton Ridge attempt to steal the ball in the Hawks’ 46-40 win at home over the Eagles in Upper Iowa Conference play Tuesday, December 21. Wagner scored four points and grabbed five rebounds in the ballgame. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
The Kee girls basketball team played a pair of games early in this past week just prior to their holiday break, ending up with different results at different locations in and out of the Upper Iowa Conference. The Lady Hawks first fell in a non-conference battle at Wapsie Valley Monday, December 20 by a 61-42 final result before bouncing back Tuesday, December 21 with a 46-40 victory at home over Clayton Ridge in Upper Iowa Conference play to currently hold a 4-4 season record that includes a 3-2 mark in Upper Iowa Conference play.
Trio of trifectas ... Kee boys basketball senior Tyson Cota scopes out the defense as he brings the ball up the floor in the Hawks’ 56-48 home loss to Clayton Ridge Tuesday, December 21. Cota dialed in three blasts from behind the three-point arc on the way to 17 points in the ballgame while also collecting one rebound. Photo courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
Since starting the season with three consecutive wins, the Kee boys basketball team has been in the grips of a four-game losing streak, adding two more games to that skid on back-to-back nights of competition just prior to the holiday break. The Hawks were first dealt an 83-55 non-conference loss at Wapsie Valley Monday, December 20 before falling by a 56-48 result at home to Clayton Ridge Tuesday, December 21 to currently hold a 3-4 season record that includes a 2-2 start to their Upper Iowa Conference schedule.
The Waukon boys basketball team wrapped up the 2021 portion of its season schedule with a split of two games at home to earn the Indians’ first victory of the 2021-2022 season. Playing on back-to-back nights early in the week prior to starting the holiday break from school and competition, the bucket Tribe pieced together a 51-47 comeback triumph over Oelwein Monday, December 20 before suffering a 93-33 loss to Decorah the following night, Tuesday, December 21.
The Waukon girls basketball team had just one game on its schedule this past week heading into the holiday break, that being a home Northeast Iowa Conference contest against Decorah Tuesday, December 21. Playing the visiting Vikings even in each of the latter quarters in the game’s two halves, those even frames were not enough to overcome the slight Decorah advantages in both the first and third periods of the contest that ultimately led to a 63-56 Indian defeat.
William “Bill” Johanningmeier of Monona passed away peacefully December 21, 2021 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, WI. He left us too young, but his nearly 70 years was a life well-lived - full of family, friends, triumphs, struggles, fun and love. A self-described “stubborn German,” Bill was a farmer at heart with the soul of a cowboy, whose memory left his family and friends wanting more.
Mary Ann Moody, 57, of Waukon, died Thursday, December 23, 2021, at her home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 29, at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon with Pastor Bryan Robertson officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may greet the family from 10 a.m. until the time of services Wednesday at the church. Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon is handling arrangements. The service will also be live streamed on Martin-Grau Funeral Home’s facebook page. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Mosaic or TASC, both in Waukon, or the Winneshiek County Hospice c/o Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah.
Marian R. Shafer, 93, of Clifton, VA, formerly of Waukon, died Friday, December 24, 2021, at Inova Fairfax Medical Center in Fairfax, VA. Funeral services are pending at Martin – Grau Funeral Home in Waukon.
