Flu shots are now available ... Flu Shots are beginning October 7 at Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care/Allamakee Public Health and will be held each Wednesday throughout the month of October with walk-in clinics being held mornings and by-appointment in the afternoons. Read the adjacent article to see the locations where Allamakee Public Health will be visiting to offer these important vaccinations. Submitted photo.
Flu and covid shots are beginning October 7 at Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Community and Home Care/Allamakee Public Health. Flu shots are recommended for all those who have not yet received the vaccine and will be effective throughout the rest of the flu season.
Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care will be offering flu and Covid shot clinics all Wednesdays in October, including October 7, 14, 21, and 28. These walk-in clinics will be held from 9-11:30 a.m. at the main entrance of Veterans Memorial Hospital.
Appointments can also be made for afternoon immunizations these same days by calling 563-568-5660. These afternoon by-appointment vaccines will be administered at the Community and Home Care office located at 12 E. Main Street in downtown Waukon.
World Mental Health Day is October 10 and encourages conversations about mental health, access to care, and support for people of every age.
Older adulthood can bring grief, caregiving changes, new health concerns, reduced independence, and changes in daily routines. These experiences can affect mood, sleep, energy, and connection with others.
Checking in with an older loved one can begin with a caring question: “How have you been feeling lately?” Listening with patience can help someone feel supported and may open the door to additional care when needed.
The Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, October 15, at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of the hospital.
This diabetes class is open to everyone who has diabetes or has a friend or loved one with diabetes. For more information on the Diabetes Support Group, feel free to call Angie Mettille, RN, Certified Diabetes Educator at Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
Roadrunner Coffee is a small, seasonal coffee stand that also serves espresso and Lotus Energy drinks, located at 224 Railroad Avenue SW in New Albin and owned and operated by Jess and Brennan Welsh of New Albin. The new business celebrated with a ribbon-cutting held Monday, September 21 following the regular weekly meeting of the Allamakee County Board of Supervisors at the New Albin Public Library.
Main Street Lansing and participating downtown Lansing businesses will be offering Downtown Trick-or-Treating Friday, October 30 from 4-6 p.m. Interested businesses are invited to decorate their windows, dress up, and have some fun with this community event.
This year, the event will also add a Touch-a-Truck experience, Trunk-or-Treat, and other activities for local youth. Anyone who has - or knows someone who has - a business outside the downtown district that may want to participate in Trunk-or-Treat, or someone with a unique vehicle or piece of equipment for Touch-a-Truck, is encouraged to participate or spread the word.
Downtown Trick-or-Treating is organized by the Main Street Lansing Promotions Committee. Committee members will deliver large printed pumpkins to participating businesses during the week before the event. The pumpkins should be displayed in a front window or on a front door so families know to stop inside for a treat.
Bridget (Pfiffner) Adam, a 1998 graduate of Waukon High School and the daughter of Jim and Jan Pfiffner of Harpers Ferry, will receive the Upper Iowa University Service to Community Award as part of the 2026 Homecoming celebration this week at Upper Iowa University in Fayette, from where she graduated in 2002. Adam is currently a teacher of Computer Science and a Building Technology Integration Leader at Holmes Junior High in Cedar Falls.
Adam has three children, including her son Chance, who also became a graduate of Upper Iowa University this past spring. Her other son, Chase, is a 2025 graduate of Western Technical College in La Crosse, WI, and her daughter Caylie is in her second year at Waldorf University in Forest City.
Punt block for a safety ... Waukon football junior Brody Bernau gets a hand on this Osage punt attempt from the end zone in the Indians’ 30-20 home win over the Class 2A ninth-rated Green Devils Friday, October 2. Bernau blocked the punt and then raced the punter to the loose ball, which ended up rolling out of bounds for a safety and a 16-0 Waukon lead. In addition to his special teams play, Bernau also caught one pass for a 19-yard first down and also wrapped up one each of solo and assisted tackles in the win. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photos link on this webpage.
In a battle of teams both undefeated in Class 2A District 3, the Waukon football team hosted overall undefeated and Class 2A ninth-rated Osage Friday, October 2 for its 2026 Homecoming game. A quick start to the ballgame for the Indians saw all three phases of the game - offense, defense and special teams - contribute to a 16-0 headstart for the grid Tribe just over 30 seconds into the second quarter to help outlast a 20-16 upperhand the Green Devils battled to over the final three quarters of the contest.
“While we have had quite a few injuries that cut into our options, the group we have still gives us a lot of flexibility on offense and defense,” Waukon football head coach Chad Beermann said of his team’s contributions in all phases that contributed to that early headstart. “On special teams, we use a lot of the kids who don’t start on offense or defense, and this is an opportunity for them to shine.”
After putting up 80 points in each of its last two ballgames, the Kee football team only got halfway to that total in its Friday, October 2 home game against Springville but still got all the way to the win column in securing a 40-14 win over the visiting Orioles. A rain-soaked field provided its own challenges for the Hawk offense ranked within the top five in scoring in the entire state of Iowa, but Kee’s grid squad was still able to rack up more than 350 yards of offense and outscore Springville, 22-0, over the game’s final 15 minutes, under the toughest field conditions of the night, to come away with that 40-14 triumph that keeps the Hawks among Eight-Player District 4’s leading teams and locks them into play-off qualification.
The Waukon volleyball team had one date each of both dual match and tournament play on its schedule this past week, beating all but one of the five teams the Indian net squad matched up against this past week but actually falling to that one team twice in the same tournament. The volleyball Tribe opened the week with a three-set sweep of Clayton Ridge at home in Upper Iowa (UIC) play Tuesday, September 29 before competing in the Oelwein Tournament and winning three of five matches on the day, with both of those match losses coming to former Northeast Iowa Conference foe Charles City in both pool play and the tournament’s championship match to leave the Lady Indians with a 13-6 season record at this point in the season, including a 2-3 mark in UIC play.
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September 16 – December 11: Fiscal-Year 2026 ARC/PLC Sign Up
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December 7: COC Election Ballots Due
December 31: Deadline to Apply for OCCSP
