Join the Northeast Iowa Dairy Foundation in celebrating 20 years at the 2020 Annual Meeting Thursday, March 12, starting at 10:30 a.m. at Iowa’s Dairy Center located just south of Calmar at 1527 Highway 150 South.
The keynote speaker for the event will be Dr. Mike Hutjens. He will speak on the changing dairy industry, focusing on the U.S. and Midwest dairy industry and the impact of the 2019 forage and feed production year challenges related to weather. Hutjens is a professor of animal science at the University of Illinois in addition to being the editor of the National Dairy Database and Illinois Dairy Report.
He has spoken at hundreds of meetings across the country and globally, and writes feed columns for Hoard’s Dairyman, Dairy Today, Dairy Japan, Western Canadian Dairy Magazine, Wisconsin Agri-View and Dairy Herd Management.
Iowa Learning Farms, a hands-on education and outreach program for Iowa landowners and agricultural producers based at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, and Practical Farmers of Iowa, a statewide organization working to equip farmers to build resilient farms and communities, have published the final results of their 10-year, field-scale study of the effects of winter rye cover crops on corn and soybean yields.
With consistent results across the full decade of recording and measurements, the final report notes no significant improvement or decline in cash crop yields attributable to the use of cover crops.
Pay attention friends, your Social Security and Medicare are at risk. Our country’s current administrative leadership’s proposed budget for 2021 includes cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Once again, they insist upon going after working families and vulnerable Americans.
They have shown us who they are. I don’t believe we want leaders of our nation with this line of thinking about Medicare and Social Security.
The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Waukon has been scheduled for this Sunday, March 15 and will begin at 1 p.m. with many of the same festivities taking place as in years past throughout the community.
The parade route will be the same as in past years, beginning from the southeast edge of town and heading up Rossville Road and Spring Avenue to the stoplight intersection with Main Street. Turning left on to West Main Street at the stoplights, the parade will venture up to Second Street SW, where the entries will turn left at the Post Office intersection, travel one block south to First Avenue SW, and then east back to Spring Avenue, turning right at Kwik Star to head back south to its point of origin.
Person of the Year - Dr. Rick Hermeier ... Dr. Rick Hermeier of Waukon is pictured above displaying the award he received for being named Waukon’s 2020 Person of the Year at the Waukon Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet held Saturday, March 7 at the Waukon Banquet Center. Pictured above, left to right, following the award presentation are: Lee McGovern, Pastor Bryan Robertson of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Kira, Calvin and Jeff DeBuhr, Linda DeBuhr, Dr. Rick Hermeier, and Derek, Hattie and Victor Johnson, Dana DeBuhr Johnson and Franklin Johnson. Standard photo by Joe Moses. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
Business of the Year - Krambeer’s Barber Shop ... Pictured above following the presentation of the 2020 Business of the Year award are, left to right: Ken Krambeer’s brother and sister-in-law Dean and Linda Krambeer, sister-in-law Bev Krambeer, sister Kim Sylvester, son and daughter-in-law Brian and Jean Krambeer, Gloria and Ken Krambeer, and Ken’s son and grandchildren Brad, Kaitlyn and Konnor Krambeer. Standard photo by Joe Moses. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
Community Recognition Award - Dave’s Gus & Tony’s Pizza & Steakhouse ... Pictured at above, left to right, following the award presentation are: Christie and Drew Bell, Dave and Julie Hageman-Bell, and Marcus, Samara, Alyssa and Sebastian Bell. Not pictured: Mason and Avery Bell, Nicholas Bell, Nathan and Lillian Allen, Carley Looney, and Aleigha and Brielle Koester. Standard photo by Joe Moses. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
Person of the Year - Dr. Rick Hermeier ... Nomination information for Dr. Hermeier centered around not only the funding endowments he has established in support of causes such as Waukon High School athletics, vulnerable youth in the local community and mental health matters within Allamakee County, but also in the care and compassion he exhibits by attending area events, meeting with local leaders and supporting individuals, organizations and causes with words of encouragement or thoughtful acts. Noted in letters supporting his nomination was his ample but quiet generosity in sharing his good fortune, directly benefiting many local and area entities.
AFC Championship Trophy comes “home”... Kristin Mathis, daughter of Jay and Maria (Welsh) Mathis of Waukon, is pictured above with Kansas City Chiefs co-owner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Clark Hunt. The two are pictured with this season’s Lamar Hunt Trophy, which is awarded to the National Football League’s American Football Conference (AFC) Championship team and named after Clark Hunt’s father, who is credited with founding the American Football League that would ultimately become the American Football Conference once the American and National Football Leagues merged in 1966. Submitted photo.
Immersed in the celebration ... Kristin Mathis, daughter of Jay and Maria (Welsh) Mathis of Waukon, is pictured at left celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ AFC Championship win this past January that advanced the Chiefs to the Super Bowl for the first time in 50 years. Mathis has been serving as a ticket sales marketing and analytics intern with the Chiefs during their Super Bowl championship season, a position running through April of this year. Submitted photo.
by Lissa Blake
When University of Iowa senior Kristin Mathis landed an internship with the Kansas City Chiefs last fall, she had no idea they would actually end up winning the Super Bowl.
“Last year they had a really good season, but after losing some games at home, it was not looking good,” said Mathis of the Chiefs’ outlook late in this past National Football League (NFL) season.
Mathis, a 2016 graduate of South Hardin High School in Eldora, is the daughter of Jay and Maria (Welsh) Mathis of Waukon, both 1982 graduates of Waukon High School. Jay, the son of Bob and Jean Mathis of Waterville, returned to his alma mater as Superintendent of the Allamakee Community School District prior to the start of the 2018-2019 school year, bringing the family back to its parental roots in northeast Iowa where Maria was also raised by her parents, Dan and Sarah Welsh.
Building courage, confidence and character ... Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts in Troop 6726 of Waukon have taken part in a number of activities that support the Girl Scout mission of “building girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place”. Pictured above, Troop members Jayden, Haley, Tamara and Ella toured a Simulation and Training Lab at Gundersen Clinic in La Crosse, WI during a Biomedical Engineering event that also included activities such as building a valve that functioned like a heart valve, creating their own 3D printer and designing a prototype for a 3D manufactured bone. Pictured below, Troop members Haley and Tamara tested their courage conquering the high ropes course at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center in Lanesboro, MN, learning about safety and being a partner by helping each other make it to the end of the course. Pictured below, Troop members Haley, Jasmine and Tamara took part in a guided cave exploration at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center. Submitted photos.
Girl Scout recognition at hockey game ... Waukon Girl Scout Troop 1857, consisting of local fourth graders and under the leadership of Mandy O’Neill, enjoyed a Waterloo Blackhawks hockey game on a special night in February where the Blackhawks honored Girl Scouts. Pictured above, left to right, are Nalia Benda, Tegan Dahlstrom, Callie O’Neill and Megan Huinker. Not pictured is Troop member Desiree Johnson. Submitted photo.
Most notable, yet just part of something much greater ... Members of Cadette Girl Scout Troop 6770 of Waukon are pictured above with one of everyone’s most favorite aspects associated with Girl Scouts. Left to right, Troop members Candyce Drain and Jordyn Hagensick are hosting a Girl Scout Cookie Table they set up at the Waukon Shopko location last spring. Submitted photo.
March 8-14, Girl Scouts are celebrating their groundbreaking accomplishments throughout the organization’s history. In 1912, Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low, created an organization for girls to find their leadership potential before women could even vote. Since, millions of girls have developed into leaders of businesses, government, organizations, and most importantly, their own lives.
Today’s Girl Scouts travel the world, go on extreme outdoor adventures, sell millions of cookies online, learn about advanced technologies from STEM professionals, and improve their communities with innovative projects. Some examples of those activities experienced by local Girl Scout Troops are pictured in the surrounding photos submitted by local Troop leaders.
According to the Girl Scout Research Institute, Girl Scouts are more likely to:
The Allamakee County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Monday, March 9 to address a full agenda of items including the consideration of a road embargo resolution, a cooperative agreement for a new federal competitive highway bridge program project and a review of the County’s insurance coverage.
During Public Comment, Jack Knight briefly discussed several matters including the fact that the community of Clermont is exploring the potential use of traffic cameras, Fayette County has spent more than anticipated on gravel and that the Postville City Council will be discussing planning and preparedness relating to the coronavirus.
The Supervisors moved into the Liquor License Renewal for the Old Rossville Store with Board Chairperson Larry Schellhammer and Supervisors Dan Byrnes and Dennis Koenig approving this request.
Those who are heading out to a St. Patrick’s Day celebration this year need to make sure they have more than just the luck o’ the Irish on their side. This holiday, dated as March 17 but often celebrated the weekend prior or after as well, is one of the biggest drinking holidays of the year and this, unfortunately, means more impaired drivers on the roads.
Drunk driving accounts for nearly one-third of vehicle related fatalities in the United States. Nationally, in 2018 alone, 73 people (39% of all crash fatalities) were killed in drunk-driving crashes over the St. Patrick’s Day holiday period and 33% of the pedestrians aged 16 and older killed in crashes had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above .08. In 2019 in Iowa, there were two crashes over the St. Patrick’s Day holiday which killed four people.
