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The Iowa Gypsy Moth Management Team will be conducting public meetings in northeastern Iowa in mid-April to discuss gypsy moth management actions for summer 2013. The meetings are free and open to the public.
Among those meetings is one scheduled for Wednesday, April 17 in Lansing. That local meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Kerndt Brothers Savings Bank Community Center, located at 395 Main Street in Lansing.

by Lissa Blake

The Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) has announced that it is the recipient of a $35,000 grant from Project Lead The Way (PLTW), the nation’s leading provider of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum. The grant was made possible by a generous donation from the BEMIS foundation.

The Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) has announced that it is the recipient of a $35,000 grant from Project Lead The Way (PLTW), the nation’s leading provider of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum. The grant was made possible by a generous donation from the BEMIS foundation.

by Bob Beach

The Allamakee County Sheriff's Office reports receiving notification Sunday, March 31, at approximately 4:18 a.m., that a male victim of a gunshot wound had arrived by private vehicle at the emergency room of Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon.

Area residents filled the Community Room at Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank in Waukon Monday afternoon, March 25 for a town hall meeting with U.S. Senator Charles Grassley. The Senator answered questions posed by those in attendance on a wide variety of topics, including veterans’ benefits, gun control, continued irresponsibility on Wall Street, foreign aid and health care. Grassley visits each of Iowa’s 99 counties at least once every year. Photo and report by Bob Beach.

by Lissa Blake

by Bob Beach

by Kelli Boylen
freelance writer