Allamakee County Treasurer Lori Hesse would like to remind property owners the second installment of property taxes is due by Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Those payments may be made at the Allamakee County Treasurer’s office at 110 Allamakee Street in Waukon between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Taxpayers are reminded to bring their tax stubs with their payment to insure proper credit. To avoid penalty on the second installment, payment must be received in the Treasurer’s Office before Thursday, April 1, 2021. Due to social distancing requirements, only two customers will be allowed in the office at one time.
E-check and credit card payments are also accepted online at www.iowatreasurers.org. Anyone paying by E-check will need their receipt number. That receipt number can be found on their tax statement.
Programming the robot ... St. Patrick School students Raymond Sweeney, Elijah Weighner, Tate Ellingson and Jakob Schulte (left to right) work to program the St. Pat’s RoboCats robot to perform a variety of tasks on the challenge mat laid out before them. The four young men are part of the St. Pat’s RoboCats team that has qualified for the FIRST® Lego League Challenge State Championship being hosted virtually by Iowa State University this Saturday, March 27. Submitted photo.
Tasks to test the robot ... St. Patrick School students Ashley Hennessy and Katie Regan (left to right) set up one of many tasks on a challenge mat for the St. Pat’s RoboCats robot to perform. The two young ladies are part of the St. Pat’s RoboCats team that has qualified for the FIRST® Lego League Challenge State Championship being hosted virtually by Iowa State University this Saturday, March 27. Submitted photo.
The St. Pat’s RoboCats robotics team from St. Patrick School in Waukon has qualified for the virtual FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Lego League Challenge State Championship to be hosted by the College of Engineering at Iowa State University. Under the guidance of St. Patrick School fourth grade teacher Loretta Schafer, the RoboCats will be one of 31 teams from across the state of Iowa competing in this virtual event being held this Saturday, March 27, with the RoboCats team scheduled for an 11:30 a.m. competition time with Judge 4, according to Schafer. FIRST® Lego League officials say only about 25% of teams from across the state get the opportunity to compete in the State competition.
Members of the philanthropic educational organization P.E.O. honored one of their fellow members Saturday, March 20. The group celebrated Mona Campbell of Waukon (pictured in back row, third from left), who observed her 70th year of membership in P.E.O. Members surprised her with a card shower and a visit. Submitted photo.
First grade class with their “Loved Ones in Heaven” project ...
First grade class balloon release with the Howe family in attendance ...
Ms. Meyer’s first grade class with the Howe family ...
As part of its Religion education “Loved Ones in Heaven” unit in early March, the first grade class of Ms. Thea Meyer at St. Patrick School in Waukon has been incorporating discussion about family members, friends or even their pets in Heaven following their passing. Students were asked to suggest ways that they feel would help them get to Heaven, and they also created a project that listed lost loved ones in a rainbow they colored as it arched over an image of Jesus (group photo at right), with students and staff in the class each sharing their own story of a loved one lost.
Kee High School’s spring production will be a comedy called “Nun of Your Business” by Craig Sodaro and published by Eldridge Publishing Co. The play will be performed this Saturday, March 27 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 28 at 2 p.m. in the Kee High School gymnasium. Admission fee will be taken at the door. Social distance seating will be made available throughout the floor of the gym as well as seating in the bleachers. This light-hearted comedy is filled with practice scenes that keep the cast and crew laughing and involved, some of whom are pictured above. Photo of cast and crew submitted by Kee High School.
The seven Kee High School students pictured at right competed in 10 different events at the State Contest held Saturday, March 13 in Postville. Those 10 events received seven “one” ratings and three “two” ratings, with Owen Henkes and Abby Wood each competing in two categories and both receiving perfect scores in each of their performances. Pictured at right are the participating students, listed below with the categories they competed in. Left to right - Front row: Neva Peterson (Storytelling), Cadan Evanson (Storytelling), Owen Henkes (Improvisation and Literary), Lilly Peterson (Prose); Back row: Riley Troendle (Prose), Abby Wood (Music Theatre and Poetry) and Monica Davis (Prose and Poetry). Submitted photo.
The Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) Board of Directors regular monthly meeting was moved to Wednesday evening, March 17 due to the snowstorm that gripped the area on the board’s usual monthly Monday meeting night of March 15.
Under the consent agenda, the board approved the following personnel: After School Programming staff; Emily Shannon Timm as art teacher; and Alicia Enyart as West Elementary associate/Kids Club coordinator. The board accepted the resignations of Joey Lapel and Mike Shupe from their Teacher Leader Compensation (TLC) positions, as well as Chris Dahlstrom from his seventh grade track coaching position. The board also accepted the resignation of Virginia Kurth from her Middle School After School Programming position, due to retirement.
Lansing Hardware & Service received the 2020 President’s Paint Award at United Hardware Distributing Co.’s Spring and Summer Virtual Buying Market, held January 11-17. The President’s Paint Award is given to the top 100 stores overall that excelled in paint sales and promotions during 2020. Pictured above displaying their award are Laurie and Dave Janzen of Lansing Hardware & Service. Submitted photo.
The City of Lansing is requesting citizen participation in its upcoming Municipal Code Revision. City officials are working with Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission in conducting an overall update to the Lansing City Code to bring it more in line with modern day City operations and situations in order to provide greater clarity.
Those who have suggestions for updates to the City Code are asked to submit their proposals - in writing only - via one of the following three ways: by email at lansingcodeupdate@gmail.com, by mail to Lansing City Hall, P.O. Box 307, Lansing, IA 52151, or by leaving them in the drop-box located outside the Lansing City Hall location at 201 John Street in Lansing. Proposals will be taken until April 16.
The City of New Albin was one of the 37 Iowa communities that will soon be greener thanks to grants from Alliant Energy’s Branching Out program. Alliant Energy partners with Trees Forever to help communities develop, select and plant a diverse mix of trees. This year’s funds will help communities plant trees to replace those destroyed by the 2020 derecho, other storms or the emerald ash borer.
The City of New Albin received $1,797 in Branching Out grant funding. The funding will be used to diversify the city’s tree canopy and replace trees lost to storms or disease.
These grants provided a total of $206,000 in assistance this year. Derecho-affected communities applied for grants up to $10,000 to fund new trees that will save energy and improve the environment. Non-derecho communities were eligible for grants up to $5,000.
