Site can now be toured by virtual means ... Pictured above is a bioswale at the Urban Stormwater Demonstration Site on the Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) campus in Postville. Educators have brought their students to the site over the past couple years to learn more about urban stormwater conservation and best management practices, but Northeast Iowa RC&D has recently developed a virtual tour of the site for all educators to view and use in their classrooms. Submitted photo.
For the past two years, educators in northeast Iowa have been invited to bring their students to the Regional Urban Stormwater Demonstration (RUSD) Site on the Northeast Iowa Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) campus in Postville. Visits to the RUSD Site include a tour of the urban stormwater best management practices and multiple hands-on learning activities that teach students about urban stormwater conservation and how communities affect water quality and flooding.
Over 30 northeast Iowa educational groups have visited the RUSD Site and taken part in the hands-on learning activities available thus far. Teachers who bring their students to the RUSD site are eligible for Watershed Guardian Grants to implement urban stormwater best management practices at their school or in their community.
Allamakee Scholarship Fund (ASF), Inc. and Waukon High School local scholarship applications are due January 31, 2021 to the Waukon High School Guidance Office. Several awards applications are part of the ASF, Inc. forms that were submitted in November.
Other awards through ASF, Inc. and local organizations have additional forms to complete by the January 31 deadline. Information is available on the Allamakee Scholarship Fund, Inc. website and from the Waukon High School Guidance Office. Contact Waukon High School Guidance Counselor Amy Wasson for additional information.
Two new scholarships have been added through ASF, Inc. They include the Thomas E. Luther Family Scholarship and the Virginia Roe Scholarship.
Virginia Roe spent her career passionately caring for her patients. She enjoyed several nursing roles in the local community. A scholarship in her name has been newly established this year and will be awarded in the spring of 2021.
This is the 16th year for the Alumni Scholarship instituted by the Allamakee Scholarship Fund (ASF), Inc. Board of Directors. The award is made to a Waukon High School graduate who participated in ASF, Inc. while in high school and received an award as a graduating senior.
The scholarship is available to college sophomores through graduate level students. The ASF, Inc. Board feels it is important to continue the encouragement to Allamakee Community School District graduates as they continue their education, not just as they start their post-high school program. The board wishes to encourage participation in community service and college activities that are part of their educational growth and preparation for career and community life.
The Lansing City Council met in its first regular session of the new year Monday, January 4. The meeting took approximately 20 minutes and addressed two main decisions as agenda items to start the new year.
The council voted to approve a 1.2% increase in the amount paid to People’s Service for the company’s contracted operations and maintenance in regard to the City’s water/wastewaster systems. The council also approved a wage increase for seasonal snowplow help from the current rate of $11 per hour to a new rate of $16.50 per hour for the current winter season.
The Lansing Volunteer Fire Department met Thursday, January 7 and held its annual election of officers for the new year. Those election results for each particular office are as follows:
Chief - Stephen Darling
Assistant Chief - Troy Hill
Second Assistant Chief - Keith Schwartzhoff
Secretary - Ben Verdon
Treasurer - Jamie Rasque
President - Chubby Mohn
Vice President - Ben Ghelf
Training Officer - Joe Manning
Safety Officer - Kenny Johnson
Trustees - Nick Hammell, Tony Becker and Eric Rowan.
Join the Allamakee County Conservation Board (ACCB) for a Fullmoon Snowshoe Hike January 28 at 7 p.m. The hike will take place on County Road 527, a level B dead end road that travels along the Mississippi River for approximately two miles. Participants should meet at the Allamakee County rural recycling drop-off location near the Alliant Lansing power plant.
The Fullmoon Snowshoe will be a guided trail hike taking place after dark to enable the participants to see the stars and full moon like they have never seen before. The event requires preregistration for those wishing to use snowshoes provided by the ACCB and is open to all ages. However, anyone under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult. In the case of inclement weather or poor snow conditions, the Fullmoon Snowshoe may be postponed or canceled and will be announced on ACCB’s Facebook page.
Setting up her defense ... Kee girls basketball sophomore Alison Wagner lines up to defend an inbounds pass in the Lady Hawks’ 59-35 home win over West Central Friday, January 8. Wagner finished the game with 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.
The Kee girls basketball team played its way through its busiest week, by far, of this season’s schedule, with four games in a span of six days, and also played to its most successful week of this season, by far, by putting all four of those games in the win column, snapping what had amounted to a three-game losing streak that dated back to mid-December. The undefeated past week all came against Upper Iowa Conference opponents, starting with consecutive road wins at Clayton Ridge, 40-32, Monday, January 4 and at South Winneshiek, 50-27, Tuesday, January 5 before wrapping up at home with their highest scoring totals of the season, a 59-35 win over West Central Friday, January 8 and a 64-30 triumph over Postville Saturday, January 9.
Rounds out team scoring ... Waukon girls bowling sophomore Haley Rochin tosses a ball down the lane in the Indians’ 1920-1854 home victory over North Fayette Valley Friday, January 8. Rochin completed the Indian team scoring in the meet’s head-to-head round of competition with games of 116 and 103 for a 219 series. 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.
Lets it fly ... Waukon boys bowling sophomore Tyler Jones unleashes a roll in the Indians’ 2407-2458 home loss to North Fayette Valley Friday, January 8. Jones rolled a 271 series for the Indians made up of games of 128 and 143. 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.
The Waukon girls and boys bowling teams returned to action following the holiday break, hosting North Fayette Valley Friday, January 8. The bowling Indians ended up splitting those two meets by close results, the Lady Indians securing their second win of the season, 1920-1854, and the Waukon boys coming up just shy of their second victory in falling by a 2407-2458 result.
The Indians are next scheduled to travel to Waterloo Columbus this Friday, January 15 before bowling at Oelwein Friday, January 22. The bowling Tribe will then host Sumner-Fredericksburg Friday, January 29 before competing in its Conference Tournament Saturday, January 30 at Cadillac Lanes in Waterloo.
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Double-double in points and boards ... Kee boys basketball junior Jonah Reinke soars for a rebound in the Hawks’ 70-37 home win over West Central Friday, January 8. Reinke recorded a double-double effort in the ballgame by pouring in 16 points and ripping down a team-high 11 rebounds, also recording one each of assists and steals in the Kee victory. 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 boys basketball team got its first taste of Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) action in the new year, earning a split of two games against UIC opponents this past week to not only get its first win of the new year but to also snap what had amounted to a three-game winless streak that began prior to the recent holiday break. The Hawks opened the week being held to their lowest UIC scoring total so far this season in suffering a 46-36 loss at South Winneshiek Tuesday, January 5, but bounced back quite well with their highest point total overall for this season in a 70-36 home triumph over West Central Friday, January 8.
Braxton to the basket ... Waukon boys basketball junior Braxton Stewart goes strong to the basket for two of his 11 points in the fourth quarter of the Indians’ 80-54 home win over New Hampton Friday, January 5. Stewart scored all 11 points of his points in that fourth quarter, and he also pulled down five rebounds and dished out one assist in the win. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this website.
Returning from the holiday break to add a first win of 2021 to a three-game win streak, the Waukon basketball team followed that weekend win with a split of its two games this past week, both against Northeast Iowa Conference opponents. The Indians opened this past week with a 53-47 loss at Decorah Tuesday, January 5 to end up with a season split against the Vikings but then bounced back with an 80-54 home win over New Hampton Friday, January 8.
