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The members of Main Street Matters in Lansing and the Allamakee County Historic Preservation Commission want to build a record of the history of Lansing’s Main Street to share with all. To that end, they received a CLG grant from the State Historical Society of Iowa and hired a consultant, Molly Meyer Naumann, an architectural historian, and with her help are pulling together photos, newspaper items and personal reminiscences reaching back as far as possible.

The members of Main Street Matters in Lansing and the Allamakee County Historic Preservation Commission want to build a record of the history of Lansing’s Main Street to share with all. To that end, they received a CLG grant from the State Historical Society of Iowa and hired a consultant, Molly Meyer Naumann, an architectural historian, and with her help are pulling together photos, newspaper items and personal reminiscences reaching back as far as possible.

by Bob Beach

Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care staff and EMS staff provide "Extreme" assistance
Staff members from Veterans Memorial Hospital Community and Home Care Staff in Waukon offered their volunteer assistance on Day Seven of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition new construction project near West Union. Pictured at right, left to right, are Peggy Woodbeck, Cheryl Nolting, Cindy Johnson, Holly Palmer and Rosanne Wicks, all of Waukon.

by Lissa Blake

Cheryl Livingston, Paramedic at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, was awarded the Iowa Hospital Hero Award Thursday, October 6 in Des Moines during the Iowa Hospital Association annual meeting. Any Iowa hospital employee or physician who has performed a heroic deed or tirelessly given of their time, talent and expertise to improve their organization and the world around them is eligible for the Iowa Hospital Heroes Award. These leaders exemplify honesty, integrity, humility, courage and commitment.

Saturday evening, September 24, a reunion was held at the Vet's Club in Waukon for Waukon's first 50 Eagle Scouts. Only 19 Eagles were able to attend, as pictured at left, but many others sent letters about their lives since becoming Eagle Scouts, and those letters were printed in a booklet which is available by contacting John Troendle. Many parents of those who could not attend were also there in their place.

by Bob Beach

by Kelli Boylen
freelance writer

Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® will be hosting their annual Radiothon the latter half of this week, Thursday through Saturday, October 13-15, and the event will feature a Waukon family that has experienced, first-hand, what the Children's Miracle Network does for families with children facing medical challenges in their lives.