WW Homestead Dairy is 2019 Cloy Kuhse Positive Impact Award winner ...

The Allamakee County Economic Development (ACED) Board of Directors announced WW Homestead Dairy as the 2019 Cloy Kuhse Positive Impact Award winner at the ACED Annual Meeting hosted in Harpers Ferry Thursday, October 10. This annual award was created to highlight and recognize a business that is making a positive impact in Allamakee County, as well as to honor the memory of Cloy Kuhse and his vision. WW Homestead Dairy now joins the list of annual award recipients including Growing Bear Daycare & PreSchool of Waukon, New Albin Savings Bank, Waukon Dental, Mike Ferring Construction of Waukon, TASC, Inc. of Waukon, Wuennecke’s Meat Market of New Albin and Norplex-Micarta of Postville.

WW Homestead Dairy includes the families of Tom and Angie Weighner, Paul Weighner, and Tom and Janet Walleser. The dairy has 10 full-time employees and eight to 10 part-time employees making and delivering dairy products throughout Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. ACED Board President Christina Drahos shared the following comment from the award nomination, “WW Homestead Dairy embodies all that is good with our American Spirit. Three families looking for a new way to market their own dairy products teamed up to start a new business, take the leap of faith, and pour their heart and soul into the adventure.”

Val Reinke, Allamakee County Economic Development Executive Director shared with the audience at the annual meeting, “The dairy offers really fun events such as the drive-in “mooovies”, Friday Night Cruisin’, Corn Days car show, opportunities for organizations to fundraise, social media fun - name that calf, create the next ice cream flavor, photos of farm livin’, and so much more.”

Pictured above at the award presentation are: Left to right - Front row: Allamakee County Economic Development Board of Directors members Brenda Hackman of Allamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative, Michelle Winkie of Waukon Feed Ranch and Caitlin Johnson of Freedom Bank, Angie and Tom Weighner of WW Homestead Dairy, nominators for the award Kyle and Bobbie Goetzinger of New Albin, and Allamakee County Economic Development Board of Directors member Christina Drahos of Drahos & Senft CPAs PC; Back row: Allamakee County Economic Development Board of Directors members Andy Kelleher of Main Street Lansing, Andy Wagner of Veterans Memorial Hospital and nominator for the award, Val Reinke of Allamakee County Economic Development and Larry Schellhammer of the Allamakee County Board of Supervisors. Submitted photo.