St. Patrick's Day Parade and other festive events postponed by winter weather to this weekend in Waukon

The 2026 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Waukon originally scheduled for this past Sunday, March 15 was postponed to this coming Sunday, March 22 due to weather considerations that ultimately brought a winter storm to the Waukon area on the originally scheduled parade day. Discussion with the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT), which ultimately issues the permit allowing the parade to happen on the State Highway 9/76 route through Waukon, resulted in that permit being revoked by the DOT Wednesday, March 11 due to safety considerations regarding roadway conditions and the traveling public based on the winter storm forecasted to move through the tri-state area this past Sunday, which it did.

The rescheduled parade for this Sunday, March 22 will again begin at 1 p.m. All are invited to participate in this year’s parade with an Irish-themed entry at no cost.

Any businesses, organizations, families or individuals wishing to have an entry are asked to be lined up by 12 noon Sunday, with float entries lining up in the parking lot of WW Homestead Dairy and the former Northern Engraving plant, tractors unloading and lining up at the Sweeney Auction Service parking lot and horse units gathering at the Croell Redi-Mix plant on the southeast edge of Waukon.

The parade route will be the same as it has been in the past, beginning from the southeast edge of town and heading north up Rossville Road and Spring Avenue to the stoplight intersection with Main Street. Turning left on to West Main Street at the stoplights, the parade will venture up to Second Street SW, where the entries will turn left at the Post Office intersection, travel one block south to First Avenue SW, and then east back to Rossville Road, turning right at Kwik Star to head back south to its point of origin.

For additional information about the St. Patrick’s Day Parade contact the Sweeney family at Village Farm and Home in Waukon at 563-568-4577 or the Waukon Chamber of Commerce at 563-568-4110. Many of the same events scheduled for the original March 15 date will again accompany this rescheduled annual celebration, with some of those being advertised on Page 32 in this week’s edition of The Standard. Pick up the Wednesday, March 18, 2026 print edition of The Standard or subscribe to our e-edition or print edition by clicking here.