Community News

Bleeding injuries can happen anytime, anywhere. If let uncontrolled, severe bleeding injuries could claim a person’s life in as little as five minutes.

With that in mind, Emplify Health by Gundersen will be offering a STOP THE BLEED® training event Tuesday, March 25 at Meehan Memorial Lansing Public Library, located at 515 Main Street in Lansing, from 5-6 p.m. Anyone may participate in this training, which is being offered free of charge to the first 10 participants to register by the March 24 at 12 noon registration deadline.

Kristi Hager of Waukon will be the featured speaker at the Women’s Lenten Breakfast scheduled to be held at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon Friday, April 4. She will be sharing “The Weight of the Cross” and focus primarily on the last two weeks of the life of her late husband, Bob, and the spiritual message that she received during that time.

Bob and Kristi were married for 38 years before Bob’s passing February 5 of this year. They are the parents of three daughters, Aubree, Alyssa and Alaina, and two grandchildren, Kaden and Kinley.

Coffee, rolls and fruit will be served starting at 6:30 a.m. with the program starting at 7 a.m., hopefully allowing women to attend before starting their schedule for the day. All area women are invited to attend.
 

Anyone interested in being appointed to the current At-Large vacancy on the Waukon City Council created by the recent passing of council member Kevin Johnson will need to complete an Expression of Interest Letter available through the Waukon City Hall or on the City of Waukon website at https://www.cityofwaukon.com/. This completed form should then be returned to the Waukon City Clerk’s office either by emailing cityclerk@cityofwaukon.com or dropping it off at City Hall.

Leon Pleasant served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a photographer beginning at the end of World War II. During his long career, he took many photographs of historical and experimental aircraft, including those flown by famed USAF pilot Chuck Yeager, who was the first human to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 in 1947. Yeager also had a cameo appearance in the movie “The Right Stuff” which recounted his service as a mentor to the NASA astronaut program.

A portion of Pleasant’s personal collection has been donated to the Allamakee County Veterans Museum. The collection of 150 photos has been converted to digital images which can be better displayed and viewed on a large video screen. His collection will be presented for viewing Friday, March 14 at 1:30 p.m.

The Veterans Museum is located at 105 Allamakee Street in Waukon. The public is invited to attend. There is no admission or membership charge. The facility is handicapped accessible.

by Joe Moses

The Allamakee County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Monday, March 10 to address a full agenda of matters including the Resolution for Allamakee County to be the applicant/passthrough for Veterans Memorial Hospital’s application for the Fiscal-Year 2026 (FY26) Hinson Community Project Fund Grant, the Public Hearing for Amendment #15 to Zoning Ordinance L relating to Solar Utility, and the consideration of the Embargo Resolution for some asphalt Secondary Roads. The meeting was called to order by Board of Supervisors Chairperson Dan Byrnes with Supervisors Dennis Keatley and Tom Clark present.

State Representative Jason Gearhart of Iowa House District 64 will hold a legislative forum this Friday, March 14 at 10 a.m. in Harpers Ferry at the Ethel Robinson Meehan Community Center. Area residents are invited to attend to hear Representative Gearhart discuss local and broader issues, as well as field questions from those in attendance at the forum.
 

Join the Allamakee County Conservation Board (ACCB) and the Friends of Yellow River State Forest for a Moonlight Hike Friday, March 14 at 7 p.m. This is a rescheduled hike for the previously scheduled and postponed February hike.

Meet at the Yellow River State Forest Headquarters and hike or snowshoe to the only fire tower in the state of Iowa. If snowshoes are needed,  the ACCB will provide them and trekking poles free of charge. For more information call the Driftless Area Education and Visitors Center at 563-538-0403.

Anyone interested in being appointed to the current At-Large vacancy on the Waukon City Council created by the recent passing of council member Kevin Johnson will need to complete an Expression of Interest Letter available through the Waukon City Hall or on the City of Waukon website at https://www.cityofwaukon.com/. This completed form should then be returned to the Waukon City Clerk’s office either by emailing cityclerk@cityofwaukon.com or dropping it off at City Hall.

Leon Pleasant served in the United States Air Force (USAF) as a photographer beginning at the end of World War II. During his long career, he took many photographs of historical and experimental aircraft, including those flown by famed USAF pilot Chuck Yeager, who was the first human to break the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 in 1947. Yeager also had a cameo appearance in the movie “The Right Stuff” which recounted his service as a mentor to the NASA astronaut program.

A portion of Pleasant’s personal collection has been donated to the Allamakee County Veterans Museum. The collection of 150 photos has been converted to digital images which can be better displayed and viewed on a large video screen. His collection will be presented for viewing Saturday, March 8 at 10 a.m. and again Friday, March 14 at 1:30 p.m.

Plans have been announced to hold the 2025 St. Patrick's Day Parade in Waukon Sunday, March 16, beginning 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 that 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 in southeast Waukon.

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.