River Valley

by Susan Cantine-Maxson

The Harpers Ferry Booster Club is sponsoring a “Christmas in the Park” event at Tillinghast Park in Harpers Ferry Saturday, December 13 from 5-7 p.m. Santa Claus will be present with treats for children, and music and refreshments will be available.
A Christmas Tree Decorating Contest will also take place, with any individual or group invited to participate. Prizes of $30 for first place, $20 for second place, and $10 for third place will be awarded. For further information, contact Bill Nation at 563-586-2708 or by e-mail at beets@acegroup.cc.
 

by B.J. Tomlinson

The Lansing City Council met in regular session Monday night, December 1. Mayor pro-tem Rebecca Conway conducted the meeting.

by Susan Cantine-Maxson

Lansing Fire District Chief Tony Becker (left) accepts a grant fund check in the amount of $2,000 from Eric Dietzenbach (right), Financial Officer at Farm Credit Services of America located in Decorah. The funds were made available through Farm Credit Services of America’s Working Here Fund for Rural Disaster Relief and will be used to help the Lansing Fire District purchase tracks for its John Deere Gator utility vehicle used in the hilly, wooded areas within the Fire District. Submitted photo.

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will be making a stop in Lansing Saturday, December 6 at 5:30 p.m. The lighted holiday train will be stopping across from the Sports Complex located on South Front Street in Lansing, one of eight stops the train will be making in Iowa this holiday season. The Canadian Pacific train is adorned with hundreds of thousands of lights and serves as a stage for live musical performances. This year’s performer will be Kira Isabella. As always, Santa Claus will also be making his way around the Holiday Train location at each stop.

by B.J. Tomlinson

The Lansing City Council met Monday night, November 17 in its regular session. Main Street Lansing (MSL) Board President Bruce Palmborg introduced the new MSL Director, Dan Fisher. A Lansing resident, Fisher said he is committed to preserving the unique character of Lansing while furthering its progress.

by Susan Cantine-Maxson

Nearly 100 people were in attendance at the Kerndt Brothers Community Center in Lansing Thursday, November 6 to learn the details of a horror movie, "The Burial," which is to be filmed in Lansing next summer.  Tom Garland, a professional comedian and actor from Cedar Rapids who is slated to play one of the lead roles in the film, welcomed the crowd and set a light, entertaining tone for the informational meeting.

Lansing Main Street Matters will again be sponsoring the “Main Street Madness” punch card promotion this year. 

Lansing shoppers can pick up a punch card at any of the participating businesses. The cards can then be validated with either punches or stamps in five-dollar increments for purchases made between November 18 and December 22.

Wednesday, November 5  a spirited and determined group of Eastern Allamakee Community Schools (EACS) fifth graders planted over 500 swamp white oak saplings  on the Mississippi River floodplain north of New Albin. Thirty-two students, with help of Friends of Pool 9 (FOP9) volunteers, parents, US Fish & Wildlife Service and US Army Corps of Engineers personnel, and EACS teachers Cheryl Kuhn and Debra Masek finished the task before lunch time.

The acorns were collected from the river floodplain near Black Hawk Park and grown in the Wisconsin DNR Nursery. The seedlings will have a high level of tolerance for the floodplain environment.