Over the past several months numerous caring and compassionate deeds for wild animals have taken place in New Albin. The young, the middle aged, and the older residents of this community have all taken a focused interest in protecting individual turtles of at least three different kinds, as well as the nests full of eggs the pregnant turtles entrust to residents year after year.
“Young people have been amazingly caring,” shares Friends of Pool 9 Turtle Conservation Project Committee Chairperson Ric Zarwell. “Learning about and practicing compassion is a truly important goal. It is a way of acting everyone could use more of, and that kind of learning surely exists here.”
Grace Stegen, the daughter of Lee and Jenny Stegen of Waukon, recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Drake University in Des Moines with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences and a minor in Spanish. Stegen is a 2023 graduate of Waukon High School and was able to complete her undergraduate degree in only three years at Drake, due in large part to the college classes she was able to take from Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) during high school, where she earned her Associate’s Degree one week prior to graduating high school.
Stegen has now been accepted into the Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, where she will pursue her Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. She says her goal is to practice rural medicine and impact patients the way her mother has throughout her career. Submitted photo.
The Eastern Allamakee Community School District (EACSD) Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting Monday, June 8 at Kee High School in Lansing. Board President Arla Wagner called the meeting to order.
Other board members present included Heather Lutz, Director District #2 Vice-President; Joe Manning, At‑Large Board Member; Tommy Martin, Director District #1 Board Member; and Glen Delaney, Director District #3 Board Member. Non‑voting attendees included Superintendent Jay Mathis; Michele Martin, Board Secretary and Financial Clerk; Donna Thomas, PK‑12 Principal; and Liz Hill, Special Education Director and Associate Principal.
The board approved the meeting agenda as presented. No visitors offered public comment. Consent items including previous meeting minutes, the secretary’s financial report, student activity report, food service report, and monthly bills were reviewed and approved unanimously.
LifeServe Blood Center wants to help students and their families save money while also saving lives. Students who plan and execute a successful blood drive through LifeServe during the summer of 2026 can earn scholarships and recognition while making a meaningful difference in their community.
LifeServe will award up to $500 in scholarship funds to students who organize a successful blood drive between Memorial Day and Labor Day of this year. To be eligible for the scholarship, students must recruit donors, act as the chairperson for the blood drive, and register 25 donors ($250 awarded) or 40 donors ($500 awarded).
Firing to first base ... Kee baseball freshman second baseman Wes McKee rears back to fire a throw to first base in the Hawks’ 12-2 home victory over North Fayette Valley Wednesday, June 17. McKee smacked a single and recorded two sacrifices to help drive in a team-high two runs and also scored one in the ballgame. Photo by Danielle Potter. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photos link on this webpage.
The Kee baseball team came within a game of completing an undefeated weekday schedule in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play at home this past week, with the Hawks’ lone loss in that UIC stretch coming Thursday, June 18 to a team that nobody has beaten yet this season. Kee opened this past week with a sweep of Postville by mercy-rule results of 10-0 in five innings and 11-1 in six innings Monday, June 15 before handling Turkey Valley, 5-1, Tuesday, June 16 and defeating North Fayette Valley by a 12-2 mercy-rule result in six innings Wednesday, June 17. That lone UIC loss of the week came to undefeated and Class 1A fifth-rated South Winneshiek Thursday, June 18 in a game where the Hawks took an early lead but couldn’t hold off the highly-regarded Warriors in suffering an 8-3 defeat. Kee was also scheduled to play two games at Osage Saturday, June 20, with coverage details of those two contests appearing in a future edition of The Standard.
One-hit wonder ... Kee softball senior pitcher Addison Winters winds up to send a pitch toward home plate in the Hawks’ home doubleheader sweep of Waukon Wednesday, June 17. Winters tossed a one-hit pitching victory, 11-1, at the Indians, walking one batter and striking out seven. She also recorded two singles, a double and a triple at the plate in the two games, scoring four runs and driving in three more. Photo by Danielle Potter. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photos link on this webpage.
The Kee softball team breezed through an undefeated weekday schedule this past week, sweeping four Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) games in a pair of doubleheaders that saw the Lady Hawks outscore their fellow Allamakee County UIC squads by a combined run total of 50-2. Kee’s diamond dandies first claimed a pair of mercy-rule wins at Postville Monday, June 15 by scores of 15-0 and 16-1 before also ending a pair of home games with Waukon early Wednesday, June 17 with victories of 11-1 and 8-0. The Kee girls were also scheduled to play four games over two days in the West Delaware Tournament this past weekend, with coverage details of those contests being printed in a future edition of The Standard.
A busy week of four consecutive nights of weekday baseball saw the Waukon baseball team win five of six games played Monday through Thursday that included a split result against respective division leaders within the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC). The Indians opened the week handing UIC-undefeated and Class 2A ninth-rated New Hampton its first two league losses of this season Monday, June 15 by scores of 4-0 and 10-3, before the Tribe’s lone home game of the week played out to an 8-1 non-conference win over Anamosa Tuesday, June 16. Another battle against another UIC-undefeated squad came right down to the final play of the game when the Indians lost a 6-5 decision at overall undefeated and Class 1A fifth-rated South Winneshiek Wednesday, June 17. The diamond Tribe also swept a UIC doubleheader at MFL/MarMac Thursday, June 18 by scores of 12-1 and 6-4.
The Waukon softball team played through a winless week of non-tournament games, scoring just a single run in five games played prior to weekend tournament action. The Lady Indians dropped an Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) doubleheader at home to New Hampton Monday, June 15 by scores of 9-0 and 17-0, fell at Decorah, 10-0, Tuesday, June 16, and were swept at Kee Wednesday, June 17 by scores of 11-1 and 8-0. Waukon’s girls were also scheduled to play four games in the West Delaware Tournament Friday and Saturday, June 19-20, with coverage results of those games to be reported in a future edition of The Standard.
The Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Postville Clinic is pleased to announce their new physician, Dr. Olaitan Akinboboye will begin seeing patients in the clinic July 14. Dr. Akinboboye will again add a physician choice to the clinic, following the retirement of Dr. Thomas McMullan last November. Dr. Akinboboye will join nurse practitioners Minji Ransom, NP; Katie Maker, NP/Nurse Midwife; Hannah Kelly, NP; Mason Kerian NP; and Alex Berns, NP, who all provide family medicine one to two days a week at the Postville Clinic as well as at the Waukon Clinic.
Dr. Akinboboye will offer family medicine solely at the Postville Clinic and will be available to see patients of all ages.
The Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Senior Life Solutions (SLS) Department suggests making small home updates to help reduce stress in life. Sometimes small changes can make a big difference. Simple home updates like better lighting, decluttering favorite spaces, or adding comfortable seating can help create a calmer, less stressful environment. A peaceful home can support emotional well-being at every age.
