Blood test gift certificates available ... Veterans Memorial Hospital offers gift certificates for a full wellness package blood test at a low, up-front cost, which can make a very fitting gift for the holidays. Gift certificates are available for purchase at the main entrance to the hospital. Submitted photo.
Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) in Waukon offers gift certificates for a full wellness package blood test at a low, up-front cost, which can make a very fitting gift for the holidays. Gift certificates are available for purchase at the main entrance to the hospital. The following blood tests are included in this gift certificate: Cholesterol, Blood Sugar/Diabetes, Thyroid, Kidney Function, Uric Acid, Hemoglobin, Calcium, Liver Function, Vitamin D, Prostate Health, Potassium and Sodium.
The hospital offers this wellness testing to help accommodate individuals that may forgo these important tests due to the cost of high health insurance premiums and deductibles.
Anyone can call the Laboratory at 563-568-3411 to set up an appointment. A physician’s order is not required for these tests. Results are then mailed to the individual within five business days.
The flu vaccine is plentiful, widely available, and is recommended for everyone six months of age and older. Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Community and Home Care-Allamakee Public Health offers flu shots every Wednesday afternoon. Appointments can be made by calling them at 563-568-5660. The Community and Home Care Immunization Clinic is located on the upper level of Veterans Memorial Hospital.
As people gather together for holiday meals and parties, they’re more likely to spread illness around. Receiving the flu vaccine will help everyone stay healthy to enjoy all the festivities. This is especially important during family gatherings that infants, those with chronic diseases, or elderly individuals might attend.
Both the Waukon and the Postville Medical Clinics will be closing at Noon Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24, and will be closed for both Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25, and New Years Day, Wednesday, January 1. The Waukon Clinic will also close at 5 p.m. New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, December 31, and will not hold the extended clinic hours that night. Both clinics will hold regular hours all other days during the upcoming holiday season.
All patients of all ages are welcome to be seen at the Veterans Memorial Hospital Medical Clinic in Waukon or Postville. The regular hours for both clinics include the following:
The Veterans Memorial Hospital Diabetes Support Group will not hold a regular meeting in December, but will resume its monthly meetings in January with the next scheduled meeting Thursday, January 16.
For more information on the Diabetes Support Group, call Angie Mettille, RN, Diabetes Educator at Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
The next LifeServe Blood Center Blood Drive will be held Monday, January 6, from 12-5 p.m., at the First Baptist Church in south Waukon. Blood drives are held every month in Waukon to allow for more donors to give. The LifeServe Blood Center supplies Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) with blood and blood products.
The Blood Center is seeking donors to ensure a safe and plentiful blood supply in Iowa. Because there is no substitute for human blood, the need for donors is continuous, and especially over the holidays.
Over half of the United States population is eligible to donate blood, yet less than four percent donate on a regular basis. A single donation of blood can be used to save up to three lives and help in treatment of cancer patients, accident victims, hemophiliacs and surgery patients.
Claire and Travis Strnad of Prairie du Chien, WI announce the birth of their son, Jude Travis Strnad, born December 10, 2024 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 8 lbs. 13 ozs. at the time of his birth. He joins a brother, Simon K. Strnad (20 months).
Grandparents are Ken and Mary Stoeffler of Prairie du Chien and Dan and Amanda Strnad of Eastman, WI. Great-grandparents are Gerald and Judy Strnad of Prairie du Chien.
Upcoming Deadlines/Dates
December 25: Office closed in observance of Christmas Day
January 1: Office closed in observance of New Years Day
January 2: Deadline to report number of honeybee colonies for NAP and ELAP programs
January 9: FSA County Committee Meeting
January 20: Office closed in observance of Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr
January 31: Deadline to request 2024 MALs and LDPs for all eligible wool, mohair and unshorn pelts
Rupert “Cabby” Caballero, 94, of Waukon died Monday, December 16, 2024, at Thornton Manor in Lansing. Memorial services will be held Saturday, December 21 at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon, with Fr. Joseph Sevcik officiating. Military honors will follow the memorial services. Friends may greet the family from 4-6 p.m. Friday, December 20 at Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon where there will be a 3:30 p.m. scripture service.
Rupert “Cabby” Caballero was born March 27, 1930, in Oelwein to Braulio (Mike) and Anita (Ramirez) Caballero. He was baptized and confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oelwein. Rupert graduated from Oelwein High School in 1948.
The annual Lighted Holiday Parade held in Waukon Saturday evening, December 7 brightened up the beginning of the holiday season in more ways than one as approximately 40 entries made their way through the city streets, starting down Allamakee Street from the Allamakee County Fairgrounds to Main Street and then traveling up West Main Street to the First Presbyterian Church. Seasonal temperatures well above the freezing mark allowed for a large crowd to line the parade route and numerous individuals to walk the route or ride comfortably on this year’s entries, as evident in the photo above taken at the stoplight intersection by Standard Assistant Editor Joe Moses. A video of the complete parade can be found on The Standard’s Facebook page at The Standard Newspaper, Waukon.
Iowa Ag Secretary tours WW Homestead Dairy ... WW Homestead Dairy ownership partner Tom Weighner (left) and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig (right) observe the operation of the new cheese curd mill purchased by WW Homestead Dairy this year with assistance from a Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grant awarded to the family-owned dairy processing facility in Waukon through the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. The cheese curd operations were just part of the overall tour of the facility taken by Secretary Naig, as he visited both Allamakee County and Fayette County in wrapping up his annual 99-county tour of the state of Iowa. Standard photo by Joe Moses.
by Joe Moses
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig visited WW Homestead Dairy in Waukon Wednesday, December 4 for a tour of the company’s retail store and areas dedicated to cheese, ice cream and milk production in addition to discussion relating to the Choose Iowa Dairy Innovation Grant that was awarded to the business earlier this year through the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Tom Weighner, a WW Homestead Dairy ownership partner, provided a tour of the facility to Secretary Naig with Executive Director Mariah Busta of the Iowa State Dairy Association (ISDA) and Member Services Manager Ryan Wagner of Allamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative (ACEC) joining the tour and discussion.
