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By Sara Berges, Allamakee SWCD

Adam Kramer, owner and operator of Black Sand Granary out of Prairie du Chien, farms ground just west of Waukon. He has been working for the past few years to improve the fertility and build up the soil health on the farm. As part of that effort, he decided to plant winter wheat at the beginning of October 2017 following soybean harvest. Adding a small grain to a rotation can help to break up pest cycles, improve soil health, spread out work load, and reduce input costs when compared to corn or soybeans. Another reason that Kramer wanted to plant winter wheat was so that he could follow it with a very diverse cover crop mix. His cover crop included turnips, radishes, Austrian winter peas, sunflower, red clover, soybeans, oats, and spring barley. 

The number of automatic milking systems used in dairy operations continues to increase with over five percent of farms now milking with robots.

The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach dairy team will present a first-hand look at how fellow dairy farmers are managing automatic milking systems in new or retrofit facilities. Areas of focus will be facilities, economics and overall management of automatic milking systems.

Nine dairy facilities in northeast and eastern Iowa will be visited as a part of the tour. Two sites will be visited each day October 23, November 5, November 13, and three sites November 14.

Tuesday, October 23
10-11:30 a.m. - JoLane Dairy, 13254 Hickory Ave., Monona; two Lely robots installed in 2013
12:30-2 p.m. - Frieden Dairy, 19731/19733 Abbey Road, Elgin; three Lely robots installed in 2017

by Dick Schilling, "Editor Emeritus"

... that Saturday, September 22 loomed as a dream day for Iowa fans of major college football and the Chicago Cubs.

All were going to be on television and at different times.

Iowa State was first with an 11 a.m. start for the football game with Akron. The University of Northern Iowa’s game started at 4 p.m. The Cubs followed at 6 .p.m. with the Iowa-Wisconsin football game bringing up the rear at 7:30 p.m.

Thus alerted, I settled in to watch the ISU game. At half-time I took a brief look at news and went to get some lunch. When 1 came back, 1 grabbed the TV remote and pushed the buttons to get the football game back.

Nothing.

TV set broke?

Nope. I used the manual buttons of the set to confirm that was not the problem.

So, it had to be the remote, which had been sluggish of late.

Probably needed batteries.

To the Editor:

The Republican fundraiser was held September 18 at the fairgrounds in Waukon. It was a great gathering, almost 175 people, and $18,000 was raised in this campaign. It was the best fundraiser ever.

Chuck Bloxham was the emcee, and he kept the program rolling telling the speaker there would be no bloviating, a five-minute limit, and to remember they are talking to the chair. Grace was said by Msgr. Ed Lechtenberg.

Food was furnished by BE Catered and music was by Jim Adam and Little Dale. There were 30 homemade pies by Jerry Halverson and company, and ice cream from Kwik Star. Speakers encouraged the crowd to work hard, starting right now until November 6.

Monroe Auction Service provided very good support. There were 13 caps donated. Doug Reimer of Elkader brought in $800.

That’s what happened. Thought you might like to know.

Ozzie Quandahl
Waukon
 

Students from Waukon High School will join thousands of other youth on athletic fields across the nation Wednesday, October 10 to share their Christian faith with fellow students and the general public during the 15th annual national Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ (FCA) Fields of Faith event. This interdenominational outreach event will be held at more than 500 locations throughout the nation.

The local event is now in its seventh year and will start at 7 p.m. at the Waukon High School football field that Wednesday evening. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on. In the case of inclement weather, the event will be held inside the Waukon High School gymnasium.

Students at Waukon High School have selected their Homecoming representatives for 2018, with the coronation of this year's Homecoming Queen and King set to take place at the traditional "Burning of the 'W'" pep rally scheduled for this Thursday evening, October 4, beginning at 7 p.m. at Waukon High School. Pictured in the top photo above are this year's Waukon High School Homecoming Queen and King candidates from the 2018-2019 Senior class, including: Left to right - Front row: Queen candidates Megan O’Neill, Brigid Berns, Madisen Ahlstrom, McKenzie Cooper and Grace Howe. Back row: King candidates Michael Headington, Andrew Mellick, Pryce Hesse, Michael Sweeney and Thomas Byrnes. Pictured in the photo directly above, front to back and left to right, are Freshman Class attendants Alyssa Bublitz and Jordan Sletten, Sophomore Class attendants Madelyn Waters and Daniel Gruman, and Junior Class attendants Elizabeth McQuade and Zach Davison.

Members of the Kee High School Homecoming Court for 2018 include the King and Queen candidates from the Senior class pictured above, as well as the underclassman attendants pictured below. Pictured above are, left to right: Front row - Senior Class Homecoming Queen candidates Neve Goetzinger, Katie Brennan, Makayla Walleser, McKenzie Hawes and Macie Hill. Back row - Senior Class Homecoming King candidates Dylan Walleser, Anthony Martin, Jacob Berns, Josh Walleser and Micah Reinke. Pictured at left, front to back and left to right, are: Junior Class attendants Ashlyn Seitz and Joey Snitker, Sophomore Class attendants Jenessa Stussy and Ryan Conway, and Freshman Class attendants Haley Meyer and Nick Buege. Details of this week's Homecoming events at Kee High School, along with celebratory pages, can be found on Pages 8A-9A inside this issue. Photos courtesy of the Kee High School Yearbook.
 

Waukon State Bank has made a donation of $10,000 to the Waukon Park, Recreation and Wellness Department Tennis Court Project. Pictured above at the check presentation are, left to right, Amy McCormick and Gail Prestemon of Waukon State Bank, Waukon Park & Recreation Wellness Director Jeremy Strub, and Dan Denk and Justin Sweeney of Waukon State Bank. The project will include two tennis courts that will be located near the soccer fields on the west edge of Waukon, close to the new concession stand/restroom building. The tennis courts will be open to the public so anyone can use these courts for tennis or pickle ball with no membership or other fees. The courts will be lighted and could also be used in the winter for ice skating. Prestemon stated, “Waukon State Bank is happy to support a project that can benefit a wide variety of people in our community.

by Lissa Blake

A Waukon man could spend the next 35 to 50 years behind bars for an April 16 fatal shooting.

Monday, October 1, District Judge John Bauercamper sentenced John Michael Quanrude, age 32, to 50 years in prison for the Second Degree Murder of his stepfather and roommate, 60-year-old Dean Russell of Waukon. Last month, Quanrude was found guilty in that fatal shooting incident by a 12-person jury in a case heard in the Allamakee County Courthouse. The crime took place April 16 of this year in the home the two shared at 49 Jean Road in the Parkview Trailer Court in Waukon.

CONSIDERATIONS
Before hearing from the attorneys Monday, Bauercamper acknowledged a letter he had received from Quanrude’s aunt, Dianne (Quanrude) Estes, asking for leniency in sentencing. Bauercamper noted Quanrude’s sentence was mandatory and he had no authority to change that.

People’s Choice voting begins this week

The Miss Iowa USA® and Miss Iowa Teen USA® competitions for 2018 are scheduled for this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 6-7 in Newton. Among this year’s contests for a second consecutive year will be Cassandra Berger, the daughter of Rusty and Cynthia Berger of Waukon who was a semifinalist in last year’s competition.

Berger is a 2012 graduate of Waukon High School who also graduated magna cum laude from the University of Dubuque in May 2016, having majored in Accounting, Human Resource Management and Business Administration. She is currently working to complete her Masters of Business Administration degree in the spring of 2019 at the University of Dubuque, currently working on campus as a Graduate Assistant in the Wendt Character Center, which brings together students who want to be proactive about developing their character and making the world around them better.