The local Caregiver Support Group meets monthly at Veterans Memorial Hospital. The meetings will take place the third Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. The next meeting will be held Monday, October 15 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the ICN Conference Room, located on the lower level of Veterans Memorial Hospital.
This informal meeting is open to anyone who provides care and support for a family member or friend. Feel free to attend and bring a friend. This new Caregiver Support Group meets the third Monday of each month at VMH.
The local Grief Support Group will hold its monthly meeting at Veterans Memorial Hospital Tuesday, October 9 at 5 p.m. in the Education Conference Room. This informal meeting is open to anyone suffering from any type of loss, whether it be death, divorce, illness or some other grief.
Feel free to attend and bring a friend. This grief support group now meets the second Tuesday of each month at Veterans Memorial Hospital.
The Veterans Memorial Hospital Diabetes Support Group will hold its next meeting Thursday, October 18 at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of the hospital. This diabetes class is open to everyone who has diabetes or has a friend or loved one with diabetes. For more information on the Diabetes Support Group, call Angie Mettille, RN, at Veterans Memorial Hospital at 563-568-3411.
The family of Connie Luster will be hosting an open house celebration in honor of her 90th birthday Saturday, October 13 from 12-3 p.m. The open house will be held at the Legion Hall in Harpers Ferry.
Connie’s 90th birthday is September 27. Cards and well wishes may sent to Thornton Manor, Box 700, Lansing, IA 52151.
Brian (Terry) LaRue of Decorah and Teri Gaustad of Brownsville, MN, parents of the bride-to-be, and Neal and Debbie Steiber of Lansing, parents of the groom-to-be, announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of Kimberly R. LaRue and Ross N. Steiber.
The couple will exchange vows Saturday, October 13 in a ceremony to be held in the barn they renovated themselves on their farm in rural Lansing with a reception to follow at TJ Hunter’s Banquet Hall in Lansing. The couple is planning to honeymoon in Punta Cana.
The bride-to-be is a 2004 graduate of Decorah High School and is employed as a Float Dispensing Optician for Gundersen Eye Clinics.
The groom-to-be is a 2003 graduate of Kee High School in Lansing and is employed as an Instrumental and Control Technician at Alliant Energy and also farms at the couple’s home near Lansing.
Kiersten Sorenson and Brett Meyer, both of New Albin, announce their engagement and upcoming wedding to be held October 20 at Decorah Lutheran Church.
Parents of the bride-to-be are Rev. David and Joleen Sorenson of Decorah. Parents of the groom-to-be are Jeff and Jessica Meyer of New Albin.
The bride-to-be is a Certified Surgical Technologist at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse, WI. The groom-to-be is a forester at Meyer Timber Services in New Albin.
Jane and Ken Staggemeyer of New Albin will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Jane Beneke and Ken Staggemeyer were married October 5, 1968 at St. John’s United Church of Christ (Wheatland) in rural New Albin.
They are the parents of Jennifer (Kris Ames) Burroughs of New Albin, Josh (Cindy) Staggemeyer of Caledonia, MN and Heidi (Dennis) Myhre of Eitzen, MN. Their grandchildren are Ian and Logan Burroughs, Mason, Jacob and Kylie Staggemeyer and Eric, Lyle and Aften Myhre.
Brenda and Blake Lange of St. Olaf announce the birth of their daughter, Davinee Rae Lange, born August 7, 2018 at Crossing Rivers Health in Prairie du Chien, WI. She weighed 8 lbs. 4 ozs. and measured 20.9 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins a big sister, Keeley Curran (11).
Grandparents are Bonnie (David) Lange of Monona and Raymond and Rhonda Curran of St. Olaf. Great-grandparents are Kathleen (Duane) Lange of Monona, June (Roderick) Freilinger of Monona, Dale and Mary Dettman (Clark Curran) of St. Olaf and Donald (Judy) Kuhse of Postville.
Tyler and Bailey Roth of Waukon announce the birth of their son, Finley Steven Roth, born September 22, 2018 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 8 lbs. 14 ozs. and measured 21.5 inches in length at the time of his birth.
Grandparents are Steven and Amy Johnson and Michael and Diane Roth, all of Waukon. Great-grandparents are Bill and Edna Wyninger of Lansing, Russell and Sharen Roth of Waukon, Robbie and Brenda Burrett of Waterville and Gary and Mary Johnson of Waukon.
Jenny and Daren Dietrich of Decorah announce the birth of their son, Dawson Duane Dietrich, born September 21, 2018 (his Grandpa Dietrich’s birthday) at Mayo Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN. He weighed 7 lbs. 4 ozs. and measured 20 inches in length at the time of his birth.
Grandparents are Mark and Rose Harberts of Elgin, the late Deb Harberts, Jane Dietrich of Waukon and the late Duane Dietrich.
