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Dorothy M. Broszeit, 85, of Frankville died Monday, January 30, 2017 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. Funeral services were held Thursday, February 2 at Frankville Presbyterian Church in Frankville. Burial was at Frankville Cemetery.

Dorothy Marie Broszeit was born March 22, 1931 in Luana, the daughter of Ralph and Eula (Roffman) Nagel. She was raised in the Rossville area and attended the Little Red Schoolhouse and the old school house on old Highway 51; she also attended Rossville Grade School and Waukon High School.

August 14, 1948, she married Fredrick W. Broszeit at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Waukon. The couple farmed near Frankville and in the late 1960s moved into Frankville, where they have resided ever since. Besides being a farmwife and mother, Dorothy also worked for Livingood’s Supper Club in Frankville.

Owen Parnell Myhre was born April 18, 1930 and he continued to love life until he died February 4, 2017. Visitation will be at Roble Funeral Home in Spring Grove, MN from 4-7 p.m. Friday, February 10. Funeral will be at Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church, rural Dorchester at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 11.

His parents,  Rudolph and Petra (Auna) Myhre, and an older brother, Alf Myron Myhre, welcomed him to their family home and farm in Allamakee County. Later, his sister, Audrey Myhre (Klankowski), joined the family.  Owen lived on the family farm for 73 of his 86 years.

June 5, 1949, Owen married his beloved Mildred Powell at Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church, where Owen was also confirmed and a very active member for his entire adult life. Owen and Mildred were married for over 67 years and had three children.

Keith W. Fahey, 82, of Waukon died Friday, February 3, 2017 at his home surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 8 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon with Rev. Msgr. Ed Lechtenberg and Fr. Donald Hawes officiating. Burial with military honors will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, February 7 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, where there will be a 3:30 p.m. scripture service.

Keith was born July 22, 1934 to Joseph and Mary (Howes) Fahey at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He attended P. Ridge country school through fifth grade before graduating from St. Patrick High School in 1952. He became a Private First Class in the U.S. Army after completing Army training at Camp Carson, CO.

Alice R.  Huffman, 94, of Waukon died Monday, January 30, 2017 at Northgate Care Center in Waukon. Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 7 at Zalmona Presbyterian Church in rural Waukon, with Pastor Tim Rupert officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Alice Ruth Huffman was born March 14, 1922 in Waukon at the Lizzie Sherman Home, the daughter of Paul Theodore and Lydia Esther (Flage) Helming. She was baptized and confirmed at Zalmona Presbyterian Church in rural Waukon and attended Ludlow #2 and #5 country schools and graduated from Waukon High School in 1941. Alice worked for several area families and at the S&D Cafe.

October 18, 1946, she married William "Bill" Huffman in La Kota. Alice did housekeeping duties and cooking at the Allamakee County Courthouse Jail during the time Bill was Sheriff from 1949 to 1960.

Ruth A. Nolting of Waukon passed away peacefully just short of her 99th birthday at 5:25 p.m. Monday afternoon, January 30, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 4 at Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon with Pastor Samantha Houser officiating. Burial was at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon.

Martin Funeral Home in Waukon assisted the family with arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Iowa Special Olympics or Camp Courageous.

Ruth Althea Nolting was born on a farm near Baxter March 2, 1918 to Benjamin and Elizabeth Sophie (Stock) Hansmeier; they moved to the Waukon area when she was about seven years old. Ruth was christened May 26, 1918 in Baxter and confirmed at Zion Reformed Church (now Zion United Church of Christ) in Waukon March 20, 1932.

For her entire high school career, 2014 Waukon High School graduate Lexie Bieber kept the spirit alive and well for Waukon Indian athletics and other events as an award-winning high school cheerleader. Now in her third year of college, it is Bieber’s own spirit and drive that has helped her realize one of her life’s dreams of becoming a college cheerleader at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls.

“It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and it’s definitely worthwhile,” the daughter of Ed and Amy Bieber of Waukon said of making this year’s UNI Cheer Squad. “I like every single aspect of cheerleading; the excitement, the involvement, the challenge of it.”

Main Street Lansing and KNEI Radio will be sponsoring the Allamakee County Chili Cook-Off in conjunction with Lansing’s WinterFest again this year. The Chili Cook-Off is scheduled to take place from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, February 18 at T.J. Hunters Banquet Hall in Lansing as the final event of the day-long WinterFest celebration.

Competition will be held in two divisions: Individual and Business. Prizes in the Individual division include $100, $50 and $25 in cash, with the Business division winner being awarded a traveling trophy. The general public in attendance will be tasting and voting for their favorite chili to determine the winners.

Those wishing to participate need to register by February 13. Registration forms are available at the Main Street Lansing office and Red Geranium Floral and Gifts in Lansing, as well as online at www.mainstreetlansing.com.

Message from Iowa native and current International Space Station astronaut Peggy Whitson part of February 7 event

Area residents and coin enthusiasts will get their first in-person look at the new quarter honoring Effigy Mounds National Monument and the state of Iowa - and many will get to take at least one of those quarters home with them at a special event Tuesday, February 7. At a launch ceremony open to the public and scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Waukon High School, the United States Mint is releasing the Effigy Mounds quarter into circulation as the first quarter released in 2017 under the U.S. Mint’s America the Beautiful Quarters® Program.

by Joe Moses

The Allamakee County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution at its January 9 regular meeting in support of suspending the issuance of Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) construction permits. This measure is, in essence, a non-binding stance to open up discussion and a review, on a statewide level, of the Master Matrix, a scoring system used in the siting of CAFOs by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

by Lissa Blake

The sale of Camp Tahigwa to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) should maintain the integrity of the Girl Scout camp property for years to come.

That is the message from the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois (GSEIWI) and the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF), who are working together on the recently-announced transaction. The GSEIWI Board recently voted to sell the camp property located near Dorchester to the DNR, with the stipulation that the land be permanently maintained as a natural space for public use.