Thornton Manor in Lansing has received a “Deficiency Free” result on its annual survey conducted in May by the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. The annual survey, which is conducted over several days, covers over 500 quality, safety and performance issues such as medication management, proper skin care, assessment of residents’ needs, respect for residents’ rights and dignity, food service, environment and administration. The complete evaluation includes a tour of the facility, review of residents’ clinical records, and interviews with residents and family members about life and the care they are receiving. Thornton Heights Assisted Living also received an “Insufficiency-Free” survey in January 2018. With the increase in regulations, achieving the distinction of a “deficiency-free” rating is considered a very prestigious achievement.
The regular session of the Lansing City Council was held Monday, July 2. Discussion centered around the council reviewing pedestal and dock quotes for the Marina, adopting a multi-hazard mitigation plan and welcoming a new member to the Library Board.
The council discussed pedestals and dock quotes for docks one and seven for the City Marina. A Waterworks representative was present at the meeting to explain the whole process involved with the project. The Marina Board will discuss the offer and finalize the decision and discuss financing options.
Peregrine falcons have returned to Effigy Mounds and in celebration of this historic event Effigy Mounds National Monument is hosting a special evening program this Friday, July 6 at 7 p.m. The presentation will take place in the Effigy Mounds National Monument Visitor Center located at 151 Highway 76, Harpers Ferry.
Effigy Mounds Natural Resources Manager Rodney Rovang and Amy Ries of the Decorah Raptor Resource Project will present on the history and recent discovery of Peregrine falcons at Effigy Mounds National Monument.
May 18 of this year, William Smith, biologist volunteer with the Raptor Resource Project, spotted Peregrine falcons in what appeared to be a nest on the bluffs over the Mississippi River within Effigy Mounds National Monument. This is the first-ever recorded discovery of Peregrines in the park.
Coding ... STEAM camp students learned how to code a robot (at far left in photo) to make it follow steps and maneuver around obstacles, as pictured above. The STEAM camp was held June 5-7 at the Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Waukon Center. Submitted photo.
Strawbees ... STEAM camp students learned how to code a motor and adjust how fast it went. The STEAM camp was held June 5-7 at the Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) Waukon Center. Submitted photo.
The future is clearly here for 95 students that attended the 4th Annual STEAM summer camp at the Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) - Waukon Center in early June.
From June 5-7, the nearly 100 students going into Pre-K through seventh grades attended the day camps and participated in a variety of activities. The STEAM camp - STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math - included sessions on coding challenges, virtual and augmented reality experiences, robotics, engineering and circuit-building.
Students learned how to code a robot to make it follow steps and maneuver around obstacles, coloring a 2D image and making it come to life through augmented reality, and drawing, designing and building creatures and structures. Other activities tested the young learners’ skills in building straw towers to support a weight and making a marble run where the goal was to have the marble move as slow as possible.
Allamakee-Clayton Electric Cooperative (ACEC), located near Postville, has awarded seven area high school graduates (all of whom are pictured above) with the Hauschild Scholarship. The Hauschild Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1995 in memory of Robert “Bill” Hauschild by his wife and family. This annual scholarship is provided in recognition of Bill’s dedication and service as a director of the Cooperative from his election September 10, 1988 until his death March 17, 1993. This year, a total of $3,750 in scholarship funding was awarded to seven high school seniors who are all entering a course of study within the electric field.
The Kee baseball team posted four wins in five games this past week to clinch a second-place finish in the final Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) standings. The Hawks started the week with a sweep of their final three UIC games, including wins of 12-1 in six innings and 13-0 in five innings at MFL/MarMac Monday, June 25 and 11-2 at North Fayette Valley Wednesday, June 27 in the second half of a June 18 doubleheader postponed by stormy weather. Kee then fell at Class 3A Crestwood Thursday, June 28 by a 7-5 count before finishing the week with an 8-5 non-conference win over Dunkerton Friday, June 29 in a game played at Upper Iowa University in Fayette.
The Hawks’ 16-8 overall record includes a final Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) mark of 12-2 that ended up placing them second in the final UIC standings behind the only league team to beat them this year, Class 1A eighth-rated South Winneshiek, who won the UIC crown with a 13-1 record.
The Waukon baseball team sandwiched a pair of non-conference victories between Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) defeats this past week to win two of five games played on four consecutive nights. The baseball Tribe opened the week with a doubleheader loss at Class 2A seventh-rated New Hampton Tuesday, June 26 by scores of 3-0 and 12-4 before posting back-to-back non-conference victories of 24-4 at Starmont Wednesday, June 27 and 10-0 in five innings at home over Postville Thursday, June 28. The Indians wrapped up the week with an 8-0 loss at home against Crestwood Friday, June 29.
The Waukon softball team wrapped up its regular season schedule this past week with book-end victories, winning three of seven games in a very busy final week of 2018 regulation play. That week started with a 7-4 Indian victory at home over Decorah Monday, June 25 in a game postponed from the second half of a June 20 doubleheader before the Tribe fell in back-to-back Northeast Iowa Conference doubleheaders by scores of 15-3 and 11-4 at home against New Hampton Tuesday, June 26 and 2-1 and 10-0 in six innings at Class 3A 14th-rated Crestwood Thursday, June 28. The softball Tribe wrapped up its busy week and regular season with a doubleheader sweep at Oelwein Friday, June 29, winning by scores of 12-10 and 5-4 in eight innings.
The Kee softball team reigns supreme over the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) for the fifth consecutive year, closing out its 2018 season with three final doubleheader sweeps this past week to claim its third consecutive undefeated UIC crown and extend its current league win streak to 60 consecutive games dating back to a lone Upper Iowa Conference loss to North Fayette Valley during the 2015 season. This season’s unblemished UIC mark of 16-0 continued to be compiled in dominating fashion again this season, as the Kee girls outscored their league opponents by a combined 205-3 result but did not get a chance to face North Fayette Valley in UIC play this summer after an already postponed June 20 doubleheader was again called off due to weather this past Tuesday, June 26 and has no room to be made up due to postseason tournament play already getting underway this week.
Lilly Joyce Peterson, age 89, of Duluth, MN passed away Sunday July 1, 2018 at Grand Village in Grand Rapids, MN. Memorial Service was held Monday, July 9 at the temporary location of the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Duluth, MN. Rev. David Carlson officiated. Inurnment was in Park Hill Cemetery, Duluth, MN.
Lilly was born December 25, 1928 to Einar and Marie Lorentson in Waterville. She grew up and attended school in Waterville and while in high school, Lilly was a star high school basketball player and valedictorian. She attended St. Olaf College and the University of Minnesota-Duluth (UMD).
