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Authorities have confirmed a Lansing man has died in a crash following the washout of a portion of the highway between De Soto, WI and Lansing, just east of the Black Hawk Bridge Tuesday morning, May 30. James Walleser, age 59, of Lansing has been confirmed as the victim of the crash that took place as a result of the washout of the highway. In a report by WXOW television station out of La Crosse, WI, Crawford County, WI Sheriff Dale McCullick explained that a driver witnessed the washout when another driver ahead of them, Walleser, drove toward what is locally know as Henderson Bridge over Henderson Slough on Wisconsin Highway 82 and disappeared into the washout crater around 4:22 a.m. Authorities recovered the body of the victim inside the vehicle around 8:30 a.m. along Highway 82, approximately four hours after the initial incident.

Peter William Bieber, Jr. of Waukon died Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, at age 81. A Celebration of Life will be held Wednesday, May 31 at the Allamakee County Fairgrounds Pavilion in Waukon. The ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. with Chris Leppert officiating, followed by meal and music/reception. The committal service is at Oakland Cemetery in Waukon.

Peter was born July 29, 1935 in Waukon, the son of Peter Sr. and Luella (Leppert) Bieber. He was baptized and confirmed in his faith of our Lord and Savior. He graduated from Waukon High School with the Class of 1952.

Peter was united in marriage to Lillian Kvamme November 7, 1954 at First Lutheran Church, Decorah. This union was blessed with six children: Susan Eileen, Daniel Peter, Thomas William, Judith Lillian, Charles Joseph and Mary Rachel.

National EMS Week honors the lifesaving care EMS providers offer nationwide, 24-hours a day, seven days a week

The area ambulance services who commonly arrive with patients at Veterans Memorial Hospital (listed in alphabetic order) includes the Caledonia Ambulance, Harpers Ferry Rescue Squad, Lansing Ambulance Service, Monona Ambulance Service, New Albin Fire, Postville Ambulance Service, Waterville Rescue Squad, all in addition to the Waukon Veterans Memorial Hospital service.

Parents can do more to ensure that accidents don’t become a part of their children’s childhood memories.  One way to start is by having their six- to 14-year-old children attend the Veterans Memorial Hospital Safety Day Camp.  This camp will be held Thursday, June 8 at the Allamakee Fairgrounds from 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The day camp is designed to increase children’s awareness of a wide variety of safety and farm hazards, as well as providing them with hands-on, first aid training to help themselves or someone else survive an accident should one occur.
Individual topics covered at this year’s safety camp will include the following:

The next LifeServe Blood Center blood drive will be held Monday, June 12 from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in south Waukon. The LifeServe Blood Center supplies Veterans Memorial Hospital with its blood and blood products.

Memorials were recently received by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation in memory of Kenneth Fahey by Dave and Rita Newton, in memory of Mona Shelton by Jerry and Marilyn Troendle, and in memory of Olive Grinna by Rich and Carol Kendall and Gary and Carol Bahr.

Memorials were also received in memory of Jim Moose by Lesa Moose, in memory of Larry Johnson by Rick and Cathy Larson, in memory of John Harkins by Dan and Traci Byrnes and in memory of Helen Storbeck by Brad and Erin Berns.

Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation is a 501C3 organization. All donations to the Foundation are tax deductible. Memorials and donations can be sent to 40 First Street SE, Waukon, IA  52172.
 

Veterans Memorial Hospital in cooperation with the American Heart Association is offering a course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for lay people (those not working in healthcare), which includes child care providers, Monday, June 12 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The CPR class, which will cover adult, child and infant CPR, will be held in the Large Conference Room located on the lower level of the hospital. The cost of the class, for certification or recertification, is the same. The card received with the course does certify attendants in CPR for two years.

CPR is administered when someone’s breathing, pulse, or both, stop. When both of them stop, the victim has suffered sudden death, which can be caused by poisoning, drowning, choking, suffocation, electrocution, smoke inhalation, or the most common cause, heart attack.

Stacy Lynn Winters and Seth Patrick Yager of Genoa, WI announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. They will be exchanging vows June 10, 2017 in rural Westby, WI.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Les and JoAnn Winters of Waukon. She is the granddaughter of Don and the late Shirley Schwartzhoff and Wes and the late Evelyn Winters. She is a 2000 graduate of Waukon Senior High School and is employed by Little Minds Daycare in Onalaska, WI.

The groom-elect is the son of Patty Schauf-Yager and Todd and Leslie Yager of Prairie du Chien, WI. He is the grandson of Matt and Irene Schauf and the late Bill and Mary Yager. He is a 2004 graduate of Prairie du Chien High School and is employed by Kwik Trip Distribution Center in Onalaska, WI.
 

Cliff and Charlotte (Hansmeier) Christianson of Waukon are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married June 4, 1957 at Salem Reformed Church in Ludlow.

They have two children, Gary Christianson of Maple Wood, MN and Tammy Belverud of Decorah. They also have eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and one step-great-granddaughter.

In honor of the occasion, cards may be sent to 603 First Street NE, Waukon, IA 52172. The couple requests no gifts.
 

Sarah Welsh of Waukon will be celebrating her 85th birthday June 1.

In honor of the occasion, cards and well wishes can be sent to: Northgate Care Center, 960 Fourth Street NW, Waukon, IA 52172.