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The Ferryville Tourism Council will be hosting the second program in its Chautauqua Summer Series Wednesday, July 12 in the Ferryville Community Center at 6:30 p.m. The featured presenter will be longtime Ferryville resident Larry Quamme, whose Norwegian heritage and family roots in Crawford County date back to 1870.

Quamme has taken a very active interest in the history of the Hauge Norwegian Lutheran Church on County B in rural Ferryville, WI. The Hauge movement began in Norway, and it was brought here by the immigrants who settled in southwest Wisconsin. Those who want to know more about how this happened, why it is no longer an active church, and find out information about the existing structure won’t want to miss Quamme’s presentation. Refreshments will be served as well, and everyone is welcome to attend.

A New Albin man was arrested Wednesday morning, June 28 in Winneshiek County on two counts of Class D Felony Possession of a Controlled Substance. A report from the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office states that Sheriff Deputies responded to a call from a male subject who stated he was walking on Sand Road outside of Ossian and was asking to be transported.

Upon arrival at the caller’s location, he was identified as Nathan Reinke, age 25 of New Albin, and it was determined that he already had an active arrest warrant out of Winneshiek County. Reinke was arrested and booked into the Winneshiek County Jail on a warrant for Violation Of Probation. He was also discovered to be in possession of a baggie of marijuana and a baggie of methamphetamine and was charged with two counts of Class D Felony Possession of Controlled Substance 3rd or Subsequent (Methamphetamine & Marijuana).
 

The regular season came to an end and postseason play began for the Kee baseball team this past week, all in victorious fashion as the Hawks wrapped up a runner-up team finish in the Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) standings and earned advancement down the Class 1A District Tournament trail with their five wins in six days. Those five Kee wins included a doubleheader sweep of North Fayette Valley at home Monday June 26 by scores of 10-0 in six innings and 9-2, two non-conference wins at the Riverfront Stadium home of the Waterloo Bucks Wednesday, June 28, 8-2 over Iowa Valley and 3-1 in eight innings over Green Mountain-Garwin, and a 6-1 victory over Turkey Vally in the opening round of Class 1A District Tournament play at Calmar Saturday, July 1.

The Kee softball team had its regular season, and ultimately its overall 2023 campaign, brought to a close this past week, playing five final games and having the last three of those end up shy of the win column. The Lady Hawks first took a step toward Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) contention with a sweep of two games at West Central Monday, June 26 by scores of 16-2 in four innings and 11-1 in five frames, but had their UIC title hopes derailed Wednesday, June 28 with a doubleheader loss at South Winneshiek, 3-2 and 8-5. Kee’s diamond dwellers kicked off postseason tournament play at home Friday, June 30 with the same West Central team they started this past week with, but did not experience the same result as earlier in the week, battling the Blue Devils through seven innings of scoreless softball before having their season ended by a 2-0 loss in eight frames.

The Waukon baseball team brought its regular season to a close this past week, playing three final games, all on the road. The Indians first wrapped up their Northeast Iowa Conference season with a doubleheader loss at Charles City by scores of 15-8 and 5-4 in 10 innings Monday, June 26 before bringing their overall regular season to a close with a 3-1 loss at MFL/MarMac in Monona Wednesday, June 28.

The Indians wrapped up their regular season with a 15-18 season record that includes a mark of 8-12 that placed them fifth in the final Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) team standings. They are next scheduled to begin Class 2A District Tournament play Wednesday, July 5 against MFL/MarMac at New Hampton.

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The Waukon softball team wrapped up its regular season this past week, playing four final games in four days. With three of those games being played against Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) foes, the Lady Indians opened the week with a doubleheader loss at Charles City by scores of 7-4 and 5-0 Tuesday, June 27 and ended the week with a 3-2 home loss to Waverly-Shell Rock Friday, June 30. In between that NEIC slide, the diamond Tribe recorded its lone win of the week, a 14-0 triumph in five innings at MFL/MarMac Wednesday, June 28.

The Lady Indians finished their regular season with a 15-14 season record that includes a 6-9 mark that placed them fourth in the final Northeast Iowa Conference (NEIC) standings. The Lady Indians are next scheduled to open their Class 3A Regional Tournament Thursday, July 6 at home against Crestwood.

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) Postville  Medical Clinic. The new clinic opened July 5, 2022, replacing the Postville Medical Clinic owned and operated by Dr. Thomas McMullan.    The clinic began with Michelle Crary, Nurse Practitioner, providing patient care full-time in the clinic with Dr. McMullan remaining on, two days per week.

Crary came to the Postville Clinic with over 10 years of nursing experience at both Gundersen Health and Mayo Clinic in LaCrosse, WI as well as Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. After just one year, a nurse midwife/nurse practitioner and mental health nurse practitioner have both joined the health care team as well.

Katy Maker, Nurse Midwife and Nurse Practitioner, visits the Postville Clinic every Wednesday to meet with expectant moms, delivering babies at Veterans Memorial Hospital when the time comes. She also sees patients as a nurse practitioner for all family practice cares.

Free sport physicals will be offered at the Veterans Memorial Hospital Clinic-Waukon for all junior high and high school students who need the physical for participating in school sporting events. These will be held at Veterans Memorial Hospital Waukon Clinic on the following dates and times:
• Wednesday, July 12: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, July 19: 5:30-8:30 p.m.

These clinics will include all necessary documentation, including a concussion screening, for participation in all school activities.  Physicals are scheduled in one-hour segments. The clinic staff will not be administering vaccines during this time. If vaccinations are needed for students, be sure to call the clinic at 563-568-5530 to schedule an appointment.

Veterans Memorial Hospital, together with Helping Services of Northeast Iowa, will be offering the ‘Baby and Me - The Basics’ class Tuesday, July 11, from 5-8 p.m. in the hospital’s Large Conference Room.

Helping Services’ Certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians, Barb Fjelstul and Rachel Weber, will teach the basics of how to correctly secure children in their car seat and getting the seat secured in the vehicle. Barb Fjelstul, also a breast-feeding educator, will guide participants through the challenges and rewards of breast-feeding and provide techniques to ensure the baby is getting the most benefit from nursing.

Rachel Stone, RN, is a labor and delivery nurse and will give expecting mothers education on breathing techniques and coping with pain during labor.  

Memorials were recently received by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation in memory of Nan Grangaard by Mary Ann Burke, Carl and Betty Christianson, Karen Ferring, Lee and Fran Gruenhaupt, Dr. David and Suzanne Hahn, Russ and Mary Jo Meyer, JoAnn Peake, Pat Pettingill, Dave and Gail Prestemon, Betty Troendle, Dave and Penny Wheeler, Dr. Bill Withers, Dave and Laurie Martin, and Jim and Jennifer Withers.

Memorials were also received in memory of Diane Moose by Dan and Traci Byrnes, Lollie Hirth, Lesa Moose, Dave and Gail Prestemon, John and Sheryl Prestemon, Chuck and Lois Votsmier, and Brad and Erin Berns.

In addition, memorials were also received in memory of Greg Lonning by Maury Mooney and Diane Regan; in memory of John “Jack” Hagensick by JoAnn Peake and Jim and Jill Kiesau; and in memory of Betty Opfer by Pat Pettingill, John and Sheryl Prestemon, Frank and Carol Sivesind, Chuck and Lois Votsmier, Dave and Laurie Martin and Grace Sorenson.