Kee High School’s Post Prom event was held Sunday, April 23 from midnight until 4 a.m. Guests played board games, Bingo and other challenging and fun activities. Plastic eggs were hidden around the building for guests to find and redeem for prizes, and refreshments were enjoyed by everyone attending.
Special entertainment was provided by hypnotist Mike Winters from Wand Entertainment, who also did several magic tricks before his performance. Guests were given tickets to enter for prize package drawings and everyone won a prize according to their number assigned at registration. Before leaving, each guest drew a numbered chip to win the corresponding prize.
After a public hearing during its regular meeting Monday, April 17, the Lansing City Council approved the budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. No written or verbal comments were made to City Hall. The council also scheduled a special meeting for Monday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. in Lansing City Hall, to discuss the possibility of hiring a city manager. The meeting is open to the public.
Lupita Solis, bilingual advocate with Riverview Center in Decorah, presented the council with a Proclamation for the month of April 2023 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. After Mayor Melissa Hammell read aloud the proclamation, it was approved by the council. The proclamation reads as follows:
The annual P.E.O. reception for girls from the graduating class at Waukon High School was held Monday, April 24 at Zion United Church of Christ in Waukon, marking the 60th anniversary of the event. The evening began with refreshments served. After a welcome by president Loretta Schafer, introductions by members and guests were made. Amy Elizabeth Youngstrom presented the program on “Empower and Encourage.” The girls then shared memories from their high school years. Submitted photo.
Alaina Gebel, a graduating senior at Waukon High School and the daughter of Nate and Tami Gebel of rural Lansing, has been named one of 628 semifinalists in the 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The semifinalists were selected from over 5,000 candidates expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2023.
Gebel is a semifinalist for U.S. Presidential Scholar in Career and Technical Education. She is one of eight students from the state of Iowa to advance among this year’s overall semifinalists and one of two semifinalists from the state of Iowa in the program’s Career and Technical Education component. Another northeast Iowa student, Justin Berlage from Decorah High School, is also a semifinalist this year.
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Chipping away ... Waukon boys golf senior Cody Huinker chips a shot toward the green in the Indians’ 162-176 home victory over Charles City Tuesday, April 25. Huinker turned in a round of 41 to help the golf Tribe to the win. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.
The Waukon boys golf team played through one of its busiest weeks of the season, playing three different dates and coming within just three strokes of recording an undefeated week. The Tribe linksters opened the week with a 162-176 victory over Charles City Tuesday, April 25 before edging out a 173-175 triumph at South Winneshiek Thursday, April 27.
The Indians’ lone blemish against four opponents this week came by just three strokes in a Friday, April 28 home triangular, as their 158 strokes in that event fell just a bit shy of visiting New Hampton’s 155 strokes but came in well ahead of the 188 strokes tallied by a Caledonia, MN squad also competing in the final home event for the Tribe of this 2023 spring season.
New high jump school record ... Waukon girls track junior Cameron Johnson clears the high jump bar on her way to a new school record at the track Tribe’s own Indian Relays Tuesday, April 25. Johnson jumped 5’4” to finish with the same final height as New Hampton senior and University of Iowa recruit Carlee Rochford but finished second in the event on number of previous misses criteria. However, that 5’4” height gives Johnson the new school record in the event, as she had cleared 5’3-1/2” a few days earlier to tie that previous school record that had originally been set by 1977 Waukon High School graduate Renee (Weymiller) Van Horn during her senior season. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.
The Waukon girls track team got both of its scheduled meets in this past week, with those meet results getting better as the week wore on. The lady track Tribe finished fifth at its own Indian Relays Tuesday, April 25 before zooming to the top of the MFL/MarMac Invitational field in Monona Thursday, April 27.
The Lady Indians were next scheduled to compete at Edgewood-Colesburg Monday, May 1 before competing in the Northeast Iowa Conference Track Meet in New Hampton Thursday, May 4. The Waukon girls will then prepare for their Class 2A State Qualifying scheduled for Thursday, May 11 at Monticello.
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The Kee girls track team competed in a pair of meets this past week at the homes of fellow Upper Iowa Conference squads. The Lady Hawks finished second at the Clayton Ridge Co-Ed Invitational held at the Stephen D. Shannon Athletic Complex in Guttenberg Tuesday, April 25 before claiming fourth place as a team at the MFL/MarMac Invitational held in Monona Thursday, April 27.
The Hawk track girls were next scheduled to travel to Edgewood-Colesburg Monday, May 1 for a final regular season invitational meet before venturing back to Clayton Ridge Thursday, May 4 for the Upper Iowa Conference Meet. The Lady Hawks will then return to Edgewood-Colesburg for their Class 1A State Qualifying Meet Thursday, May 11.
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Elaine E. Knuppe, 76, of Waukon died Monday, May 1, 2023 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon surrounded by her family. Funeral services were held Friday, May 5 at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran Church in rural Waukon with Pastor Ken Kimball officiating and burial was in the church cemetery.
Elaine Esther Knuppe was born September 28, 1946 in Waukon, the daughter of Emil and Bernita Ruth (Kloke) Hanson. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon and graduated from Waukon High School in 1964. January 9, 1965, Elaine married Edward Charles Knuppe at St. John’s and they farmed together in Paint Creek Township.
“Family Wellness Fair” to return May 10 to Veterans Memorial Hospital ... The annual “Family Wellness Fair” will be held Wednesday, May 10 from 3:30-6 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. This year the event returns to a full-size event with many new exhibits, including ‘Be the Match’ bone marrow sampling. A blood stem cell donation can be a cure for blood cancer, sickle cell, and other deadly diseases and events like this help to match donors to those in need. Gundersen Medical Clinic will also be hosting a ‘Teddy Bear Clinic’ that evening. Pictured above and below are scenes from last year’s event. All visitors are asked to enter the fair through the main entrance of the VMH Medical Clinic proceeding through the clinic and hospital facility, the newly remodeled Gundersen Medical Clinic building, then exiting out the main entrance of the hospital. This year, masks will not be required. Everyone in the area communities is welcome to attend this free event. Submitted photos.
The annual “Family Wellness Fair” will be held Wednesday, May 10 from 3:30-6 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) in Waukon. Health and wellness testing, exhibits, activities and refreshments will all be providing a complete evening of entertainment and education for families of all ages. This year, masks will not be required and the fair will be back to a full-size event with refreshments and taste testing. Everyone in the area communities is welcome to attend this free event.
