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Beverly Jane (Grosskoph) Thiele, 92, of Caledonia and Eitzen, MN found her peace May 10, 2023 at Gundersen Tweeten Care Center in Spring Grove, MN. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 18 at St. Luke’s Church in Eitzen, MN. Pastor Michael McCann will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The service will also be live streamed on https://www.facebook.com/michael.d.mccann.7?mibextid=LQQJ4d.

A visitation will be held from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 17 and also from 10 a.m. until the time of service Thursday, both at St. Luke’s Church.

Beverly was born January 13, 1931 at Grandview Hospital in La Crosse, WI to Walter and Elsie (Siedel) Grosskoph. She was baptized February 8, 1931 and confirmed March 25, 1945 at Mount Calvary Ev. Lutheran Church in La Crosse.

Doris Guese, 98, of Postville died Saturday, May 13, 2023 at Stoney Brook Village Assisted Living, West Union. Funeral Services were held Tuesday, May 16 at Salem United Church of Christ, Waukon. Burial followed at Bethlehem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Postville.

Doris Rose (Hager) Guese was born March 13, 1925 to Henry and Rose (Stock) Hager. She graduated from Waukon High School.

Trisha L. Jones, 57, of Harpers Ferry died Tuesday, May 9, 2023 from injuries sustained in a workplace accident at 3M in Prairie du Chien, WI. Memorial services were held Tuesday, May 16 at Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon with Pastor Rusty Phillips officiating. Burial was in Rossville Cemetery.

Trisha Louise Jones was born September 12, 1965 in Waukon, the daughter of Thomas Sr. and Velma (Merchant) Weipert. She was baptized in the Catholic church and attended Waukon High School.

When Trisha first met her husband, Howard, it was love at first sight. Together they had two sons, Ben and Levi, and finally married May 27, 1989 at Sweet Ridge Lutheran Church in McGregor, but were together 42 years in total.

Donald H. Ewing, 84, of Lansing died peacefully at his home in rural Lansing Thursday, May 4, 2023 with his loving wife by his side. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, June 3 from 2-5 p.m. at Shep’s Riverside Bar & Grill in Lansing. Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon is handling the arrangements.

Donald Harry Ewing was born March 17, 1939, the son of Harry and Charlene (Webster) Ewing. He was baptized and confirmed at Forrest Mills Methodist Church in rural Postville and graduated from Waukon High School in 1959.

July 11, 1959, he married Karen Kruger at Forrest Mills United Methodist Church; they had three children: Steven, Dawn and Deneen. They started out farming in Ludlow Township and then moved to Waterloo. Don worked for a Ford dealership where he did alignment on semi trucks and body work on cars, spending his free time working on stock cars and attending the races.

by Dwight Jones

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, designed to raise awareness and combat the stigma that often surrounds this medical condition. Discussing mental health and/or acknowledging you or someone you know may have a problem can be a difficult subject to talk about and even harder to understand.

In order to try to better recognize mental health issues, The Standard is running a five-part series throughout the month to look at how mental illness affects local families, law enforcement, social workers, etc.

Part One of the five-part series in last week’s edition of The Standard told the story of a 19-year-old local college student that suffers from severe anxiety and depression that has used medication and therapy to get well. Unfortunately, not all stories of those struggling with mental health have a happy ending.

by Julie Berg-Raymond

TJ Hunter’s Banquet Hall will host the Lansing premiere of “SHIFT: The RAGBRAI Documentary” this Thursday, May 11 at 7 p.m. The event includes a purple carpet event; drinks and complimentary movie food; a silent auction supporting 10 local non-profits, the Eastern Allamakee School District (EACS), and other organizations; and a Q&A session with the filmmakers and film participants. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online at Lansingiowa.com.

Directed by Kelsey Kremer and Courtney Crowder and starring Dayna Chandler, Torie Giffin, Daniel Giffin, Adam Lineberry, Liam Lineberry and Lansing’s own Andrew Boddicker and Ian Zahren, the film’s running time is 57 minutes.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation this past week for Allamakee County in response to flooding that began April 24 along the Mississippi River. The governor’s proclamation activated the Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program (IIAGP) and the Iowa Disaster Case Management (IDCM) Program.

The Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program (IIAGP) may provide up to $5,000 of assistance, reimbursement and/or vendor voucher, for covered items to households with income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. Households may be eligible for home or car repairs, replacement of clothing or food, and repair or replacement of personal items damaged by the flood event.

Applications can be made through the local Northeast Iowa Community Action office and must be received within 45 days from the date of the proclamation. The final day to apply for the assistance is June 12 of this year.

This Friday, May 12, the original members of four local bands will be reuniting as “Bandmates, Brothers and Friends” from 6-10 p.m. at Goodfella’s in downtown Waukon. This benefit event features a reunion of 11 musicians from the local bands Rising Sun, Horizon, Jackson Junction and Deep River, sharing songs from the 1950s through the 1990s, both country and rock.

These four bands played all across the Midwest, but most often locally at the Waukon Opera House and the Drawing Board, Old Rossville Store, Dreamland Ballroom in Postville, Decorah’s Knob Hill and Matter’s Ballroom, and the Burr Oak Dance Hall.

The Allamakee County Pioneer Cemetery Commission is hosting an open house at the Freedom Bank lower level in Waukon Tuesday, May 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A short presentation will begin at 1 p.m. but those interested can stop in anytime for a cup of coffee.

Someone will be present to answer questions all day about the Commission. Anyone who cannot attend and has questions or information to share is asked to contact Commission member Marcia Rush at 563-880-3014.

On display at the May 16 open house will be pictures of work already done; copies of old cemetery plat maps; items and ideas to use to clean and preserve tombstones - and what not to use; as well as a map of Allamakee County with all the cemeteries.

by Joe Moses

The Allamakee County Board of Supervisors met in regular session Monday, May 8 to address a full agenda of matters including the consideration of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, the Public Hearing for the Fiscal-Year 2023 (FY23) Allamakee County Budget Amendment and the Liquor License Renewal for Empty Nest Winery.

The meeting was called to order by Board of Supervisors Chairperson Dan Byrnes with Supervisors Dennis Keatley and Mark Reiser in attendance. There was no Public Comment during the time allotted for that agenda item.