Free sports physicals will be offered at the Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH)Clinic-Waukon in July for all junior high and high school students who need the physical for participating in school sporting events. These physical exams will be held at the Veterans Memorial Hospital Waukon Clinic on the following dates and times:
• Wednesday, July 8 5:30-8:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, July 22 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 1-hour segments. The clinic staff will not be administering vaccines during this time. If those are needed for students, feel free to call the clinic at 563-568-5530 to schedule an appointment.
The local Grief Support Group will again be holding their monthly meeting at Veterans Memorial Hospital on Thursday, July 2, from 5-6 pm in the Meditation Healing Center, located just inside the main entrance of the hospital.
Nancy Haberichter will be facilitating the meeting.
This informal meeting is open to anyone suffering from any type of loss whether it be death, divorce, illness or some other grief.
Please feel free to attend and bring a friend. This grief support will continue meeting the first Thursday of each month at Veterans Memorial Hospital.
This July, celebrate freedom by giving someone more time - every 2 seconds, someone in the US needs blood or platelets. The next LifeServe Blood Center blood drive will be held Monday, July 6, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the First Baptist Church located in south Waukon. The need for blood doesn’t take a summer vacation. Donations often become harder to maintain when regular routines shift during busy travel months. This July, keep hospital shelves celebration-ready.
During the summer, people become more active, have busier schedules, spend more time outdoors and take vacations. While donations decline, hospitals see an increase in the need for blood. More driving can mean more automobile accidents. A person who has suffered severe injuries from an automobile accident can need up to 50 units of blood.
Jane Fransen of Waukon will be celebrating her 100th birthday Saturday, July 11 from 1-3 p.m. at Lid’s Bar and Grill’s Ceili House, located at 1350 9th Street SW, Waukon.
If unable to attend, cards and well wishes may be sent to 20 3rd Avenue SW, Waukon, IA 52172.
Lester and Waneta Yoder of rural Waukon announce the birth of their daughter, Rose Anna Yoder, born June 17, 2026 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 7 lbs. 15 ozs. and measured 19-1/2 inches in length at the time of her birth.
Grandparents are Alvin and Betty Yoder and Joe and Orpha Hochstetler.
Ethan and Charity Bogan of West Union announce the birth of their son, David Emmett Bogan, born June 17, 2026 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. He weighed 8 lbs. 4 ozs. and measured 21-1/2 inches in length at the time of his birth. He joins a sister, Elliana Bogan (2).
Grandparents are Eric and Arlene Murrell of Boise, ID and Roy and Kathleen Bogan of Decatur, IL. Great-grandparents are Gloria Nilo of Boise, ID and Bob and Joan Bogan of Hugoton, KS.
Veterans Memorial Hospital Administrator Michael Coyle resigned from his position Tuesday, June 23, effective immediately. The hospital’s board of trustees and leadership team have implemented a transition plan to ensure continuity of operations and patient care.
“Our priority remains the delivery of safe, high-quality care to our patients and community,” states Dennis Lyons, Board of Trustees Chairman. “We have a strong leadership team, dedicated medical providers, and talented, hardworking, capable employees who remain focused on our mission of delivering high quality, compassionate care. We are confident in the hospital’s continued success and stability during this transition.”
This Saturday, July 4, the Allamakee County Veterans Museum at 105 Allamakee Street in Waukon will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is no admission charge. The public is welcome to visit for tours, and the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Auxiliary will be providing cookies and beverages for the Fourth of July event.
The Veterans Museum honors the service and sacrifice of Allamakee County veterans who have served the United States in uniform throughout the years.
Guided tours will be given of exhibits from the Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and all post 9-11 conflicts. Patriotic music from all eras will be played.
All local veteran videos in the museum library will be available for presentation on request. Donations of additional pictures to the Veteran Honor Walls will be welcome.
Midwest Veterans of America will be hosting an America 250 event Saturday, July 4 at the Waukon City Park to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. All area Veterans and their family and friends are invited to a cookout at the Sweeney Shelter near the Freedom Rock in the Waukon City Park, beginning at 11 a.m.
Those attending are asked to bring a salad or a dessert to pass, all other items for the cookout event will be provided. There will also be a live auction with proceeds from that auction being donated to Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. The musical anthem for each branch of the U.S. military will be played as all Veterans will be honored for their service.
Lunchtime meals served each weekday in July, donations welcome to help sustain the program
Waukon churches and community members have banded together once again this July to bring hot lunches to area children, ages 18 and under. In 2025, its third year, the Feed the Kids (FTK) program served 2,849 lunches and distributed 2,383 breakfast bags in the 23 days of the program. This was an increase of 874 meals from 2024. The number of days to serve will again be 23 this year, and the lunch menu for each of those days can be found accompanying this article at right.
The Allamakee Community School District (ACSD) provides a summer feeding program to local children ages 18 and under during the months of June and August, but there is nothing in place for July. Community members felt there were still “food insecure” children who needed to eat all summer long and the program got started based on that premise.
