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The Kee baseball team played a half dozen games this past week and ended up winning four of those six contests. The Hawks split a pair of Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) games at home with Clayton Ridge Monday, June 1, winning by an 11-10 final result before falling by a 12-1 count in the nightcap. Kee then defeated MFL/MarMac at home Wednesday, June 3 by a 7-1 final result and claimed a 15-0 mercy-rule win over Postville Thursday, June 4 before splitting another pair of games at the Madrid Invitational Tournament, falling to eventual tournament champion Estherville Lincoln Central, 8-1, in the opening round before winning the tournament’s consolation championship with a 21-0 triumph over Des Moines North.

The Kee softball team played through a busy week of eight games this past week, putting five of those contests in the win column. That fuller schedule started with a sweep of two games at West Central Monday, June 1 by scores of 13-4 and 14-3, both in mercy-rule endings of five innings each. They then began splitting the rest of their week’s results, including a home doubleheader with Crestwood Wednesday, June 3 with an 8-7 loss in eight innings and a 6-3 victory. Four games played over two days at the North Fayette Valley Tournament Friday and Saturday, June 5 and 6 also ended up in a split result both days, including a 12-2 loss to Oelwein followed by a 7-2 win over Maquoketa in Friday’s action, and then a 10-8 win over Independence followed by an 11-3 loss to Dyersville Beckman in a pair of Saturday games.

Mother Nature was the only one the Waukon baseball team couldn’t finish in front of this past week, as the Indians won three games they were able to complete early in the week but had their final two games of the week claimed by weather, including a Thursday, June 4 home game with New Hampton that was suspended in the fourth inning and is scheduled to be completed June 23, beginning at 5 p.m. The Tribe’s Friday, June 5 non-conference date at Cascade was also postponed due to wet field conditions, with a make-up date yet to be determined at this point.

The three games the diamond Tribe was able to complete all ended up in the win column in fairly convincing fashion against Upper Iowa Conference opponents. The Indians first swept a road doubleheader at Crestwood Monday, June 1 by scores of 12-1 in five innings and 19-3, before picking up another road victory at Turkey Valley Wednesday, June 3 by a 13-4 final result.

The Waukon softball team played through six games this past week, putting one of those games in the win column. The diamond Tribe dropped a pair of games at South Winneshiek Monday, June 1 by scores of 9-0 and 8-5 before splitting two games at West Central Wednesday, June 3, falling in game one by a 7-4 result before winning the nightcap, 3-1. The week wrapped up with two losses Saturday, June 6 at the North Fayette Valley Tournament, with the Waukon girls first falling to Boyer Valley by a 5-2 result before also coming up a bit shy against Waverly-Shell Rock, 4-0.

Rose R. Zoll, 98, of New Albin peacefully passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at Thornton Manor in Lansing. Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 11 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in New Albin with Fr. Joseph Sevcik officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery. Friends may greet the family from 9 a.m. until the time of services Thursday at church.

Condolences may be sent to the Zoll family at 1519 Pine Tree Drive, New Albin, IA 52160. Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home in Lansing is assisting the family with arrangements.

Rose Rita Hammel Zoll was born June 30, 1927, in the farm home of her parents Louis and Mary (Thimmesch) Hammel. She was baptized, confirmed, and married at St. Joseph Catholic Church in New Albin.

Rose had six siblings and growing up on her father’s farm during the Great Depression was challenging at times. They had crops to harvest and livestock to feed and she helped her grandfather with his bee hives and apple orchard.

Fern and Al Rissman of Waukon will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this Sunday, June 7 from 2-4 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Room in Waukon. Their family extends an invitation to celebrate the couple’s anniversary with them.

For those not able to attend, cards and well wishes may be sent to 706 5th Avenue SW, Waukon, IA 52172. No gifts are requested.

Carl and Joyce Thornton of Waukon are both celebrating birthdays this month. Carl will be 91 years old June 2 and Joyce will be 90 years old June 7.

In honor of the occasion, cards and well wishes may be sent to 629 Bear Hollow Road, Waukon, IA 52172.
 

Gordon P. Anderson and Karen L. (Dahlstrom) Anderson are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary. The couple married June 11, 1961 at Center Baptist Church in Lansing. Friends, family and acquaintances are invited to the couple’s anniversary celebration at the Waukon Wellness Center, 1220 3rd Avenue NW, Saturday, June 13 from 2-5 p.m. The celebration will be hosted by Dave Sr., Christine, Terry, Sue, Chad, Denise and Rebecca.

For those not attending the celebration in Waukon, cards and well wishes may be sent to 1408 Drake Road, Waterville, IA 52170.

The Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation’s 33rd Annual Benefit Golf Tournament will be held Monday, June 22, at the Waukon Golf and Country Club beginning with a shotgun start at 9:30 a.m. Teams of three will play 18 holes of golf. Breakfast rolls, lunch, dinner and prizes for everyone will all be provided for the donation of $100 per person or $300 per team.

This is the 33rd annual golf tournament the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation has sponsored. All those interested are asked to pre-register their team by calling the Waukon Golf and Country Club at 563-568-9939. 

The Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation is a volunteer board who raise funds to help promote health care in the area communities served by Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH).

The members of the Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) will be holding their fourth annual garage sale in the FreedomBank Community Room in Waukon in conjunction with the Waukon City-Wide Garage Sales. The Auxiliary garage sale will be open Wednesday, June 3, from 1-6 p.m., continuing Thursday, June 4, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will conclude Friday, June 5 including hours from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

This Auxiliary garage sale will feature clean, usable household items in good working condition.  No clothing, shoes or electronics will be offered. Most all items will be offered for a free-will donation.