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James Kerndt, President and CEO of Kerndt Brothers Bank headquartered in Lansing, recently announced the following promotions into leadership roles at the bank’s Lansing location:

Rebecca Seitz, Manager of Operations working in the Lansing location of Kerndt Brothers Bank, has been promoted to Senior Vice President. After 20 years with Kerndt Brothers Bank, Seitz states, “Banking’s endless opportunities is what makes it such a rewarding career”. An avid supporter of her daughters’ high school sports, Seitz also enjoys spending time on the river.

by Alexis Johnson

The regular meeting of the Lansing City Council was held Monday, August 3. Discussion at the meeting centered around the consent agenda, a Main Street Lansing update and the Streets report.

The consent agenda consisted of council meeting minutes from July 30 and payment of claims. A motion was made and seconded with minimal discussion to approve the consent agenda.

Main Street Lansing Executive Director Andy Kelleher provided the council with an update on recent efforts, noting that when the COVID-19 pandemic started he searched for grants and any other means of aid for local businesses while also pushing for residents and visitors to support local businesses as much as they possibly could. Main Street Lansing will be hosting a sidewalk sale involving local businesses in downtown Lansing August 21 and 22.

ITC Midwest will be conducting aerial patrols of high-voltage transmission structures and lines throughout its service territory from approximately August 4-17, weather permitting. Helicopter patrols provide an overall status of the overhead transmission system owned and operated by ITC Midwest.

The aerial inspections will cover the company’s lines in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. The flights will be conducted in the Independence, Mason City and Lansing areas in Iowa, as well as the Adams, Fairmont, Harmony, Jackson, Luverne, Sherburn and Winnebago, MN areas. Counties in the aerial patrol areas include Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Dickinson, Fayette, Franklin, Hancock, Howard, Kossuth, Mitchell, Osceola, Winnebago and Worth in Iowa as well as Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Jackson, Martin, Mower, Nobles and Rock in Minnesota.

The Iowa Association of Community College Trustees (IACCT) has honored a Northeast Iowa Community College (NICC) faculty member and an administrator with awards for excellence.

Carla Heathcote, a Graphic Design instructor at NICC, received the 2020 Outstanding Faculty Award. Kyle Collins, associate dean of Instructional Design and Innovation at NICC, received the 2020 IACCT Outstanding Administrator Award.

IACCT recognized Heathcote for excellence in teaching, innovation in programming and advancement of community college education. As an instructor, Heathcote created “NICC Creates!” a student-run design cooperative that provides design and marketing services to NICC students and non-profit organizations. The cooperative recently partnered with a local innovation center, Creative Adventure Lab, and the University of Iowa’s Venture School to assist with the creation of the visual communications for new entrepreneur-students participating in the class.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Allamakee County will be offering Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) trainings in its office located at 218 Seventh Avenue SE Suite #102 in Waukon.

Due to COVID-19 distancing regulations, applicators must preregister. No walk-ins will be accepted. The registration fee may be paid the day of the training. The course will fulfill 2019-2020 applicator recertification requirements for private pesticide applicators.

The training dates will be August 31 and September 28. The two-hour long training times will be 1-3 p.m.

To obtain additional information about the CIC, contact the Allamakee County Extension Office at 563-568-6345.
 

The Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) - Beyond BOW program is offering three virtual seminars focusing on fly fishing. While the seminars are geared towards women, they are open to any adult who would like to attend. Participants may choose to take part in any or all of the following seminars, all of which are offered through Zoom web-conferencing software:

The Waukon High School and Middle School football coaching staffs are planning to host the 2020 Waukon Indian Middle School Football Camp August 11-13. The camp, run by the Waukon football coaching staffs with help from high school players, is a non-contact camp aimed at teaching the fundamentals of offensive and defensive play for the Waukon football program.

The camp is planned to be held as scheduled “pending guidance and prior approval” taking into consideration the current COVID-19 situation, so parents and student-athletes should be attentive for further updates. Those updates will be communicated through the school district website and the middle school football website (both listed below), social media, as well as the newspaper if time permits.

Like all Iowa high schools this summer, the 2020 Kee baseball season was also impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, having this recently completed season shortened to just over a month’s time from the June 1 initial practice allowed to postseason play beginning in mid-July. Not only did the virus trim what was planned to be a 40-game schedule to just under half that total, but it also took away some crucial pre-season preparation the Hawks rely on, especially with this year’s squad featuring just one senior, two juniors and 10 sophomores, with as many as seven of those youngest players in the Hawk line-up at one time throughout the season.

Dorothy E. Wandling, 90, of Waukon died Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. A private family graveside service was held at Oakland Cemetery in Waukon with Pastor Bryan Robertson officiating. Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon handled arrangements.

In lieu of flowers and gifts, memorials can be directed to St. John’s Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 403, Waukon, IA, 52172, where she had been an active member for 60 years.

Dorothy E. Danker Wandling was born August 6, 1929 in Poweshiek County, near Belle Plaine, the daughter of Bernard and Helene (Heitmann) Danker. She attended country school and Lutheran parochial school. In April 1943, Dorothy was confirmed. She graduated from Keystone High School in May of 1947.

February 22, 1948, Dorothy married Roy Wandling, son of Ruth and Albert Wandling, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Keystone. In 1960, they moved to Waukon, where she worked at the Ben Franklin store, Regan’s Pharmacy and Hartig Drug.

Keith LeRoy Roffman, 81, of Postville died July 26, 2020 at Northgate Care Center in Waukon. A private family burial will be held at a later date.

In lieu of memorials and flowers, the family requests donations be sent to Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Cards and condolences can be sent to Dorothy Roffman, 885 Smithfield Drive, Postville, IA 52162.

Keith was born October 30, 1938 in Postville. He was raised on the family farm in Franklin Township, the third of four sons of the late Otto James Roffman and the late Cecilia L. (Regan) Roffman.

Keith attended Rural Evergreen Country School from Kindergarten until eighth grade. He graduated in 1956 from Postville High School and later enlisted in the United States Army Reserves, serving six-and-a-half years. After his service he farmed with his parents.

In 1965, he married Ronna Hubbartt and adopted her two girls, Brenda and Shelley. Brian Keith was born to this union. They later divorced.