The local Grief Support Group will not be meeting at Veterans Memorial Hospital until after the first of the year, 2020. When the January date is set, notice of the next meeting will be published.
Memorials were recently received by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation in memory of Maggie Kruse by Chuck and Lois Votsmier, Jerry and Linda Siegrist, Bob and Linda Thompson, Hilmen Christianson and Butch and Lois Fossum.
Donations were also made to the Foundation in honor of Dr. Chelsea McMillan by Pat and Kathy McMillan, Don and DiAnne Haler, Richard and Liz Seibert, Dave and Sandy Lyons and Russ and Mary Jo Meyer.
Memorials and donations are appreciated by the Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation. The Foundation is a 501C3 organization. All donations to the Foundation are tax deductible. Memorials and donations can be sent to 40 First Street SE, Waukon, IA 52172.
Leeta and Scott Votsmier of Waukon announce the birth of their daughter, Henley Leann Votsmier, born September 16, 2019 at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. She weighed 5 lbs. 6 ozs. and measured 19 inches in length at the time of her birth.
Grandparents are Dan and Jane Sivesind and Chuck and Lois Votsmier, all of Waukon. Great-grandparents are Frank and Carol Sivesind of Waukon.
Winter Manning and Randy Merten II of Lansing announce the birth of their daughter, Sabrina Rose Merten, born October 11, 2019 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 7 lbs. and measured 21-1/4 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins sisters, Claire (3) and Sophia (2).
Grandparents are Andrea Mueller of Lansing, Sylviane Teter and Daniel Manning of Prairie du Chien, WI and Tammy Merten of Sierra Vista, AZ. Great-grandparents are Carmen Lee of Lansing, George and Laurie Manning of Lansing and Patty and Gene Burroughs of Dorchester.
Jamie and Alyssa Lier of Waukon announce the birth of their daughter, MaKenna Joanne Lier, born October 16, 2019 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. and measured 19-1/2 inches in length at the time of her birth. She joins sisters, Aria (6) and Kynlee (1).
Grandparents are Mark and Mary Verthein of Waukon and Randy and the late Joanne Lier of Waterville. Great-grandparents are Wilma Verthein of Waukon and Theresa Helgeson of Freeport.
by Jeremy Leitz, Allamakee County Executive Director (563) 568-2148
Upcoming Deadlines/Dates
November 11: Closed in Observance of Veterans Day
December 6: Market Facilitation Program
December 11: ARC/PLC Decision Meeting
December 13: Dairy Margin Coverage Program for 2020
Dairy Margin Coverage Program (DMC)
Sign up for 2020 coverage runs from October 7 – December 13, 2019. Every operation that will participate in 2020 needs to stop in and sign a new application that certifies you are still marketing milk, including those producers who locked in for 5 years (even though you can’t change your coverage levels).
The Allamakee County Food Shelf is a non-profit 501[c]3 organization. We are located at the west edge of Waukon for our community residents. Volunteers man the food shelf to stock shelves and help clients select food items.
Anyone who needs help, and everyone needs help sometime, can get help from us. We are open Thursdays 9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Volunteer opportunities are always available. We have a wealth of community support both in donations and volunteers. We appreciate this year’s garden produce and all that you do.
I would like to bring your attention to one of the public measures coming up on the November 5, 2019 election ballot.
This item is a proposed tax of 7% to overnight visitors who pay for lodging outside of the city limits but within Allamakee County. If this public measures passes, it will be effective July 1, 2020.
Just so you know, an overnight visitor who pays for lodging within the city limits of Waukon or Lansing currently pays a 7% hotel/motel sales tax. As of right now, if this overnight visitor paid for lodging outside of the Waukon or Lansing city limits, he/she would not pay a hotel/motel sales tax.
A locally imposed hotel/motel tax ranges from 1% to 7%. The majority are collecting the maximum of 7%. A hotel/motel excise tax of 5% is currently collected and paid to the State whether the property is within the city limits or outside of the city limits.
I’ve been hearing reports from around town that people have been receiving calls from someone claiming to be Google, offering to verify their Google Business listings for a hefty fee. So, I thought I’d clear this up.
First off, claiming and managing Google My Business listings is completely free. Google crowdsources much of its data, and it wants to have the most up-to-date and current information around. They are never going to charge you for a listing, because you are the one providing a service to them.
Full honesty, I hadn’t gotten around to verifying our Main Street Lansing listing, but I just did that before crafting this text. It took less than a minute. The process for me was this:
The gap between rural and urban Iowa continues to widen as population, earnings and net farm income are declining in several rural areas. Unfortunately, an unintended consequence of federal tax law changes now threatens to impose an additional financial burden on rural communities.
Under the new tax law, electric cooperatives that receive federal, state or local government grants are at risk of losing their tax-exempt status. This undermines a successful business model that has served America’s rural communities well for decades. It doesn’t matter what the grant is for - storm recovery, broadband deployment or economic development. If grant funding causes a co-op’s non-member income to exceed 15 percent, its tax-exempt status is gone.
