Richard “Dick” J. Christianson, 80, of Waterville died Friday, June 12, 2026, at his home in Waterville. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon is handling the arrangements.
Richard “Dick” Joseph Christianson was born September 15, 1945, in Waterville, the son of Edwin and Loretta (Weipert) Christianson. He attended Waterville School and graduated from Waukon High School.
Dick joined the U.S. Navy and attended various engineering schools. He spent the first year and a half aboard the same ship with his brother Carl, operating in the Far East. Dick served a total of seven years in the Navy including combat duty on Swift Boats in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam. He married Jean Thornton and they had two daughters, Tina and Tracy. They later divorced.
The Kee baseball team had a comparatively light schedule this past week lightened even further by Mother Nature, as a Thursday, June 11 opportunity to play at the Field of Dreams site in Dyersville against Underwood was canceled by rainy weather and is not likely to be made up this season. The three games the Hawks were able to play this past week resulted in a single win, 7-4 in a rain-shortened contest at Waukon Wednesday, June 10, before Kee took part in the Bettendorf Tournament and fell to a pair of much larger schools, 14-4 to Class 3A Davenport Assumption and 21-4 against the tournament host from Class 4A.
The Kee softball team played a total of six games this past week, putting all but one of those in the win column and having that lone loss come by just a single run to currently hold a 10-6 season record that includes a mark of 6-4 in Upper Iowa Conference play. The Lady Hawks’ lone loss of the week came right away in their first game played as they split a Wednesday, June 10 Upper Iowa Conference doubleheader at New Hampton with a 5-4 loss in eight innings followed by a 10-5 victory. A Monday, June 8 home doubleheader with Turkey Valley had been postponed to Friday, June 12 but still resulted in a Kee sweep of the Trojans by mercy-rule scores of 10-2 in six innings and 9-1 in five innings. Kee then wrapped up its week sweeping two games at the Riceville Tournament, including a 5-1 triumph over Class 3A 12th-rated Osage and an 8-4 victory over Riceville Saturday, June 13.
Although weather once again played a role in a week of Waukon baseball this past week, the Indians were able to play four games and put three of those in the win column to improve to an 8-3 season record that includes a 6-1 mark in Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) play at this point in the season. The diamond Tribe had a Monday, June 8 home doubleheader with North Fayette Valley postponed to two different dates, one game of which was made up this past Friday, June 12 and resulted in a 15-3 triumph, and the other now being part of a June 29 two-game set that will also involve MFL/MarMac.
In what turned out to be its only competition of this past week, the Waukon softball team ended up on the short end of a couple narrow battles in an Upper Iowa Conference (UIC) doubleheader played at MFL/MarMac Friday, June 12. Originally scheduled for Monday, June 8, that original date was rained out and rescheduled, as was a Wednesday, June 10 home doubleheader with Postville that had to be rescheduled to July 2 due to wet field conditions.
In Friday’s dramatic double-dip, the Indians seemed to have the upperhand in opportunities, out-hitting the host Bulldogs by a 15-8 result but not necessarily being able to capitalize on those chances in falling by scores of 2-0 in game one and by an 11-10 result in a marathon contest that lasted 10 innings. The diamond Tribe stranded a total of 27 runners on base in the two games combined, including 14 of those in scoring position and leaving the bases loaded in two different innings.
Standard photo by Julie Berg-Raymond. Additional photos are available with the full version of this article in the Wednesday, June 17, 2026 edition of the Standard.
Nearly six months after the Black Hawk Bridge at Lansing was demolished in mid-December of 2025 - and having to wait yet another day from its original schedule due to rainy weather, the new bridge being constructed across the Mississippi River at Lansing reached a new connection milestone in a day-long operation Friday, June 12. The center span of the bridge that had been constructed near the Lansing Marina during the past couple months was floated down the river and then lifted into place to be connected to the east and west spans of the new bridge.
Lansing native Martha Dunlevy Peters is the author of Lansing Locals: The Stories That Connect Us, a heartfelt tribute to the people, places, and memories that define the spirit of this beloved river town.
Writing and storytelling run deep in her family - for one hundred and seven years, the Dunlevy family recorded life and local history through weekly publications in the Allamakee Journal. Although Martha’s career led her into the dental field, she ultimately felt called back to writing - picking up the pen to continue a family legacy and, more importantly, to honor a promise she made to her late father, John Dunlevy.
Passionate about preserving the stories of Lansing and its surrounding communities, Martha follows in the footsteps of her father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. What began as a shared vision between a father and his daughter - to capture the voices and experiences of their hometown - became a deeply personal journey after his passing.
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.
At 1 p.m., group photos of all Veterans in attendance will be taken, including photos grouped by branch of military service. These photos will then be hung in the Allamakee County Veterans Museum on Allamakee Street in Waukon.
Ric Zarwell of Lansing, chair of the Friends of Pool 9 “Turtle Conservation Project” committee, reports that compassion abounds in the community of New Albin for mother turtles and their offspring. He notes that a number of residents of New Albin have been busy placing screens over an abundance of recent turtle nests where eggs have been laid. The screens prevent raccoons, opossums, skunks, dogs and cats, etc. from destroying the eggs. This also allows new turtle hatchlings to be collected and returned to their preferred habitats.
In another recent demonstration of caring for turtles in the New Albin community, Wednesday, June 10, children at Grotegut’s Daycare in New Albin made sure that compassion and care for local turtles took a major leap forward.
Upon finding a severely injured Painted Turtle, the children took it upon themselves to rescue the turtle and provide it as much comfort as possible in a box.
The Allamakee County Board of Supervisors met in regular session at the Postville Public Library as part of the board’s annual schedule of offsite meeting locations to include libraries within the county. The Supervisors addressed a full agenda of matters including the discussion and consideration of purchasing a patrol vehicle to include electronic equipment, the consideration of a Temporary Road Closure Resolution for the Bridge Replacement on Bigfoot Road, and the discussion and consideration of a County Courthouse flagpole purchase and installation.
The meeting was called to order by Board of Supervisors Chairperson Tom Clark with Supervisors Dan Byrnes and Dennis Keatley present. During Public Comment, Executive Director Val Reinke with Allamakee County Economic Development (ACED) provided an update relating to recent and upcoming events within the county.
