Watches over the event that once celebrated her ... one final time ...

For the final time in her life span of nearly a century, the Black Hawk Bridge presided over the community event that is said to have originated to celebrate her completion in 1931, as Lansing Fish Days 2025 took place this past weekend, Friday-Sunday, August 8-10, with events such as the youth fishing tournament (photo above) and the bags tournament, among many other events based out of the Lansing Emergency Services building (photo below), being just some of the happenings that took place under the watchful eye of the iconic steel structure that has spanned the Mississippi River for the past 94 years. With claims of originating in 1931 to celebrate the opening of the then newly-constructed Black Hawk Bridge, the annual Lansing Fish Days event persevered through bouts of stormy weather during its three-day stretch this past weekend, with this year’s event being the last that will have that celebrated Black Hawk Bridge “singing” in the background of its community celebration, as plans were announced by the Iowa Department of Transportation July 14 of this year that the bridge will need to be permanently closed and dismantled later this fall into winter in order for the new bridge being built alongside it to be safely constructed in time for an anticipated completion date in the latter half of 2027. Photos by Julie Berg-Raymond. More photos of this year’s celebration are printed on Pages 12-13 inside this week's edition of the Standard, and are also available at the Photos link on this webpage.

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