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The Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) will be holding a Pillow Perk Monday, October 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Lower Level of Veterans Memorial Hospital. Kraft Pillow Service will be on site to make old pillows look like new. Everyone is encouraged to bring in...

The next LifeServe Blood Center blood drive will be held Monday, October 7, from 12-5 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in south Waukon. The LifeServe Blood Center supplies Veterans Memorial Hospital with blood and blood products. Here are some interesting blood facts:. • Every three seconds someone needs blood.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Coe College women's volleyball team swept Luther College 3-0 in its American Rivers Conference opener at Kohawk Arena on Tuesday evening. The Kohawks wasted no time, taking the opening set 25-5, holding Luther to one kill while hitting .733 with zero errors. The hosts continued to click in the second set, hitting .548 en route to a 25-11 decision. The sweep was wrapped up with a closer battle in set three but the Koahwks pulled out a 25-18 win to clinch. Coe has now hit over .330 in three straight matches and over .400 in two of its last three.

Pair wraps up team score and overall effort ... The Waukon girls cross country sophomore pair of (left to right) Jaelyn Johanningmeier and Claire Johnson pace each other along the course at the Waukon Invitational Tuesday, September 24, where the Tribe finished second as a team. Johnson wrapped up the Indian team scoring at the meet, finishing 28th overall and 26th for team scoring in a time of 22:53.83, and Johanningmeier completed the Tribe’s overall varsity effort at the meet with her 34th-place overall finish, 30th for team scoring, as she clocked in at 23:08.88. View and find out how to purchase this photo and many more by clicking on the Photo Galleries link on this webpage.

More than two dozen area military veterans were honored during an event hosted Saturday, September 14 at AJ Bar & Grill in Waukon in honor of U.S. Constitution Day, which is observed September 17 each year celebrating the signing of the U.S. Constitution September 17, 1787. The event was hosted by Midwest Veterans of America and included each of those veterans receiving a plaque and small American flag, in addition to rounds of applause and gratitude from the many in attendance for their years of service to their country. Many of those honored veterans are pictured in the photo at right, standing on the staircase at AJ Bar & Grill for a group photo, and many of their family members, friends and acquaintances were also in attendance to witness and share in their honoring. The event was emceed by retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant Kevin Herman, a 1984 graduate of Waukon High School, who is pictured standing among the honored veterans about three steps in the middle of the photo. Standard photo by Joe Moses.

The Auxiliary of Veterans Memorial Hospital and Elliott Jewelers of Waukon hosted their 19th Annual Women’s Health Day Luncheon Tuesday, September 24, at the Waukon Event Center. Over 120 ladies attended the sandwich and salad buffet luncheon hosted by the Auxiliary members. Plus many area service organizations were present as vendors with information and giveaways as well as many hospital staff offering free health and wellness testing. The theme for this year’s event was “When I Grow Older.” Speakers included a panel from Veterans Memorial Hospital including Michael Coyle, CEO; Denise Wullner, Business Office Manager; and Jim Johnson, Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) volunteer, who all covered how to better understand Medicare and all the choices available. Jill Fleming, Culture and Wellness Coach, then followed up with an entertaining, encouraging and uplifting talk on “The Gift of Aging… New Adventures, Laughter and Letting Go!” Food donations were made by Quillin’s, Fareway and Dollar Fresh as well as many Auxiliary members. Janice Rea of Lansing was the lucky winner of the Ladies’ 14kt rose gold diamond and amethyst pendant on an 18’ rose gold rope style chain (retail value $825) compliments of Elliott Jewelers of Waukon. Pictured in the photo below, from left to right, is Janice Rea with Shelly Elliott of Elliott Jewelers presenting the prize to Janice. Proceeds from this event will be used to purchase a new iSTAT chemistry and Blood Gas Analyzer for the Laboratory Department at Veterans Memorial Hospital. Submitted photos.

Gustavus Adolphus College hosted the 2024 Midwest Open this past weekend alongside the ITA Midwest Regional. Luther's Rys Biro-Moore advanced to the B-Singles championship match. In title finale, he was defeated by Daniel Rohlman-Velez of Coe College (7-6, 7-6). Bbior-Moore had to win five matches to advance to the final and completes the fall schedule with a singles record of 6-2. Gerardo Mainou was also in this bracket and reached the round of 16 before being eliminated by Owen Skanse of Gustavus Adolphus (6-2, 7-6).