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James David Bachmurski

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Former Decorah man accused of murdering teen demands earlier trial date

BY SETH BOYES NEWS EDITOR A man accused of murdering a teenage girl in 2017 has invoked his right to a trial within 90 days.

James David Bachmurski, a former Decorah area resident, filed a demand for speedy trial on Tuesday, Sept. 10. The 65-year-old was most recently scheduled to appear before a jury of his peers on March 12, 2025. Winneshiek County At-

torney Andy Van Der Maaten said the trial will now need to take place no later than Dec. 9 of this year, unless Bachmurski withdraws his request.

Bachmurski was extradited from Georgia earlier this summer and booked into the Winneshiek County Jail on June 20, initially on charges unrelated to the alleged murder — he was

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County auditor reports record turnout for special election

BY ZACH JENSEN STAFF WRITER Results from last week’s special election are now official.

The Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the election results during its regular meeting Monday morning. The Decorah Community School District posed a pair of proposals to the public on Sept. 10 in preparation for a $38 million bond measure in November.

Decorah voters supported the renewal of the school district’s revenue purpose statement with 1,829 votes in favor of the action. Local voters also supported increasing the district’s debt service levy limit with 1,678 votes.

During Monday’s meeting, Winneshiek County Auditor Ben Steines said about 2,400

total votes were cast in the special election — approximately 1,500 of which were cast on Election Day. Steines said by comparison the school district’s last special election, which took place in 2018 and asked voters to support consolidating the North Winneshiek and Decorah school districts, attracted only 900 total voters.

A team of Decorah representatives met with landscape architects Monday afternoon to discuss a proposed recreational facility project to be constructed at the old Dahlen property on Old Stage Road.

Iowa-based design firm ISG moderated Monday’s meeting, where a team comprised of Decorah’s city council, city staff, parks and recreation commission members and project stakeholders voted — top priorities for the group were baseball/softball fields, pickle ball courts, a playground and parking, while the group’s top concerns included creating a fiscally responsible plan, managing stormwater and ensuring the complex meets the needs of the entire community.

Amanda Prosser, an ISG landscape architect with a focus on sports and recreation, highlighted several key elements for the group to focus on during the planning and design phase to ensure the athletic park project is successful. She indicated

(Left to right): Councilman Randy Schissel, Kent Klocke, Stakeholder Mike Harman, City Manager Travis Goedken and Stakeholder Sarah Blair were one of three groups which collaborated on mockups during the brainstorming process at Monday’s meeting. The mockups created will be analyzed at the next special meeting October 10 at 5:45 p.m. (Photo by Denise Lana) success may encompass securing funding as well as promoting both growth and tourism.

She suggested local artwork and wildlife be integrated into the design, creating a sense of

place, and she pushed the group to dive deep in brainstorming features which would make the proposed park distinct and provide curb appeal. Some attendees of Monday’s meeting

expressed excitement at the thought of local youth sports groups being able to leverage

Dahlen property

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Dozens upon dozens of walkers wearing purple shirts in recognition of Alzheimer’s disease completed a 2-mile fundraiser walk Saturday morning. The walk began and ended at Decorah City Hall. (Photos by Seth Boyes)

‘Because we walk’ Local teams raise funds for Alzheimer’s Association

In other business: • The supervisors discussed the job requirements for the county’s next recycling supervisor to replace Scott Logsdon, who plans to retire the first week of January 2025.

• Updates to the county’s employee handbook were approved.

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BY SETH BOYES NEWS EDITOR A crowd clad in purple trekked a 2-mile circuit from Decorah City Hall Saturday morning as a fundraiser for the Iowa chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.

A group of about 121 local walkers raised more than $15,000 for the association’s efforts to help support clinical research, provide support groups and educate the public on the disease. Before the walkers took their first official Event committee member Carol Kelly raised the event’s lone white pinwheel as she completed her walk Saturday. The white flower-shaped pinwheel represents the hope of one day being able to recognize the first survivor of Alzheimer’s disease.

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steps through an arch of purple balloons, organizers cited successes the nonprofit had helped bring about, with each factoid receiving a collective response — “Because we walk.” Organizers also highlighted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recent approval of a medication which may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease during its early phases. The FDA announced in July it had approved a four-week intravenous infusion called Kisunla as a potential treatment, and officials at Saturday’s event indicated the annual walk — and others like it — help to bring about such advances in medicine.

Information from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services said an estimated

Alzheimer’s walk

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Decorah’s five-year hazard mitigation plan in the works Meeting addresses community’s most significant concerns

BY ZACH JENSEN STAFF WRITER Each community’s hazard mitigation profile must be updated for the Federal Emergency Management Agency so officials knows how well towns are equipped in case their disaster becomes reality. Michelle Barness, senior regional planner with Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission, leads that effort in northeast Iowa, and she hosted a Sept.

13 presentation in which she shared information about Decorah’s hazard mitigation profile with a few of the community’s public officials.

“Hazard mitigation is reducing long-term risk to people and property from either a natural or man-made hazard,” Barness said. “So, if a tornado is a natural hazard, a man-made hazard might be human disease, hazardous materials, infrastructure failure and stuff like that. Part of the reason we go to the locales is we say ‘Hey, maybe your feelings about local impacts differ a little bit.’ We try to get diverse representation, but we need to hear from you,

so that’s what this meeting is about.”

Barness explained the community’s hazard mitigation profile includes information such as what measures the community has in place to respond to hazards, what hazards are already impacting the community and what mitigation practices the community already has in place.

The first portion of each community’s profile is made up of its critical facilities such as how many law enforcement, emergency management and medical facilities a town has. Also included in the Critical Facilities Profile are schools, elderly care facilities, communication systems, storm shelters and more.

Decorah’s profile shows the results of a survey of local residents’ concerns about various hazard risks measured on a four-point scale from extreme concern to no concern. Five years ago — the last time Decorah completed a hazard mitigation profile — the community’s top concerns were air, water, climate hazards, which were scored at 3.1 points, technolo-

Michelle Barness, senior regional planner with Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission, shares information during the Decorah hazard mitigation presentation Sept.

13 at the Decorah Public Library. (Photo by Zach Jensen). gy failure/cyber-attack, which scored 3 points and drought, which scored 2.9 points — each potential hazards’ score was considered a high concern, according to the survey.

“I think there’s 15 or 20 or more different hazards,” Barness said. “In some communities, like Spillville, flooding was way ahead.”

Additionally, Barness said hazards identified by the Decorah Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee as part of the five-year profile included about 20 other potential hazards — everything from disease, flooding and storms to terrorism, infrastructure failures and

Public invited to ‘Reach Out’ during NEIBH’s annual suicide awareness walk

BY ZACH JENSEN STAFF WRITER Suicide is on the rise in northeast Iowa and, to help combat that trend, Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health in Decorah is hosting its 10th Annual Step Up Reach Out Walk this Saturday, in the facility’s parking lot at 905 Montgomery St. Retired NEIBH Executive Director Marcia Oltrogge recalled she didn’t expect more than 74 people to attend the inaugural Step Up Reach Out Walk, but about 350 survivors participated.

Since then, she said crowd size ranges between 250 and 350 people, and the event is also stroller and dog friendly.

The event will begin with participant registration at 9 a.m., which will be followed by a brief presentation by keynote speaker Ryan Nesbit, co-founder of Alive and Running Iowa, a nonprofit organization focused on suicide prevention. After Nesbit’s presentation, organizers will begin the walk with a roll call of submitted names recognizing persons lost to suicide.

“The event starts out kind of solemnly, but it also has an under-tone of hope,” said retired NEIBH Executive Director Marcia Oltrogge. “There are lots of tears, but there is also a lot of laughter from the people connecting or from those who haven’t seen each other since the last walk.”

Oltrogge said walkers will follow the bike trail out to the fish hatchery, but attendees don’t need to walk to participate. Tents, tables and chairs will be available in NEIBH’s parking lot, which will also feature a memory wall, on which attendees are welcome to place photos and other mementos to honor their loved ones. Several raffles will also be held, with one of the grand prizes being a football autographed by local professional football player Josey Jewell.

“Teams will have t-shirts made up with photos, names and sayings on them,” Oltrogge said. “We have beaded necklaces, and the beads are color-coded to show whether you lost a parent, a friend, a sibling or maybe someone in the mil-

itary.”

A free-will donation is encouraged, and all proceeds from the event will go to purchasing a variety of suicide awareness resources in NEIBH’s five-county region, such as QPR —

Question, Persuade, Refer — training.

“QPR is an evidence-based training program for non-professional individuals in the community on how to intervene if their friends or loved ones are having any kind of suicidal thoughts,” said Oltrogge’s successor at NEIBH, Charlie Woodcock. “There’s a lot of stigma involved in suicide, and people don’t talk about it or how they feel. So, this approach helps people talk about it. QPR is really one of the better programs, because it’s not focused on professionals but on people in the community in general.”

Oltrogge said those interested in the training may contact her directly.

“We’ve done it for one group that had grandmothers, mothers

and daughters,” she said. “Another group a few years ago was barbers, beauticians and bartenders. We’ve trained several thousand people in QPR in our five-county area over the years — all at no cost to the individual. You never know when someone’s going to tell you they’re thinking about suicide, so the idea is the more community members we can train, the better the chance that they will talk to someone who can help them.”

Woodcock and Oltrogge agreed suicide can be devastating because of all the unanswered questions surrounding the loss.

“Research shows that when people make the decision, it’s a very short time span,” Oltrogge said. “So, your chance of intervening in that time is difficult.”

But, Woodcock said, if someone can intervene, the chances of survival greatly increase. He added that surviving loved ones should also seek help in dealing with their loss.

“We’re always pondering if we could have done something,” he said. “Suicide doesn’t just affect the individual. It affects the family, and it’s important that they seek out help too, because it’s something they need to process.”

For information, visit the event’s Facebook page or call 563-382-3649.

hazardous materials. The highest-risk potential hazards in Decorah, according to the local hazard mitigation committee include flooding, transportation incidents, human disease, severe storms, water quality, cyber-security and mental health.

“I’ll note that those last three were added this year, because the county-wide committee discussed them and thought they were enough of a potential concern,” Barness said. “So, that’s the list that we’ve got in the plan. The next thing we asked (the committee) to do is try to prioritize the risks.”

Decorah’s 2020 hazard mitigation plan also included cer-

Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced the names of more than 16,000 semifinalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

Decorah High School seniors Oliver Brummel, Mason Myers and Jack Sovern were among those recognized with this distinction. The three semifinalists will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,870 National Merit Scholarships — worth nearly $26 million — which will be offered next spring.

More than 1.3 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2023 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screening process for program entrants. The nationwide pool of semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state — the number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.

To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, semifinalists must fulfill several requirements before advancing to the finalist level of the competition.

A semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a

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— including a 2020 semi rollover in which 100 gallons of diesel additive leaked from a tank, a 2019 incident in which 100 gallons of gasoline were leaked while an underground tank was being filled, a 2015 vehicle collision in which a transformer was crushed by a vehicle, causing a 30-gallon oil leak, and a 2014 semi crash which resulted in the spilling of 3,000 gallons of manure.

“The seven other spills that occurred in this period of time were smaller events resulting in less than 10 gallons being spilled,” Barness’ information said.

Friday’s meeting was intended to provide Decorah community members with an overview of topics, statistics and concerns regarding potential hazards and mitigation in the town, and Barness said she will work with Winneshiek County Emergency Management Coordinator Sean Snyder, Decorah City Engineer John Hjelle and local officials to update specific information in the future.

“We’re going to continue communicating with planning committee members and city staff and officials, so stay tuned,” Barness said in closing, adding that she’ll have a draft of the updated community mitigation plan available in a few months.

Trio of DHS named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

tain localized issues, such as the failure of the city’s levees, which Barness’ report called a significant concern.

“The levee along the Upper Iowa River through town is getting old, and long-term inspection, maintenance, updating or raising is a consideration for the safety of homes and businesses on the other side of the levee,” Barness said. “Inspection is needed to determine whether the internal structure and height of the levee is appropriate for today’s weather events.”

Barness reported that between 2004 and 2023, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recorded 24 flash floods in Winneshiek County — three of which happened in Decorah — while in the same timeframe, NOAA recorded 29 floods in the county — with three of them specific to Decorah. Additionally, 84 hail events were reported in the county between 2003 and 2024 — 18 of which occurred in Decorah. Of the hailstorms which occurred in the county, 21 were classified as significant, 43 were severe, 19 were destructive, and one incident was considered a “super hailstorm,” consisting of hail measuring 4.25 inches in diameter.

Barness’ information said there were 11 HAZMAT spills in Decorah from 2014 to 2023

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Hoping to see that Letters to the editor peccadillos should’ve been You’ve got something special, white flower cross Trump’s contact the DNR enough to end candidacy the finish line When I was a young boy — probably in second grade — my mother brought home a picture book. There were no talking animals. There were no valiant princes on noble quests. This

BY SETH one was meant to help me unBOYES derstand the reality that my News Editor grandfather — her father — had Alzheimer’s disease and that one day we would ultimately or is meant to recognize the loss lose him to it. of a loved one to Alzheimer’s And that’s just what it did disease. There are other colors about three years later. too — blue for people living Anyone whose family tree with the disease, orange for holds a bit of Alzheimer’s or support of the Alzheimer’s Assome other form of dementia sociation and it’s mission, and will probably tell you it’s the then yellow in support of those sort of things that follows you living with the disease. through life, like a scar — or But then there’s white. the very tip of a splinter you It wasn’t in abundance at Satcan’t quite pull from beneath urday’s walk, but it’s not supyour skin no matter how hard posed to be — not yet anyway. you try.

I learned the white pinwheel, Everyday happenings, like which one of the local walk’s forgetting where you put the set committee members carried of keys you swear you had in along Saturday’s route, symbolyour hand a minute ago, aren’t izes the hope of one day recogjust frustrating. They’re tinged nizing the first survivor of Alzwith at least a speck of worry, heimer’s disease. despite the reasonable part of We aren’t there yet of course, you that knows it’s much too but we’re getting closer. Orgaearly for the disease to have tak- nizers pointed out that the FDA en hold in you. Maybe part of recently approved a drug which that inner tension is that youth may slow the progression of offers us all less and less protec- early Alzheimer’s symptoms, tion with each passing year, and saying it’s thanks to the individeventually it may not be so un- ual efforts of those like the 135 reasonable to think symptoms people who laced up their walkcould be showing themselves. ing shoes outside Decorah City It doesn’t take long before Hall on Saturday — the funds you find yourself drawn to cer- they raise help support the kind tain types of scientific articles of research that brought about — the kind you’d normally the newly-approved treatment. skip over — simply because That kind of medicine is the the word Alzheimer’s is in the sort of hope my second-grade headline. And you tell yourself self didn’t have as I huddled it’ll help to know what the lat- close to my mother’s shoulder, est research says. So you learn caught somewhere between unabout plaques and you learn derstanding and ignorance as about the blood-brain barrier we tried to hold a conversation and you learn about the theories with her father inside his memas to how this disease does its ory care unit. diabolical work to the human It feels like a long time brain. And you always do this since that day, but in the grand with the hope that the words scheme of things, we’ve only under today’s headline will tell been working at this for a few you some intelligent so-and-so generations. out there has finally been able to So, yes, it takes time. And make sense of the mystery and many of us have lost someone developed a cure, so you can let already. go of your worry.

But that white flower is still Well, times have changed coming. It hasn’t crossed the since I first had to witness what finish line yet, but it’s coming.

Alzheimer’s can do to a person. And it reminds us that efforts And I was reminded of that fact taken up now are not in vain. while covering the local Walk I believe we may one day deto End Alzheimer’s on Saturday velop a cure…and we may one morning. day be able to leave the solemn There was plenty of purple on picture books gathering dust on display that morning — the col- a shelf.

My opinion on last week’s debate. You can clearly see Harris severely humiliated impotus2!

She showed his failures. He resorted to telling more, huge lies trying to refute her truths.

Trump continuously brought up debunked/false claims. More lies and reprehensible actions would be what we will receive if he is elected.

The 35 fraud convictions (34 NYC financial frauds and one Trump University fraud).

The Stormy Daniels voting/ sex fraud conviction. His adulterous sex before the 2016 election. He bribed her to remain quiet before the election.

Losing the defamation of character civil suit brought by E. Jean Carroll.

His indictments for theft, concealment and display of USA Top Secret documents, including nuclear secrets and positions of USA submarines.

His indictments for orches-

trating the coup attempt against the USA government over his election loss to Joe Biden.

His denigration of the USA military and Veterans. “Losers and suckers,” “I might get my hair wet,” Gold Star Families, illegally using Arlington National Cemetery’s Section 60. It is reserved for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans. No campaign photos allowed.

Ordering his rubber-stamp House majority to derail any bills, to deny Biden any achievements — the strong bipartisan Border Bill, the Build Back Better bill, etc.

Extorting millions from foreign countries — Egypt, Qatar — for his and his families use.

Any one of these peccadillos should’ve been cause to remove a candidate from running. But repubs choose to be blind.

Dave Ameling Ossian

Democracy is on the line

We are in a race with time as Nov. 5 approaches. It’s difficult to understand Republican voters who want to vote for a king.

Their King, Donald J. Trump, is promoting an aristocracy that will replace our way of life.

Aristocracy takes on ugly features. Voters wishing to promote this idea are encouraged to research people living in Russia, China, North Korea, Venezuela, Hungary and other aristocratic countries. According to him, his best friends are their leaders. What does that tell you? Are they happy with a

king? No! And it appears they have no revolution for change in sight, with a foregone conclusion of despair.

Our history encountered a revolution which distanced us from the king of England. The reason was obvious. We didn’t want one person determining our destiny. The same is true today. There is no future under a king. Wake up before it’s too late. We are in a race for our future Nov. 5.

John Carver Decorah

Reader calls for more ‘we,’ not ‘me’ ahead of polls During presidential election years we are often asked, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” Is that really the question we should ponder as responsible citizens, I wonder.

I grew up in the time when President John Kennedy was asking youth to consider what they could do for their country, instead of waiting to see what the country could do for them.

What an inspiring time that was.

Imagine now, if we asked how others were doing as we decided how to vote in November. Imagine if we were concerned about those without

a job, those homeless, those in nursing homes with no family to care for them, those in abusive relationships looking for a way out, those battling drug addiction, and so many others with problems of their own.

Isn’t it time to start caring for each other again? Isn’t it time to remember that rights come with responsibilities? Isn’t it time to leave our obsession with “me” and celebrate the “we” in our nation?

May that question guide your vote in November!

Sue Otte Decorah

I don’t live in Winneshiek County, but I’ve been fishing there since 1993 when I first took my 4 and 6-year-old sons to the Highlandville campground to catch trout in North and South Bear Creeks. You have something special. Novilla RNG has persuaded two western Winneshiek County dairies to partner in a manure digester project. The scuttlebutt is that Novilla will make their money based upon how much methane they put into a pipeline. What you may not know is that the project will receive federal tax credits that may be worth up to 10 times the actual value of the methane. And those tax credit certificates are fungible – bought and sold on the open market. That’s why this is all happening, and in such a hurry.

Most likely, the dairies will be compensated based upon how much manure they provide as feedstock to the digesters. One can imagine that those contracts require a minimum amount of manure be provided, and the more manure, the more money to the dairy. It’s no surprise that both dairies have expressed plans to expand. After passing through the methane digesters, about 94 percent of the processed manure will still have to be land-applied on nearby fields – just like it is now. But the di-

gested manure will have larger concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus, and those nutrients will be in more plant-available forms. In theory that means that more field acres should be required in the manure plans to agronomically accept the nutrients. But the DNR seems poised to approve a manure plan based upon the old nutrient levels and nutrient availability values.

This could lead to over application and increased risk to both ground and surface waters.

Then there is the issue of the DNR water use permits both dairies recently applied for to support expansion. Combined, they are requesting 150 million gallons per year, much of it from the deep Jordan aquifer.

That’s 132 million gallons per year more than they are allowed to use now. It’s more water than the use of Ridgeway and Cresco combined! Water from the Jordan is the cleanest you have, and it may take centuries to replenish once it’s gone. If you live in the Winneshiek townships of Lincoln, Orleans, Bluffton, Madison or the Howard townships of Vernon Springs or New Oregon, you might want to express your concern. Email your story to wateruse@dnr.iowa. gov. Ask the DNR to deny the 130 MGY water use increase.

Steve Veysey Ames

Reader feels local election choice is clear We already have three supervisors in our swamp who do not listen to their constituents. We do not need another.

Because of the current gang of three, we lost possibly the best county engineer in Iowa, abandoned our highly successful roadside management program and told residents of Freeport they don’t matter.

These three often come to the meetings unprepared, with their minds already made up. Imagine the chaos and incompetence our county board would have with a four-member majority.

They are already considered a joke throughout the rest of Iowa. We need to do better.

Instead of wandering around the shop getting in everyone’s way, trying to micromanage ar-

eas she has no clue about, Shirley on the other hand comes prepared to meetings and does her homework. If a topic she does not understand is presented at a board meeting, she will be up to speed with research and questions by the next meeting. She does not have a hidden agenda.

In fact, when presented with facts contrary to her viewpoint, she has changed that viewpoint.

She is flexible and willing to listen to all sides. She is not being influenced by any outside money. All she wants is to serve her constituents. Isn’t that why the supervisors are elected?

Shirley, there’s no other option.

Bob Larson Decorah

Echoes of the Past Decorah Ration Board needs volunteers

BY ROZ WEIS STAFF WRITER The word of war efforts at home and on the front lines is always of great interest when looking through the archives. It was the work of the ration office sparking my interest this week Back in 1944, the Winneshiek County War Price and Rationing Board included a big crew of volunteers. World War II was placing a heavy burden on U.S. supplies of basic materials like food, shoes, paper, rubber, metal and more. Civilians still needed these materials for consumer goods as well. To meet the surging demands, the federal government took steps to conserve crucial supplies, establishing a rationing system that impacted every household in the country. The ration workers were called upon to issue “points” to each person to be turned in along with cash to purchase goods made with

restricted items. The first product to be rationed was tires.

Automobiles soon followed, along with bicycles, meats, fats, canned fish, coffee, sugar, butter, footwear, typewriters, nylon hosiery, cheese, canned milk, gasoline and many more.

Households were issued ration books by the government.

Each book contained a certain number of stamps/points to be turned in upon purchase of necessary items. For example, when purchasing a pound of meat for about 30 cents, a shopper would also need to turn in seven ration points to buy that meat. The points came in the form of stamps distributed to the public in books throughout the war. Volunteers distributed the ration books, processed the points and explained the system to both the buyers and the merchants. I’m guessing the whole ration system was complicated.

The ration board jobs were not easy, and the demand for local

This vintage photograph of Decorah Posten families at a picnic back in 1919 is from the Vesterheim gallery collection. The Decorah Posten was the Norwegian newspaper established back in 1874 in Decorah by Brynild Anundsen. It was published for nearly a century in the community and reached readers across the country. volunteers to help conserve resources was high. It was a necessary, but sad sacrifice.

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IGHTY YEARS AGO – 1944: A special appeal has been issued from the Winneshiek County War Price and Rationing Board. The request is to ask for volunteers to do some work in the rationing office in town – sometime during the next 30 days. Forty workers are needed to work at least two days. Help is needed to process the 5,118 new “a” gasoline ration book; and even more sugar, shoe and tire ration applications. During the first year of the board’s operations,

no trouble was experienced in obtaining volunteers. However, as the war progresses and as it develops more in favor of the Allies, it is becoming very difficult to obtain volunteers. If the soldiers at the front lines reacted to success as the home front does, the war would probably last another 10 years. VOLUNTEER TODAY. …Two more Decorah servicemen have been reportedly killed in action. Pvt. Arland Casterton is reported killed in France on July 17, 1944; and T/5 Selmer C. Bulgren is reported killed on June 15 in the Central Pacific area. …A famous foot specialist is coming to Ray’s Foot Comfort

Shop on Winnebago Street later this month. …School officials here are urged to be on the alert for diphtheria and smallpox in the classrooms this fall. …Oneota Bowling Club Alleys are opening soon, and pinsetters are needed. Boys and girls are welcome to apply. See Fred Wall, manager.

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EVENTY YEARS AGO – 1954: Hi Ho Grocery has been sold to Ray Finholt and Arnold Digre. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Hill had operated the grocery store in the same location for 28 years. …The entire bluff in which the Ice Cave is situated may

soon become a permanent part of the Decorah Parks system, if plans of the Park Board materialize. Proceedings have started to condemn the bluff, on land owned by Ole Vold and his son, Henry. The board is seeking 67 acres, and value has been appraised at $7,000. …Roger Wheatman has made arrangements for the world’s greatest trick shot golf artist to visit here in mid-September. The performance by Joe Kirkwood is planned at Oneota Golf Club. …Luther’s new football line coach, John Knispel, has arrived here for the season’s first practice.

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Arlys Soeder

Dec. 2, 1931 - Sept. 11, 2024 Arlys Lorraine Soeder, 92, of Waverly and formerly of Denver, Iowa, died Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Whispering Willows Care Center in Fredericksburg.

Arlys was born Dec. 2, 1931, in Decorah, the Arlys Soeder daughter of Helmer and Cora (Stoen) Orvella.

Arlys’s memory is honored by husband, Wayne Soeder of

Denver; three children: David (Shelby) Soeder of Waverly, Diane (Chad) Main of Wilmington, North Carolina, and Daryl (Mary) Soeder of Plymouth, Minnesota; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Lillian (Harris) Bruvold; brother, Willard (Eloise) Orvella; mother and father-in-law, Spencer and Violet Soeder; two sisters-inlaw, Mavis Bigler and Wanda Anderson; and brother-in-law, DeVale Soeder.

Arlys has been cremated and a celebration of her life will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept.

30, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Waverly. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Private burial of her ashes will be at Washington Prairie Cemetery in Decorah.

Memorials may be directed to Redeemer Lutheran Church, Waverly-Shell Rock School Foundation or Bremer County Historical Society.

Online condolences may be left at www.kaisercorson.com

After full-time farming, Millard began golfing regularly with friends, woodworking as his father had and continuing to read for both business and pleasure. Together with LaVonne, he enjoyed square dancing and traveling. They traveled across the United States and abroad, often visiting friends they had hosted through exchange programs. In later years they traveled in their motorhome to Arizona and California where they renewed connections with family and friends during the winter months.

Millard and LaVonne devoted much of their time and love to their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, encouraging their many interests and attending their varied activities. The family enjoyed several memorable vacations together and have held annual reunions at Camp EWALU for many years. In 2014 they sold their country home and their motorhome and moved to Traditions in West Union. In 2018 they moved to Decorah for their final years.

Millard is survived by his four children: Ann (Ron) Rowland of Des Moines, Linda (Mic) Martin of Decorah, Mark (Denise) Nelson of Clermont, and Laurie (Jim) Biedermann of Decorah; grandchildren: Kar-

in (Jason) Martin-Hiner, Carie (Cory) Fisher, Andrew (Valarie) Rowland, Claire Martin, Seth (Carrie) Rowland, Bridget Berns (John Dundee), Kirstin (Cody) Lerch, Scott (Mary) Biedermann, Nathan Rowland and Chad Nelson (Sabrina Stenson); 30 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, LaVonne; his parents, Millard Sr. and Myrtle Nelson; brother, John Nelson; sister, Judith Fossen; grandson, Bryce Biedermann; grandson-in-law, Brad Berns; two nephews: Thomas and James Fossen; and foster son, Charles Mancil.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept.

28, at West Clermont Lutheran Church in Clermont with Rev. Mike Erickson as the officiant.

Visitation will be held at West Clermont Lutheran Church from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27 and from 10-11:30 a.m. prior to the service Saturday.

Memorials may be directed to The Millard and LaVonne Nelson scholarship at Luther College, West Clermont Lutheran Church, Camp EWALU or a charity of your choice.

Schutte-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Clermont is assisting the family.

Lutheran Church in Decorah and later at St. Stephen’s of the Valley Lutheran Church in Palmdale. A loyal servant of the Lord, Gordon was dedicated for decades in the church choir, church council and leading the church property committee.

Though his time on earth has passed, his eternal life with the Lord in Heaven has begun.

Gordon is preceded in Heaven by his father and mother and his father and mother-in-law, Rudy and Linnea Salestrom.

Gordon is survived by his beloved wife of nearly 39 years, Donna Mae Hanson of Lancaster; son, Bradley Wayne Hanson of Annandale, Virginia and wife Raegan; daughter, Kristi Lynn Waszak of Papillion, Nebraska and husband Matthew; four grandchildren: Rylee Grace Hanson, Kailey Joy Waszak, Maia Ellory Waszak and Brady Wayne Hanson; brother, Duane of Norfolk, Virginia and his wife Millie; nephew, Scott Hanson of Burnsville, Minnesota; niece, Amy Hanson of Virginia Beach, Virginia; many cousins; two grandnieces; and a grand-

nephew.

Gordon was a deeply-treasured husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle and friend.

He had a profound impact on those within his large circle. He never hesitated to go out of his way for others and help those in need. His passing was unexpected but quick. Gordon will be sorely and deeply missed by those who he loved and by those who loved him. There is no doubt he is driving an immaculately-restored Chevy Impala and hitting every green light on the golden streets in Heaven.

“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” -Psalm 73:26 A celebration of life service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at Stephen’s of the Valley Lutheran Church in Palmdale. A luncheon at the church will follow the service.

In lieu of flowers, the family invites donations in Gordon’s memory to the American Heart Association.

Millard Nelson

Sept. 29, 1930 - Sept. 7, 2024 Millard Orvie Nelson of Decorah, formerly of Clermont, died Sept. 7, 2024.

Millard was born Sept. 29, 1930, the eldest of three children born to Millard Sr. and Myrtle Moon Nelson. He was baptized, con- Millard Nelson firmed and married at West Clermont Lutheran Church where he was a lifetime member. Millard served on church council, sang in the choir, helped with youth activities and was an active member of the Lutheran Brotherhood men’s group.

Millard was a lifetime farmer caring for crops and livestock.

He showed his love for the land by planting thousands of trees, building miles of terraces, utilizing no-till farming and numerous other conservation practices. Millard was active with the Fayette County Farm Bureau, serving on the board as treasurer, vice president and president. As part of his community contributions, he served on the boards of the Valley School District, Farm Service and Postville State Bank. Millard was respected as an honest and honorable gentleman in all his business and social circles.

Gordon Hanson

July 9, 1950 - Aug. 30, 2024 Gordon Wayne Hanson, 74, of Lancaster, California died Aug. 30, 2024 Son of Dorothy Jeanette Shekleton (Hove) and Harris Gordon Hanson, Gordon was born July 9, 1950, in Waukon. He grew Gordon Hanson up with his older brother Duane and his parents on a small farm on the western edge of Allamakee County near the Upper Iowa River. Gordon graduated from Waukon High School in 1968 and attended the University of Northern Iowa. In 1972, he joined his brother in Palmdale, California where he began a 42-plus year career in the aerospace industry. Gordon retired from the Lockheed-Martin Aeronautics Company in 2015.

Gordon was a man of deep faith. From a very young age, Gordon prioritized participation in the Christian and Lutheran community, first as a child and young man at Big Canoe

Service Notice JANET UHLENHAKE, 70, of Calmar, died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, at Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, Sept.18, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar with Rev. Henry Huber officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery.

JEROME UHLENHAKE, 70, of Calmar, died Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, at his home.

Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Calmar with Rev. Henry Huber officiating.

Burial was in the church cemetery.

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LINDSEY ANN BIGLER, 35, of Cresco, died Sept. 13, 2024.

A celebration of life will be held from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 at Helms Funeral Home, 306 East Water Street in Decorah. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery at a later date.

66,000 Iowans over the age of 65 have Alzheimer’s disease, and it is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

In addition, the state’s statistics said more than 73,000 Iowans provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.

Christina Hess with the Iowa chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association said the organization has been hosting its fundraising walks for more than 30 years, and today there are 19 annual walks which take place across Iowa. And she said fundraising didn’t stop after Saturday’s walkers crossed the finish line — the association is still accepting online donations through Dec. 31 — local organizers hope to hit the $34,000 mark before the year’s end. Donors can make a contribution to Saturday’s effort by visiting act. alz.org/neiwalk.

Hess said the yearly walk has become a staple for several families affected by Alzheimer’s disease. The highlighted Bud’s Bunch — a group of nearly 40 family members who walk in honor of the late Norman “Bud” Ihde. Hess said Ihde’s family is consistently the largest team participating in the annual event — there were 22 teams registered for Saturday’s walk — and Kay Ihde said her family has been part of the year-

Tony Meyer was greeted warmly by several organizers and participants as he arrived to Saturday’s walk holding the quilt he had purchased at auction in honor of the late Pam Hansen. The auction supported the fundraising efforts of the Wellington Walkers team, and Meyer intends to gift the quilt to the auction again next year, in hopes it will become a traveling auction item and raise funds for the annual walk year after year. (Photo by Seth Boyes)

ly walk as a way to honor her late husband for the past nine years.

Organizers also recognized the Wellington Walkers team as the event’s top fundraisers. The team garnered approximately $2,100 — part of which was generated through the auctioning of a special quilt at Wellington Place Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living in Decorah.

Debra Masek, a committee member of the local walk, created a distinct quilt in June to honor of the late Pam Hansen.

The quilt was made from several t-shirts used during previous

walks, and it was purchased at auction by Tony Meyer.

Meyer arrived at Saturday’s walk early — quilt in hand — and he was greeted warmly by many, including relatives of Hansen. Jodi Henning, Hansen’s daughter, said the family felt honored by the quilt, which she called a complete surprise.

Meyer intends to put the quilt up for auction again next year in hopes it will become a traveling item, with each auction winner’s name being inscribed on its reverse before they allow it to be sold again to continue supporting the cause.

Bachmurski continued from front served a warrant for the murder of 15-year-old Jade Colvin the next month.

Defendant hesitated to report harboring ‘runaway girl’ A criminal complaint filed against the 65-year-old said the U.S. Marshal Service contacted the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office in May of 2022, saying Colvin was believed to have come to Winneshiek County prior to her disappearance — the 15-year-old had been reported missing to the Des Moines Police Department on June 10, of 2016. Colvin’s case was one of more than two dozen taken up by the USMS in December of 2020, as part of Operation Homecoming.

By May of 2022, marshals had identified a number of individuals to interview regarding the teen’s disappearance. The investigation was turned over the the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office following the interviews, and the sheriff’s office then launched a local investigation was with the aid of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Winneshiek County Attorney’s Office.

Information from the sheriff’s office said Colvin’s mother had brought the teen to Iowa from Arizona to live with Bachmurski at his rural Decorah residence in the early spring of 2017. A criminal complaint filed against the 65-yearold said he had considered contacting law enforcement while Colvin was at his home south of Decorah but felt “if he had alerted law enforcement that he had a runaway girl at his house, it would not have turned out good for him.”

Bachmurski had pleaded guilty years earlier to charges of harassment and willful injury of his own family members. He had been accused of regularly abusing his sons — the sheriff’s office had received a report around that time claiming Bachmurski had used ratchet straps to tie his son to a metal folding chair “and shocked him multiple times on the arm with an electric fence charger,” according to court documents. The filings went on to

say Bachmurski — who was 54-years-old at that time — had “repeatedly threatened to shoot his sons” and was in possession of approximately 10 firearms at that time. Bachmurski allegedly threatened his sons, saying they were “not worth the price of the bullet it would take to kill them,” and that “he could shoot them and bury them in the backyard and no one would know.”

A deferred judgement was entered in that case, and Bachmurski was placed on probation.

Other court records indicate Bachmurski resided for a time at a residential treatment facility in West Union.

Approximately five years later, investigators in the Colvin case found Bachmurski “had encouraged and participated in a one-on-one relationship with Jade Colvin via electronic messaging for approximately 30 days prior to her coming to stay at his residence.” A criminal complaint said Bachmurski told authorities Colvin’s mother was unaware of their communicating, and “he had used some of his own money to facilitate Jade Colvin being brought to his residence in March of 2017.”

Colvin also had “extensive conversations with friends her age,” and “they planned to communicate immediately after her arrival in Iowa in late 2017,” according to court documents.

Bachmurski told investigators the teen’s phone had no service upon arriving at his property south of Decorah, and the now 65-year-old let Colvin use his phone — which court records indicate was examined by law enforcement.

“The messages sent by Jade Colvin from the defendant’s cell phone during the early morning hours of March 30, 2017, were the last messages ever known to be received by any person,” a criminal complaint said.

Rekindling a cold case Court documents said Bachmurski allegedly lied to investigators at some point, saying Colvin had gone elsewhere after her final recorded text, and he allegedly made “false and contradictory statements to others, including in-

vestigators and his son.” Interviews with Bachmurski’s son indicated Colvin had been at the family’s rural farm property in March of that year, according to court documents, and the son observed Colvin’s property — such as her travel bags and suitcase — at the farmhouse “a few months after Jade Colvin was gone.”

Bachmurski was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon the next year, after a sheriff’s deputy discovered a scoped .223 caliber Stevens rifle in a closet during a welfare/probation check at Bachmurski’s home.

Court filings show Bachmurski’s defense attorney in that case had lost contact with his client by February of 2019 — the attorney said in court filings that Bachmurski had sold his house and was not responding to phone calls or text messages.

“It is possible that the defendant has moved out of state, and his intentions to return are unknown,” the defense wrote at that time.

Bachmurski failed to appear in court the following month, and a nationwide warrant was issued for his arrest that same day. The warrant was originally valid for one year, but prosecutors later asked the court to strike the warrant’s expiration date — which a judge granted.

Authorities investigating Colvin’s disappearance were able to interview Bachmurski at some point that same year, according to Iowa court records, and they asked Bachmurski if he recognized a picture of the missing teen.

“I do,” Bachmurski is quoted as saying. “I’m not gonna lie. I do. As a matter of fact, I’ll guarantee you I’m getting myself in a lot of trouble. I want to tell the truth.”

Authorities served Bachmurski a warrant on June 20, 2024, for his possession of the Stevens rifle. The 65-year-old was transported from the Emanuel County Jail in Georgia to the Winneshiek County Jail and was later served a warrant in the murder case on Aug. 12 — more than seven years after Jade Colvin disappeared.

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Luther Center Stage Series to feature Community briefs Iowa Transportation Venezuelan singer Nella Commission to Nella, 2019 winner of the Latin Grammy for Best New Artist, will be the first act in Luther College’s 2024-25 Center Stage Series, performing at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27 in the Center for Faith and Life Main Hall.

“I’m really excited to start the Center Stage Season with Nella. Her vocal quality and musicianship are mesmerizing,” said Kristen Underwood, director of campus programming. “She’s touring with Gilad Barakan on guitar, and the two of them will spend some time with Luther students in the afternoon as part of our celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. I love it when artists are enthusiastic about connecting with our community — Nella has been wonderful.”

In May of 2019, Nella released her debut album, Voy, with its title track earning a No. 14 spot on the New York Times’ list of the best songs of 2019. She followed this success with the release of Doce Margaritas in 2021, her first album with Sony Music, featuring 12 songs written by Javier Limón and collaborations with Latin Grammy-winning Venezuelan guitarist Cheo Pardo.

Tickets for the show and for the pre-show dinner are available for purchase at tickets.luther. edu or at the Luther Box Office in the Center for

meet in Decorah

The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold a public input meeting at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8 at the Hotel Winneshiek, 104 East Water St. in Decorah.

Thoughts about transportation matters will be shared by representatives of local government, interest groups and individuals.

Items that may be discussed at the meeting include the Iowa Transportation Improvement Program and transportation policies as well as highway, aviation, rail, river, bicycle, pedestrian and public transit issues.

A detailed agenda will be posted at news.iowadot. gov/ prior to the meeting. For more information, call 515239-1409 or email Matthew.

Chambers@iowadot.us.

(Photo submitted) Faith and Life. Contact the ticket office at tickets@luther.edu or 563-387-1357.

DHS Envirothon team wins Exceptional Merit Award The accolades continue to roll in for Lucas Arendt, Connor Evelsizer, Gabriel Hiner, Aidan Nalean-Carlson and Anders Lovstuen, members of Decorah High School Envirothon team DNR. After winning first place two years in a row at state competition, the team participated in the international competition. This summer, they finished in 13th place in New York, improving from a 19th place finish last year in New Brunswick. They were also recently awarded the Exceptional Merit Award, which organizers said is given to teams which demonstrated exceptional teamwork, outstanding spirit and other remarkable qualities at the 2024 National Conservation Foundation-Envirothon Annual Competition.

“Iowa exemplified great teamwork throughout the competition,” competition officials said. “They supported

Team DNR members (from left to right) Connor Evelsizer, Aidan Nalean-Carlson, Lucas Arendt, Anders Lovstuen and Gabriel Hiner were recently awarded the Exceptional Merit Award for their team spirit during this summer’s international competition. (Photo submitted) and looked after each other no matter what. They acted as a cohesive unit, showing what it means to be a team. For being an exceptionally kind and courteous team, they are granted the Exceptional Merit Award.”

Teams from four other states

also won this award.

“This honor is very well-deserved,” Decroah’s Envirothon advisor Larry Berland said.

“These students worked so well as a team. It has been a real pleasure to work with these individuals throughout the years.”

Annual Nordic Fest report released The Nordic Fest Board recently shared the 2024 Nordic Fest Annual Report, showcasing a variety of numbers captured during the 57th annual celebration. Highlights from

the report include: • $57,578 supported by 2024 Nordic Fest Membership • 8,000 rounds of official Nordic Fest lefse sold — a new record

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• 9,000-plus volunteers helped make all this year’s Nordic Fest events and activities possible, including 20 Board members who serve year-round • 955 admissions to Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum • 611 Elvelopet 5K and 15K participants, along with 48 Kanolopet paddlers • 2024 was the time the Sami flag was included in the presentation of flags during the opening ceremonies Nordic Fest is an annual three-day summer festival held in Decorah, which celebrates community and the area’s Scandinavian heritage. The 58th annual Nordic Fest will take place July 24-26, 2025. Learn more at nordicfest.com.

Congratulations to Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging on their new location! Pictured is NEI3A staff along with chamber ambassadors Marcia Madrigal, Amanda McIntosh, Laura Gronna, Tade Kerndt, Dallas Steffen, Lashelle Evans, Tara McConnell and Holly Allen

Decorah Area Chamber of Commerce extends congratulations to

Our sincere congratulations and best wishes for your success and continued growth in the Decorah area.

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Winneshiek Energy District offers free energy coaching

The Winneshiek Energy District is partnering with the Clean Energy Districts of Iowa to offer free energy coaching to assist farms and small businesses in applying for United States Department of Agriculture grant funding for renewable energy or energy efficiency improvement projects.

USDA’s Rural Energy in America Program is accepting grant applications which, if approved, would fund 50 percent of the cost of renewable energy or energy efficiency improvement projects.

Eligible projects for REAP renewable energy system grants include biomass, geothermal, small and large scale wind generation and small and large scale solar generation. Eligible projects for REAP energy efficiency improvements include high efficiency heating, cooling and ventilation systems, insulation, lighting, cooling or refrigeration units, doors and windows and replacement of energy-inefficient equipment.

Ineligible projects include any residential use, tractors or implements, new construction or upgrades to buildings which do not currently consume energy.

CEDI provides priority assistance to customers and communities which are traditionally underserved by the REAP program, including areas defined

by USDA as disadvantaged communities and distressed communities. CEDI also offers priority assistance to applicants with small grants of either $20,000 or less or grants for underutilized technologies. For information, email steve.hopkins@cleanenergydistricts.org or call 641-831-3552.

Fort Atkinson to celebrate restoration during Rendezvous Days

Fort Atkinson will hold an event at noon on Saturday, Sept.

28, during the first day of the Rendezvous, to recognize the restoration efforts which have taken place at the fort.

The public is then welcome to attend the fort’s 48th annual Rendezvous Days from Sept.

28-29. The theme for this year’s Rendezvous Days will be the fort’s historic cistern.

Organizers said troops at the fort were tasked with protecting the Winnebago Indian tribes from other tribes, such as the Fox, Sac and Sioux. It’s said a 72-foot well was dug into solid bedrock, but “no water was to be accessed on the fort grounds,” and the troops were given the daily duty of hauling water from the nearby Turkey River to fill the cistern. The soldiers and their families used the cistern from about 1840 to 1849.

The public is invited to visit two museums during this year’s Rendezvous Days — the state museum, located on the fort grounds, and the city museum, located next to the community center. Both will be open during the weekend, and admission is free.

The weekend will also include a chicken dinner from 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27 at the community center, which will be followed by a 5K run the following morning. Registration for the 5K will open at 7:30 a.m. that day at the Community Center Park.

For information, visit fortatkinsoniowa.com/rendezvous-days-info or call Kay Schmitt at 563-534-7455.

Nagle to speak at Luther College’s 2024 Farwell Distinguished Lecture

Rebecca Nagle will present “Justice on Native Land” during Luther College’s annual Farwell Distinguished Lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24 in the Center for Faith and Life at Luther College in Decorah.

Nagle is an award-winning writer, podcaster, advocate and citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

The evening will be moderated

by Andrew Hageman, associate professor of English and director of Luther’s Center for Ethics and Public Engagement.

Nagle’s writing about native representation and tribal sovereignty has been published in The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Huffington Post and others. In addition to her work toward Native American representation, Nagle lends her voice in opposing violence against women. She is the co-founder of FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, and spearheaded The Monument Quilt, a collection of more than 3,000 stories by survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence, which have been written, painted and stitched onto red fabric.

Nagle is from Joplin, Missouri and currently lives in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where she works for her tribe on language revitalization.

History of pigeon breeding to be featured at Robey Memorial Library

The History and Breeding of Pigeons will be presented at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 at the Robey Memorial Library in Waukon, as part of the library’s Live and Learn series. The program will take place in the library’s lower level community room. The public is invited to attend this interactive presentation — involving eight different pigeon breeds — by master pigeon breeder Jim Brandt.

Registration for this program is encouraged but not required.

Contact the library’s front desk by calling 563-568-4424 or reserve a spot online at www. waukon.lib.ia.us.

Influenza vaccines available at WinnMed

Influenza season is approaching, and officials at WinnMed say receiving a flu vaccine is an important and effective prevention strategy. Influenza season generally begins in November and ends in March. The flu shot protects against the influenza virus for about six months. The Centers for Disease Control recommends adults get the annual flu shot in September or October. The CDC also recommends all people 6 months and older should receive the flu vaccine.

WinnMed’s staff said it is especially important for pregnant women to get vaccinated due to the increased risk of influenza-related complications. Injections of the vaccine are designed to protect against three strains of the flu virus. Flu mist is not available at this time. Influenza vaccinations at WinnMed will be available by appointment, though walk-ins will be accepted as the vaccine schedule allows.

Influenza vaccine is available in WinnMed’s Decorah, Ossian and Mabel Clinics as well as the WinnMed Pharmacy. Appointments may be made by calling: • Decorah Clinic: 563-3822911 • Ossian Clinic: 563-5329500 • Mabel Clinic: 507-4935115 • WinnMed Pharmacy: Walkins accepted during business hours

General election absentee ballots now available

Winneshiek County Auditor Ben Steines announced Friday that sample ballots are now available for the Nov. 5 general election. Sample ballots, absentee ballot request forms and other election information can be found on the Election Information page of the county auditor’s website — winneshiekcounty.iowa.gov/departments/ auditor/election-information.

Absentee ballots requested by mail will be sent on Oct. 16 and may be requested until Oct. 21. Absentee ballots may be cast in-person at the county auditor’s office Oct. 16 through Nov. 4, including Saturday, Nov. 2. For more information, email auditor@co.winneshiek. ia.us or call 563-382-5085.

Lansing bridge to close twice daily for 30 minutes

The Iowa Department of Transportation recently announced that construction of the deep foundations on the new Mississippi River bridge in Lansing is resuming.

This means the existing bridge will be closed for 30-minute periods twice each day for the next few weeks, information from the IDOT said.

Due to the uncertain nature of construction and weather, the exact timing of the closures cannot be predetermined.

Locals score well at state fair cattle shows Top Angus bull, Gelbvieh breeders named at state fair Judges at the Iowa State Fair recently named champion and grand champion entrants in several bull competitions, and several competitors from the region were among the top contenders in several categories.

Thea Zidlicky of Decorah was listed as the sixth place entrant in the April junior yearling heifer category of the Angus competition. Mark Stock of Waukon was listed among the top contenders in several divisions of the Gelbvieh breeding competition. Stock’s entries earned second place in the early junior heifer calf class, second and

third in the balancer early junior heifer calf bracket, first in both the balancer senior heifer contest and the champion and reserve balancer senior female show and third in the balancer early spring junior bull calf competition.

Banners awarded in Iowa State Fair Simmental Cattle Show A number of area names placed well as judges at the Iowa State Fair named the grand champion purebred bull in the Simmental cattle show.

Jeff Springer of Cresco was listed in both second and third place in the fall bull calf division. Springer took fifth place

in the fall heifer calf division as well. Micayla Christopher of Decorah was earned a second place slot in the foundation spring heifer calf competition as well as the champion and reserver foundation spring heifer results. Christopher also took second place in the spring heifer calf contest.

Top honors awarded in State Fair Shorthorn Cattle Show Judges at the Iowa State Fair recently named top contenders in the shorthorn cattle show.

Brinley Linderbaum of Ossian was listed as the fourth-place entrant in the junior yearling female division.

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member also noted some residents may be pleased with plans to relocate the pickleball courts, saying some homeowners dislike the sounds of the game echoing through the neighborhood.

Councilmember Steven Zittergruen said one of the main reasons the current location was chosen was its proximity to the Trout Run Trail. Trail users would have access to the proposed athletic park, and it was suggested Monday that the city consider rerouting the trail behind the facility — the trail currently runs along the road and passes close to the nearby dog park.

“If you have amenities like bathrooms and playground equipment, I can see it definitely being a potential trailhead site, especially for Freeport,” said Decorah City Manager Travis Goedken.

The group was also given the opportunity to design their own sports complex during Monday’s meeting, using large overhead maps and to-scale amenities. Some arranged numerous fields and buildings in the maps’ confines, while anothers went with a sparse design and focused instead on saving most

ture purchases of adjacent land.

Each of the group’s informal concepts were photographed by Prosser for further review. Some group members discussed parking arrangements, noting the lot at Decorah’s Will Baker Park is partially paved and partially gravel. Goedken reminded the group city code requires there must be 40 parking spots allotted for every ball field installed, and the lots must be paved unless a variance is issued.

Monday’s group also discussed concerns facing the project. Goedken pointed out the future site, which is in a flood plain, has a natural slope, and he noted the adjacent dog park driveway will need to be maintained. Old Stage Road has the largest tractor counts in the county, excluding state highways, but Goedken said he doesn’t think traffic will be an issue.

“The prime uses of the park typically won’t be during the peak traffic times on that road,” Goedken said.

Prosser intends to review feedback from Monday’s meeting and present three concepts for the site during the group’s next meeting, which will take place at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at city hall.

The public is invited to join Austin Frerick, author of “Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry,” for an event at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 24 in the Pulpit Rock Brewing events room.

Frerick will be in conversation with Benji Nichols, co-founder of Inspire(d) magazine and host of the Rhymes with Decorah podcast, followed by a book signing.

Frerick is an expert on agricultural and antitrust policy.

During the 2020 presidential campaign, he advised candidates Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Pete Buttigieg on agricultural policy before ultimately serving as co-chair of the Biden campaign’s Agriculture Antitrust Policy Committee. He is a fellow of the Thurman Arnold Project at Yale University, an initiative which brings together faculty, students and scholars to collaborate on

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Possible injuries were reported after a collision Saturday afternoon south of Burr Oak. A report from the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office said 34-year-old Drew Michael Johnson was driving a 2006 General Motors straight truck south along Highway 52 and didn’t notice a 2001 Chevrolet S10, driven by 64-year-old Jonathan Lynn Hougen of Decorah, had stopped in the road while waiting to run left.

The straight truck collided with the Chevrolet, which in turn spun and collided with a 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe, which 19-year-old Cora Jayne Fisher of Decorah was driving north along the highway — the sheriff’s report said Hougen was yielding to Fisher’s vehicle while waiting to turn left toward the Country Express. Johnson was cited for failure to stop in an assured clear distance. He was listed as uninjured, Hougen was suspected of having minor injuries and Fisher was reported to have possible injuries. Hougen was taken to WinnMed, according to the report.

Damage to the straight truck was estimated at $8,000. Damage to the S10 pickup was estimated at $4,000, and damage to the Santa Fe was estimated at $3,500.

Details of last week’s incident outside WinnMed released

The Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office released further details regarding an incident which occurred last week outside WinnMed in Decorah. The sheriff’s office has now identified 69-year-old John Wayne Westby of Mabel, Minnesota, as the individual who prompted the hospital to go into lockdown the morning of Sept. 10.

An earlier statement the sheriff’s office released soon after the incident described Westby as suicidal, and the 70-year-old has since been charged with two counts of eluding and two counts of reckless driving.

Criminal complaints filed against Westby said the sheriff’s office and the Decorah Police Department were called to the parking lot outside WinnMed’s emergency room shortly after 9:30 a.m. that day, after a report of a man sitting in his truck with a shotgun.

“He never exited the vehicle and never threatened anyone else,” a criminal complaint said.

The hospital immediately went into lockdown, according to the sheriff’s office. Westby was at that time on the phone with authorities in Fillmore County, Minnesota, who relayed the situation to Winneshiek County dispatchers.

Local law enforcement had blocked the parking lot’s exits, but Westby drove his Ford F-150 over a curb, according to court filings, before turning onto Highway 9. Information from the sheriff’s office said law enforcement attempted to block the pickup with their patrol vehicles on the highway three times before successfully stopping Westby along Highway 52 on the bridge near Twin Springs Campground.

The 70-year-old was detained and his weapons were secured before he was transported to the WinnMed

emergency room by the sheriff’s office, court documents said — the 70-year-old was neither arrested nor booked into the county jail.

WinnMed had lifted its lockdown by 9:57 a.m. the same day.

Cody Hageman, age 22, was arrested on a warrant and booked into the Winneshiek County Jail at 8:55 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4 on the charge of violation of sex offender registration requirements — second offense.

research related to competition policy and antitrust enforcement. He also serves on the board of directors for Common Good Iowa and the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project.

In 2022, The Advocate named him a “Champion of Pride.”

“Barons” is the story of seven titans of the food industry, their rise to power, and the consequences for workers, eaters and democracy itself. Organizers said Barons paints a stark portrait of corporate consolidation, but also argues that a fair, healthy and prosperous food industry is possible — if society takes back power from the barons who have robbed us of it.

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Harold, Fred and Frank officially retired in 1992 with a large equipment auction in Decorah, bringing people to Decorah from throughout the U.S. In the fall of 1992, Jeff (son of Harold) and Bill (son of Fred) began operations as JB Holland Construction with five employees, most of which were former Holland Brothers employees. They started doing small county grading projects much like their fathers. They expanded their client list to include airport runway construction, landfill cell construction and wastewater treatment facilities. They also began to perform grading for private sector large industrial site developments.

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MEMBERS OF THE PRIDE OF THE VIKINGS MARCHING BAND are (front row, l-r) Grant Zilka, Ansel Kowitz; (second row) Olivia Rissman, Carlton Nordschow, Andrew Carolan, Jerald Thompson, Ezra Harman-Wood, Beau Newhouse, Liam Chamberlain, Kealy Hines, Natalie Goodner, Jameson LaBelle; (third row) Kiele Eberling, Grady Sabelka, Quade Bruening, Ari Albert, Olivia Volkman, Grace Stockman, Jackson Irwin, Lyla Lovstuen; (fourth row) Amelia Pankow, Jay Hawthorn, Kaylie Wemark, Mikayla Hiner, Leah Suhr, Simone Downing, Sophia McGee; (fifth row) Kira Dowden, Bill Fullhart, Walter Davis, Elsa Christman, June Breitenbach-Dirks, Teagan Menke, Kaelyn Kuhn, Kera Walter, Ava Hanson; (sixth row) Lucas Weigle, Victor Biederman, Oskar Swanson, Noah Potvin, Cassie Stammeyer, Mary Brown, Jaylen Klees; (seventh row) Raelyn Newhouse, Amelia Wadsworth, Lily Sandhorst, Kamryn Steines, Jillian Volz, Myla Leitz, Klara Kelly, Max Goodner, Aitor Cuevas, Emma Neebel; (back row) Isaac Bentley, Evan Madsen, Vivian Search, Colin Thompson, Jack Hammell, Joseph McFarlane, Oliver Brummel. Not Pictured are Ava Burreson, Mikael Havens, Derek Hrdlicka, Peyton Kimball, Yoseph Ko, Fox Lana, Logan Nalean-Carlson, Olivia Paulsen, Nils Peterson and Monty Winslow. (Photo courtesy of Tami Bohr)

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King candidates from the senior class include Joshua Adam, son of Mike and Janet Adam; Louie Bucksa, son of Jared and Alecia Bucksa; Davis Coppola, son of Tony and Kelly Coppola; William Hahn, son of Brent and Amanda Hahn; and Grant Zilka, son of Keith and Jessica Zilka.

Junior class attendants are Ariana Albert, daughter of Chopper and Rhonda Albert, and Cael LaFrentz, son of Raef and Joie LaFrentz.

Representing the sophomore class as attendants are Kaelyn Kuhn, daughter of Tom and Karen Kuhn, and Gavin Knutson, son of Justin and Tasha Knutson.

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pher, and Bennett Coppola, son of Tony and Kelly Coppola, will represent the class of 2028.

The 2024 DHS Homecoming Parade will start at 2:30 p.m. at the high school and follow the traditional homecoming parade route down West Water Street and River Street.

The Decorah Vikings football team will take on the Mustangs of Independence High School at 7:30 p.m. The Decorah ninth grade team will play at 5 p.m. that day.

The Homecoming queen and king, their court and their parents will be presented during halftime of the varsity game, along with a performance by the Decorah High School Pride of the Vikings marching band.

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The coronation ceremony will be held the afternoon of Friday Sept. 20, with a pep assembly and parade to follow.

Queen candidates from the senior class include Leah Holland, daughter of Steve and Krista Holland; Sara Johanningmeier, daughter of Scott and Kerri Johanningmeier; Greta Jones, daughter of Brian and Jennifer Jones; McKenzie Riley, daughter of Adam and Jessica Riley; and Ella Stille, daughter of Brandon and Mi-

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Attendants in grades 9-11 are, front row (l-r): Bennett Coppola, Gavin Knutson and Cael LaFrentz.

Back row: Riley Christopher, Kaelyn Kuhn and Ariana Albert.

students began with the Viking Olympics earlier in the week.

The Viking Olympics aims to encourage team building

among students across all grade levels.

Pictured are the Decorah High School Homecoming Royalty, front row (l-r): Louie Bucksa, Davis Coppola, Joshua Adam, William Hahn and Grant Zilka. Back row: Ella Stille, Greta Jones, Leah Holland, McKenzie Riley and Sara Johanningmeier. (Photos submitted)

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Warriors Tailgate including face painting, carnival games, Gaga Ball ans snow cones at Bus Barn Area The tailgate also includes a freewill donation

meal of hot dogs, pork loin sandwiches, fruit, chips, cookie, water and lemonade from 5-6:30 p.m. The varsity football team will kick-off against Newman Catholic at 7 p.m.

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Honoring the fallen The American Legion Riders recently presented $1,000 to the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office, following a 9/11 tribute at the Decorah Fire Department. The sheriff’s office thanked the American Legion Riders for organizing and sponsoring the fundraiser which generated the donation. The funds will be used to support the office’s current K9 units McCoy and Rooster. Funds will also be used for equipment, training and other ongoing expenses to keep the K-9 program thriving for years to come, according to the sheriff’s office. The American Legion Riders also presented a donation to Thunder Rode, a nonprofit which was also included in the fundraising event. The sheriff’s office thanked all the donors who contributed ahead of the event, including the American Legion Riders, KVIK Radio and a number of other businesses and individuals.

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Decorah World War II veteran Andy Borske was one of several veterans, VFW Auxiliary members and volunteers who distributed “Buddy poppies” Friday and Saturday in front of local businesses as part of VFW Post 1977’s annual fundraiser. Quartermaster Mark Stockdale said this year’s total funds raised surpassed the amount raised in 2023. The funds will be used to help local veterans in need. (Photo by Zach Jensen)

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The Decorah City Council unanimously approved amending a city ordinance on Monday, requiring all vehicles stopped at a temporary stop sign located in a school zone to yield to vehicles not otherwise obliged to stop or yield. City officials said the amendment was aimed at making the ordinance more clear, specifically citing a temporary stop sign at the intersection of River and Vernon Streets, adjacent to Carrie Lee Elementary School, where city officials said there has been some confusion as to which vehicles have the right of way. Cars traveling north or south on River Street must stop and yield to all busses traveling west on Vernon Street, especially during morning bus drop off and afternoon bus pick-up periods. (Photo by Denise Lana)

• Striping on Canoe Ridge Road is expected to take place at the end of September.

• Estimates and quotes for the installation of in-floor heat at the county shops are being procured. County Engineer Michael Kueny said the in-floor heat will help keep the shops and equipment dry while ensuring easy startup for winter road maintenance vehicles.

The next meeting of the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors will be held at 9:30 a.m., Sept. 23, in the courthouse annex.

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Pair of Huinkers place well during state fair boar and swine shows John Huinker of Decorah earned recognition during the Iowa State Fair’s recent Duroc boar show. Huinker was listed as the first-place entrant in the class 3 boar division, and was named reserve champion behind Mia Brecht of Belle Plaine. Wayne Huinker, also of Decorah, was awarded third place at the state fair during the Yorkshire swine show.

WINNESHIEK COUNTY SECONDARY ROADS

Winneshiek County Secondary Roads will be accepting applications for the position of “On-Demand Part Time Operator” at the office of the Winneshiek County Engineer, 201 W Main St, Decorah, IA 52101. Class A CDL with medical card are required at application. Applications and job description are available at the Engineers Office and at www.winneshiekcounty.org/jobs.html.

Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

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Public Notices IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA A. BOLDT DECEASED PROBATE NO. ESPR 016325 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Virginia A. Boldt, Deceased, who died on or about February 28, 2024: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the September 12, 2024, the Last Will and Testament of Virginia A. Boldt, deceased, bearing date of September 28, 1991, was admitted to probate in the abovenamed Court and that Cheryl A. Gulbranson was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the Will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the Will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate

shall file them with the Clerk of the abovenamed district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated September 13, 2024 Cheryl A. Gulbranson Executor of Estate 3432 Highlandville Road Decorah, IA 52101 Jana Evelsizer Olson ANDERSON, WILMARTH, VAN DER MAATEN, FRETHEIM, EVELSIZER OLSON, NOBLE, LYNCH & ZAHASKY 212 Winnebago P.O. Box 450 Decorah, IA 52101 563-382-2959 Email: jana.olson@andersonlawdecorah.com Date of second publication: September 26, 2021 Decorah (Iowa) Leader September 19 & 26, 2024

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ELECTRIC POWER LINES AND GRAIN BINS DON’T MIX! Please contact your local electric cooperative/utility if you plan to build a grain bin in the vicinity of an electric distribution line or electric transmission line.

Dairyland Power Cooperative owns and operates transmission lines in Northeastern Iowa, which provide electrical energy to local rural electric cooperatives and municipalities. Those transmission lines are operated at voltages that greatly exceed local distribution and service lines that may be located on your property. Dairyland will provide assistance in planning the placement of the grain bin near our transmission line to provide a safe environment for everyone working and living around grain bins.

The State of Iowa requires specific clearances for electric lines around grain bins, with different standards for those filled by portable and permanent augers, conveyors and elevators. The drawings show specific clearances required for each scenario.

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Source: American National Standards Institute (ANSI) C2-2017 “National Electrical Safety Code,” Rule F-234-4(a), Page 138 Legend P = probe clearance 55m (18 ft) required by Rule 234F1a H = horizontal clearance 4.8 m (15 ft) required by Rule 234F1b T = transition clearance V1 = vertical clearance above a building required by Rule 234C (Table 234-1) V2 = vertical clearance required by Rule 232B (Table 232-1 or 232-2)

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According to the Iowa Electric Safety Code found in Iowa Administrative Code Chapter 199 – 25.2(3)b., your local electric utility may refuse to provide electric service to any grain bin built near an existing electric line which does not provide the clearances required by The American National Standards Institutes (ANSI)C2-2017 “National Electrical Safety Code,” Rule 234F. This Paragraph “b” shall apply only to grain bins loaded by portable augers, conveyors or elevators built after September 9, 1992, or to grain bins loaded by permanently installed augers, conveyors or elevator systems installed after December 24, 1997. (As adopted by the Iowa Utilities Commission) Dairyland Power Cooperative is required by the Iowa Utilities Commission to provide this annual notice to farmers, farm lenders, grain bin merchants, and city and county zoning officials. If you have any questions concerning clearance regulations, please call our Real Estate and Right of Way Department, Monday through Friday, from 8 am to 4 pm, at 608-788-4000.

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Decorah(Iowa) Leader September 19, 2024

PUBLIC NOTICES

A-12 | DECORAH LEADER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 | WWW.DECORAHLEADER.COM | CLASSIFIEDS@DECORAHNEWSPAPERS.COM | 563-382-4221 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR WINNESHIEK COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOLENE M. LAMMERS DECEASED PROBATE NO. ESPR 016319 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Jolene M. Lammers, Deceased, who died on or about August 10, 2024: You are hereby notified that on September 4, 2024, the Last Will and Testament of Jolene M. Lammers, deceased, bearing date of April 22nd, 2014, was admitted to probate in the above-named court and that Lisa Peterson was appointed Executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated September 6, 2024.

Lisa Peterson, Executor 11371 County Road 102 Hanska, MN 56041 Joseph P. Braun, ICIS#: AT0001120 Attorney for Executor ELWOOD, O’DONOHOE, BRAUN & WHITE, LLP 217 North Elm Street PO Box 377 Cresco, IA 52136 Date of second publication: September 19, 2024 Decorah (Iowa) Leader September 12 & 19, 2024

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PATRICIA MARY MOORE A/K/A PATRICIA MARY BURROUGHS, DECEASED PROBATE NO. ESPR 016317 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Patricia Mary Moore a/k/a Patricia Mary Burroughs, Deceased, who died on or about August 20, 2024: You are hereby notified that on August 30, 2024, the Last Will and Testament of Patricia Mary Moore a/k/a Patricia Mary Burroughs, deceased, bearing date of November 29, 2014, was admitted to probate in the abovenamed Court and that Angela Marie Lansing was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the Will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the Will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the Clerk of the above named district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated September 5, 2024.

Angela Maire Lansing 364 W. Post Street, P.O. Box 932 Postville, IA 52162 Andrew P. Nelson, ICIS#: AT0005669 Attorney for Executor Meyer, Lorentzen & Nelson 101 ½ E. Water Street P.O. Box 126 Decorah, IA 52101 Date of second publication: September 19, 2024 Decorah (Iowa) Leader September 12 & 19, 2024 Board Minutes September 9, 2024 The Board of Supervisors met at 9:30am September 9, 2024 with Kelsay, Vick, Langreck, Vermace, and Faldet present. The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was recited, and the meeting was called to order.

Tom Madden, SEH Engineering, met with the Board to give an update on the Festina Sewer project.

Moved by Vermace and seconded by Faldet to approve the consent agenda which includes the minutes of the last meeting, the claims filed with the Board, and to accept and file the monthly report of the County Recorder. Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Kelsay and seconded by Faldet to approve the pledge letter to NEIA Housing Trust Fund for the $10,000 current year budgeted amount. Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Vermace and seconded by Kelsay to enter into the settlement agreement with Jeffrey Peel. Motion carried unanimously.

Moved by Faldet and seconded by Vick to approve the agreement with MercyOne Waterloo for Inpatient Detoxification and Substance Abuse Services. Motion carried unanimously.

Michael Kueny, County Engineer, met with the Board to give road project updates.

Moved by Vick and seconded by Faldet to approve the bid by Bruening Rock Products for Ice Control Rock stockpiles. Motion carried unanimously.

Kueny and the Board took a tour of several ongoing road projects.

Moved by Vick and seconded by Faldet to adjourn to 9:30am Monday, September 16, 2024. Motion carried unanimously.

ATTEST Benjamin D Steines, County Auditor Daniel Langreck, Chair Board of Supervisors A-Tec Recycling, Inc., Recycle Flourescent Light.......... $1,867.04 Accurate Controls, Inc..... Technical SupportJail.................................................. $410.00 AcenTek.......................... September ServiceCourth......................................... $1,289.19 AireSpring, 1373016- Courthouse.... $415.13 Cynthia Albers, Election Training 09/04................... $15.00 Alliant Energy, 7/22-8/22 College Dr.................. $9,667.10 Amazon Capital Services, Waterproof Case- EMA............... $3,555.35 American Tower Corporation, Burr Oak Tower Rent- E911....... $2,007.09 Anderson Law Office, Stationery & Forms..................... $4,620.00 AT&T Mobility, 07/20-08/19- EMA...................... $1,582.09 Linus Barloon, Sort Line- Recycling.$353.85 Leslie Battle, Election Training 09/04.$15.00 Daniel Beard, City Council Safety Mtg 0............... $50.00 Thomas Benda, Mowing Frankville (3)................... $420.00 Bruce Bergsgaar, City Council Safety Mtg 0............... $50.00 Black Hills Energy, 07/26-08/28- Conservation.............. $62.52 Bodensteiner Implement Company, Parts- Conservation........................ $880.83 Capital One, Supplies 603190- EMA.............. $153.26 Carquest Auto Parts, Parts-RETURN-Roads................... $840.10 Casper Plumbing & Heating, Inc, Exhaust Fan Motor- Courth........... $103.85 CenturyLink, 08/19-09/18- DHS...... $694.87 City of Decorah, 05/15-08/15- CSB. $694.11 Column Software PBC, River City NPH- Zoning................ $329.61 Court View Place LLP, September Building Rental......... $1,970.00 Culligan, Water Use-Roads............... $327.99 Roger Dahlen, August Cell Phone Use........... $25.00 Dan’s Standard Service, PartsUNIT 667-Roads............................ $179.64 Decorah Ace Hardware, Supplies 1771- CSB....................... $105.61

Decorah Leader, Admin Assistant Ad- VA................ $903.25 Decorah Tire Service, Service-UNIT 1031-Roads......... $1,951.22 Dentons Davis Brown PC, Review I-140.................................. $237.07 Dick’s Petroleum Company, Labor-Tanks Freeport.................. $1,118.06 Don’s Truck Sales, Inc, Parts-STOCK-Roads...................... $125.71 Elan Financial Services, Intl Assoc EM Annual Fee-......... $1,101.79 Ernie’s Ag Center, Annual Rye Grass- RM............... $4,200.00 Everest Property Group, LLC, September Site Rent....................... $100.00 Fahrner Asphalt Sealers, PLEA 125-3 Canoe Ridge Rd. $182,235.95 Mark Faldet, ISAC Annual Conference Ex......... $668.46 Fareway Stores, August Supplies- Jail..................... $954.47 John Fels, August Cell Phone Use...... $25.00 Fisk Farm & Home Inc., Parts 822951 Roads.................... $1,282.93 Fredericksburg Vet Clinic, Canine Expenses- Sheriff............... $118.57 George L. Grosz, Sort Line- Recycling...................... $834.08 Dawn Hageman, ISAC Annual Conference Ex...... $1,056.32 Kayla Hageman, August Cell Phone Use.................... $40.00 John Halverson, September Cell Phone Use............... $25.00 Rachel Herold, August Mileage- PH.. $39.53 Sally Herold, August Mileage- PH... $296.81 Logan Hopp, Canine Expenses Reimb........... $51.95 Ricky Hughes, Bin Hauling- Recycling................. $963.83 Tanner Imoehl, Training Meals Reimb- Ass............. $30.00 ImperialDade, Custodial Supplies- Jail................. $363.79 IMWCA, Install #3 Workers Comp 2......... $7,192.00 Inovalon Provider, Inc. IT Software & Support- PH........... $499.31 Intoximeters, Inc, Misc Expense- Sheriff.................... $305.00 Iowa DOT, Ice Melt Salt- Courthouse......... $27,655.97 IROC Web Design Services, Hosting & Domain Renewal.......... $150.00 Fatimetu Jatri Emhamed, September Cell Phone Use............... $25.00 JB Holland Construction, Inc, Festina WWTF Improvements. $212,122.95 John Deere Financial, 36162-45508- Conservation........... $432.35 Dale Johnson, City Council Safety Mtg 0............... $50.00 Mike Johnson, Camp Host Kendallville 09............ $422.30 K Construction, PLEA 124-6....... $63,462.39 KAR Auto Group of Decorah Inc, Vehicle Service- Sheriff............ $27,411.30 Ian Kemp, Shift Coverage- Sheriff... $460.00 Brenda Kreitzer, September Cell Phone Use.......... $1,284.72 Ethel Barbara Krueger, Cleaning Services- Recycl............. $145.32 Lois Kuennen, Election Training 09/04.......... $15.00 Kwik Trip Extended Network, August Fuel- Sheriff.................... $5,736.95 LA Communications, Inc, Advertising- Public Healt............... $272.00 Steve Lennon, Sort Line- Recycling. $560.26 Chuck Lensing, August Cleaning- CSB................ $2,250.00 Leon’s Auto Repair, Vehicle Service- Sheriff................. $220.00 LetterWerks Sign City, LLC, Supplies-Roads.............................. $490.00 Lifetime Gutters & More Inc, Gutters Freeport Shop................. $2,250.00 Lincoln Township, Fire Engine Allocation.............. $30,000.00 Dr. Kevin Locke, Cremation- Roger Goodno............. $225.00 Charles Lore, Election Training 09/04.$15.00 Elaine Lore, Election Training 09/04.. $15.00 Jon Lubke, Storage Trays Purchase Re............ $867.52 James Ludeking, City Council Safety Mtg 0............... $50.00 Mabel Co-op Telephone, E911 Updates................................. $202.17 Mail Services, Printing- Treasurer.... $816.66 Martin Bros. Distributing, Custodial Supplies- Jail................. $582.51 Martin Equipment of IA/IL, Inc, Parts-UNIT 431-Roads.................. $232.61 Marv Smith Electric, LLC, Parts-Power washer........................ $494.17 Jamie McConnell, August Cell Phone Use.................... $25.00 Hubert McGee, Book Processing- Recyclin............ $628.40 Tony Meyer, City Council Safety Mtg 0............... $50.00 Midwest Group Benefits, Weekly Side Fund Disb............. $20,547.01 MiBroadband, 09/01-09/30- Kendallville.............. $422.76 Chrisopher Miculinich, Election Training 09/04................... $15.00 Midwest Automatic Fire, Sprinkler Service- Jail.................... $340.00 MSC Industrial Supply Co., Parts-STOCK-Roads...................... $405.05 Brian Muth, Bin Hauling- Recycling.$963.83 MWSCO, Supplies-Roads................ $348.93 NASP, Archery Supplies- Conserv... $195.00 NE Iowa Metalworks, Inc., Parts-UNIT 4001-Roads................ $636.93 Joseph Needham, Election Training 09/04................... $32.42 North Iowa Reporting, Depos St v Nandoya Othman......... $341.00 Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc., Liberate Lecitech- RM................ $1,250.00 Nathan Onsager, ISAC Annual Conference Ex......... $104.68 Lana Oyloe, Sort Line- Recycling. $1,061.55 Chip Peterson, Copyright Release- Sherif................ $90.00 Tony Phillips, September Cell Phone Use............... $25.00 Lonnie Pierce, August Cell Phone Use........... $25.00 Pilot Institute LLC, Drone Maneuvers- Sheriff............. $159.00 Pitney Bowes Global Financial.......11725196 Postage Machine............................... $229.80 PMMIC Insurance, Insurance-Tanks-Roads............... $4,303.00 Olivia Rasmussen, Sort Line- Recycling................... $1,061.55 Reliable Dumpster Services Inc, August Hauls- Bluffton............... $3,025.00 Ricoh USA Inc, Contract 09/13-12/12.................. $2,362.89 Riley’s Inc, Office Supplies- Zoning.$255.64 River City Paving, Cold Mix-Roads... $54.15 Roger’s Lock & Key, Lock Assembly/Cylinder- C.......... $207.53 Ronco Engineering, Parts-UNIT 582-Roads............... $1,021.28 Sanitation Resources, Inc, August Garbage- CSB.................... $887.50 Schilling Supply Company, Custodial Supplies- Court.............. $271.07 Jayne Schultz, ISAC Annual Conference Ex......... $724.30 Gary Smorstad, City Council Safety Mtg 0............... $50.00 Gordon Snitker, August Cell Phone Use.................... $25.00 Star Equipment LTD, Parts-UNIT 4800-Roads............. $5,850.00 Ben Steines, September Cell Phone Use............. $971.04 Storey Kenworthy, Supplie 206482- DHS.................... $144.96 John L. Storkamp, August Cell Phone Use.................... $25.00 Thornton’s Feed & Grain Inc., DOT Highway Mix- RM............ $7,290.00 Thryv, 08/01-08/31 Advertising-........ $19.50 Tieskoetter Lawn Care, LLC, Mowing Silver Springs (4)............ $836.00 Truck Country of Iowa, Parts-UNIT 545-Roads............... $2,451.99 United States Postal Service, 500 Stamped Envelopes- Sh.......... $420.50 Upper Explorerland RPC, FY25 DOT Dues....................... $31,834.70 US Cellular, 08/10-09/09- Roads...... $351.60 Van Diest Supply Company, Herbicide- RM............................ $4,984.20 Krista Vanden Brink, Postage Reimb- PH........................ $367.60 Verizon Connect A/R, Cell Phones/GPS Tracking................. $8.74 Verizon Wireles, 07/26-08/25- EMA Bridge S............ $14.04 Shirley Vermace, ISAC Annual Conference Ex......... $423.24 Vestis, Services- Courthouse............. $258.00 Veterans Information Service, 2024 Annual Books- VA.................. $98.00 Weis Buick GMC, Parts-UNIT 642-Roads.................... $73.98 Paul Wermers, Election Training 09/04.......... $25.05 J Wayne Wicks, City Council Safety Mtg 0............... $50.00 Windstream,

08/25-09/24- Conservation.............. $51.21 Winn Co Landfill, Dumpster Fees 08/14-08/20........ $1,975.24 Wright Way Computers, LLC, MS Licensing- IT........................ $4,943.27 Grand Total.................................$723,934.61 Decorah(Iowa) Leader September 19, 2024 IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JANET E. GALL DECEASED PROBATE NO. ESPR 016321 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Janet E. Gall, Deceased, who died on or about July 20, 2024: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on the September 4, 2024, the Last Will and Testament of Janet E. Gall, deceased, bearing date of April 2, 1997, was admitted to probate in the abovenamed Court and that Elizabeth Elaine Fritz was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the Will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the Will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the Clerk of the abovenamed district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated September 6, 2024.

Elizabeth Elaine Fritz Executor of Estate 315 Riverview Dr Decorah, IA 52101 Jana Evelsizer Olson ANDERSON, WILMARTH, VAN DER MAATEN, FRETHEIM, EVELSIZER OLSON, NOBLE, LYNCH & ZAHASKY 212 Winnebago P.O. Box 450 Decorah, IA 52101 (563) 382-2959 Email: jana.olson@andersonlawdecorah.com Date of second publication: September 19, 2024 Decorah (Iowa) Leader September 12 & 19, 2024

IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ARLENE IDELLA LARSON DECEASED PROBATE NO. ESPR 016324 NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL, APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS To All Persons Interested in the Estate of Arlene Idella Larson, Deceased, who died on or about Aug. 21, 2024: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that on Sept. 8, 2024, the Last Will and Testament of Arlene Idella Larson, deceased, bearing date of April 13, 1990, was admitted to probate in the abovenamed Court and that Tracy Dostal was appointed executor of the estate. Any action to set aside the Will must be brought in the district court of said county within the later to occur of four months from the date of the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice to all heirs of the decedent and devisees under the Will whose identities are reasonably ascertainable, or thereafter be forever barred.

Notice is further given that all persons indebted to the estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and creditors having claims against the estate shall file them with the Clerk of the abovenamed district court, as provided by law, duly authenticated, for allowance, and unless so filed by the later to occur of four months from the second publication of this notice or one month from the date of mailing of this notice (unless otherwise allowed or paid) a claim is thereafter forever barred.

Dated Sept. 10, 2024.

Tracy Dostal Executor of Estate 1601 Manawa Trail Road Decorah, IA 52101 Jana Evelsizer Olson ANDERSON, WILMARTH, VAN DER MAATEN, FRETHEIM, EVELSIZER OLSON, NOBLE, LYNCH & ZAHASKY 212 Winnebago P.O. Box 450 Decorah, IA 52101 (563) 382-2959 Email: jana.olson@andersonlawdecorah.com Date of second publication: September 19, 2024 Decorah (Iowa) Leader September 12 & 19, 2024

Decorah Community School Board Regular School Board Meeting Minutes Central Administration Office Monday, September 9, 2024 5:30 p.m.

Present: President Cindy Goodner, Directors: Ron Fadness, Brian Petersburg, Carole Sand, and Aaron Zander.

Superintendent Dr. Tim Cronin, Director of Business Services Cathy Dietzenbach, Board Secretary Darlene Woodhouse, Staff, News Media, and Guests.

President Goodner called to order the regular school board meeting at 5:30 p.m. Director Zander read the mission statement. There was no old business.

Motion: Director Fadness moved, seconded by Director Sand to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried by all voting aye.

Motion: Director Petersburg moved, seconded by Director Zander to approve the consent items: August 12 & 26, 2024 minutes, bills and personnel as listed below. Motion carried by all voting aye.

New Hires: a. Molly Holkesvik (Temporary Assistant Girls Swimming Coach) Level E, Step 5 b. Samantha Amdahl (Middle School Food Service) Step 1 c. Carley Schroyer (Carrie Lee Associate) Step 1, Lane 1 d. Olga Wildman (High School Food Service) Step 1 e. S. Lelani Himegarner (Vocal Music Collaborative Pianist) f. Joel Rollinger (Mowing) Step | g. Brooklyn Larson (Middle School Volleyball Coach) Level E, Step 1 h. Gina Holthaus (Varsity Assistant Volleyball Coach@50%) Level C, Step 5@50% i. Gina Holthaus (9”” Grade Volleyball Coach@50%) Level D, Step 5@50% j. Jackie Hoyme (Varsity Assistant Volleyball Coach@50%) Level C, Step 5@50% k. Jackie Hoyme (9” Grade Volleyball Coach@50%) Level D, Step S@50% l. Kristen Underwood (High School Large Group Speech Coach) Level C, Step 5 m. Brigit Storhoff (Assistant Girls Basketball Coach) Level C, Step 5 n. Emilee Burcham-Schofield (Assistant Girls Basketball Coach) Level C, Step 1 o. Bill Post (Mowing) Step 1 p. Al Ludeking (Middle School Boys Cross Country Coach) Level E, Step 5 q. Abby Halderson (Nutrition/Transportation Administrative Assistant) Step 7 Resignations: Danial Dawley (Carrie Lee Associate) Rescind Prior Resignation: a. Allen Ludeking (Evening Custodian) Salary Lane Changes: a. Katie Casterton MA, Step 10 b. Pamela Dambek BA+36, Step 22 c. Christopher Hadley BA+12, Step 12 d. Amanda Huinker MA+12, Step 18 f. Steve Larson MA+24, Step 28 g. Catherine Moeller MA, Step 6 h. Addison Sadler MA, Step 9.5 i. Heidi Snell-Anderson MA+24, Step 10 j. Gabriel Twedt MA, Step 15 k. Jessica Uhlenhake MA, Step 11 There was no communication from the public.

The new Certified teachers were introduced to the board: Chris Hadley, Sarah

Kowitz, Alyssa Marso, Alaina Otto, and Matthew Steven. Not able to attend was Bretta Schwartz and Heidi Snell-Anderson.

The board welcomed the new teachers to the district.

New Business: Motion: Director Fadness moved, seconded by Director Petersburg to approve the 2024-2025 Preschool Collaborative 28E Agreements as recommended by administration. Motion carried by all voting aye.

Motion: Director Fadness moved, seconded by Director Zander to approve the first reading of #605.1, 605.2, and 605.3 Selection of Instructional Materials. These updates are recommended by the Iowa Association of School Boards. Motion carried by all voting aye.

Superintendent Dr. Tim Cronin presented a unique situation to the board which came about with the state setting a $60,000 minimum for teachers with twelve years of experience. There is one certified teacher placed at Step 11.5 who will reach Step 12 during the 2024-2025 school year. With the noticeable difference in salaries between Step 11 and Step 12, this teacher would not benefit from the established state minimum. The board directed Superintendent Dr. Tim Cronin to proceed with a Memorandum of Understanding with the Decorah Education Association for this unique situation for this one teacher.

The board reviewed the John Cline Elementary, Carrie Lee Elementary, and Decorah High School roof reports. The district’s goal is to address the priorities revealed in the report and then proceed with reviewing the roofs periodically and repairing sections as needed. The district has noticed some issues with the current ArmorLite roofing systems and will be switching to Ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) with future projects.

The priority of the district will be the High School cafeteria roof followed with the Carrie Lee gym roof. The board commended the administration for the audit and establishing a plan.

The board discussed preventative maintenance programs. Superintendent Dr. Tim Cronin stated the district will shift its approach from a maintenance policy to a preventative maintenance policy hoping to minimize repair costs. Areas that could be utilized would be HVAC and lawn equipment. The district would purchase preventative maintenance insurance, and these funds would be paid from the Management fund.

Discussion took place regarding the custodial staff removing snow which takes time away from their regular duties. The custodial staff is also short of two custodians, one evening and one day position. Superintendent Dr. Tim Cronin stated he would like to visit locally in determining how to bid the snow removal. The district could receive bids from several ways including snow removal for parking lots only, lots and sidewalks, school days, and during events. The board directed Superintendent Dr. Tim Cronin to proceed with a Request for Proposal for snow removal.

The board stated it has received questions regarding the future use of West Side Early Childhood once a new elementary facility is built. The board stated the district would not have a need for the building for education and it wouldn’t be prudent to keep ownership of the building due to maintenance costs. There is a set process the board must go through to sell the building. Discussion took place regarding potential drawings of a new elementary facility. The board has early drawings which established a projected cost, but it is too early for detailed drawings at this point.

The district does already have more advanced drawings than other districts looking to build a facility.

Superintendent Dr. Cronin stated the district held open houses for tours of John Cline and West Side on August 21st and August 28, 2024, and held one community forum on September 5, 2024, with the next open forum being held this evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Decorah High School. As a reminder, The October — February board meetings will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Open Enrollments: Oliver Bailey, Grade 3, from Allamakee to Decorah Jordy Fouts, Grade 3, from South Winneshiek to Decorah HSAP Finley Fouts, Grade 4, from South Winneshiek to Decorah HSAP Alexis Macario, Grade 10, from Howard-Winneshiek to Decorah August Nies, Grade 3, from South Winneshiek to Decorah Annika Nies, Grade 5, from South Winneshiek to Decorah Kendal Quam, Grade 11, from Decorah to CAM-lowa Connections Academy Olivia Quam, Grade 11, from Decorah to CAM-lowa Connections Academy Alden Shaw, Grade 11, From Decorah to Clayton Ridge-lowa Virtual Academy Director of Business Services, Cathy Dietzenbach, updated the board on financials.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:45 p.m.

Cindy Goodner, Board President Darlene Woodhouse, Board Secretary Claims for August 2024 – Activity Fund Ace Hardware, HS Supplies..................10.99 Anderson, Dave, Baseball Announcer.........................................125.00 Blanchard, Dave, Baseball Announcer.........................................175.00 BMI, Annual Fee..................................303.28 Bohr, Tami, Digital ImagesAll State.............................................332.00 Brensnahan, Kathy, Speaker.............1,500.00 Carlson, Jon, Reimbursement BB Hotels..........................................389.97 Decker Sporting Goods, HS Volley Supply...........................2,972.20 Decorah General Fund(BMO), Credit Card.....................................8,090.09 Fareway, HS Supplies XC ................6,792.27 Farmers Union Coop, Basketball LP Tank...........................312.00 Fisk Farm & Home, HS Supplies..........31.98 First, MS Lego Membership Dues.......748.00 Gillette Group, Supply Nordic Fest Booth......................................1,645.90 Hartl, Renae, Baseball Score Board Worker..........................175.00 Hudl, 2024-2025 Software..............16,000.00 IGHSAU, Bowling State Qualifier Banner................................111.00 IHSAA, Tennis Plaque...........................75.00 IHSADA, Annual Conference Fee.......305.00 IHSMA, 2024-25 Membership Dues.....25.00 Iowa Sports Supply, MS Volley Jerseys..........................2,736.00 John Deere Financial, HS Supplies........11.79 Letterwerks, HS Band Banner/Baseball.............................1,956.25 Lore, Elaine, Softball Ticket Worker.....25.00 Pub at the Pinicon, Baseball Meal/Meeting.....................304.85 Riley, McKenzie, Softball Announcer...........................................50.00 Weis, Marty, Baseball Score Board Worker............................25.00 Wettach, Jeff, Baseball Score Board Worker............................50.00 Wilkerson, Francesca, Baseball/Soft. Ticket...........................50.00 Winneshiek County Agricultural, Cheese C........................................1,219.50 Winneshiek County Dairy Promoters, FFA.................................................6,886.00 Total Activity Claims....................$53,434.07 Claims for August 2024- Food Service Fund Carlson, Tarynne, Refunding Lunch Acct..........................................13.80 Casper Plumbing & Heating, Repairs...........................................1,202.92 Country View Dairy, Yogurt................290.00 Day, Martha, Refunding Lunch Acct..........................................50.92 Decorah General Fund (BMO), Credit Card........................................680.30 Elliott, Chad, Reimbursement for Pans...............................................15.00 Hovey, Carrie, Refunding Lunch Account.............................................116.55 Joe’s Restaurant, Repairs.....................116.00 Total Food Service Claims..............$2,485.49 Claims for September 2024– General Fund Prepaids: Alliant Energy, Electricity...............21,286.93 Century Link (Lumen), Phones/Fax....605.69 Decorah Gen. Fund (BMO) Credit Card...................................11,595.51 Five Star Telecom, District Cameras......................................163,910.02 Pitney Bowes, Reserve Account, Postage...........................................1,500.00 U.S. Cellular, Telephones/Fax..........1,180.17 Woodward-Granger CSD, Tuition....9,701.52 Total General Fund Prepaid Claims......................................$209,779.84 General Fund Payables: Acentek, Internet..................................540.00 Ahlers & Cooney, P.C., Legal Services-..............................................87.00 Alliant Energy, Electricity-District......246.76 Blick Art Supplies, Supplies-HS/JC..............................4,127.85 Bodensteiner Implement, Repairs-dist....................................7,388.57

Bruening Rock Products, WS/JC Mulch....................................385.00 Budweg, Ward, Labor Assemble MS Chair.......................................1,492.78 Cambium Assessment, JC/MS Assessment.........................1,387.50 Capital Sanitary Supply, Clean Supplies.............................11,378.49 Carquest, Miscellaneous Vehicle Supplies..................................45.69 Casper Plumbing & Heating, Build, Repair................................23,223.47 Clinicare Corporation, Tuition........72,070.98 Culligan Water Conditioning, Cooler Rental......................................20.00 Culver-Hahn Electric, Build Repairs-District.......................640.78 DeBauche Trucks Diesel, Vehicle Supplies..................................31.89 Decorah Chiropractic, Bus Driver Physical.......................1,900.00 Decorah, City of, Water & Sewer-dist........................1,285.10 Decorah Mobile Glass, HS Supplies......44.76 Decorah Rental, HS Grounds Maintenance......................................118.85 Donovan Group, Other Purchased Service...........................................2,500.00 EdClub Inc., MS/CL/JC Software License............................2,397.30 Fareway, Supplies-district....................117.56 Fisk Farm & Home, Supplies-district....68.46 Flinn Scientific, HS Supplies.................49.56 Follett Content Solutions, Library Books................................2,023.25 Goldline CDL Training, Bus Endorse Train.............................800.00 GraceNotes, HS Music.........................301.50 Hadley, Chris, Reimbursement-NH.......30.00 Hoyme, Deb, Power Wash Bleachers.................................250.00 Hubka Construction, Bus Garage Repairs......................18,300.00 Imperial Dade, District Cleaning Supplies..........................................2,040.15 Iowa Ass. Of School Board, Supplies-CAO.....................................52.00 ISEA, Assessment Books-district........648.00 Kinderhaus, 4 Yr. Preschool Partners..........................2,808.40 Kirkwood Community College, Tuition...............................................350.00 Kwik Trip, Fuel.................................4,766.61 Letterwerks, Banners-district............1,120.00 Malcom Enterprises, Garbage Collection..........................................855.00 Marco, Copier Repairs/ Maint-district..................................7,479.35 McDonald Supply, Build Repairs-HS/WS..............................1,138.47 Mercy One Occupational Health, Drug Tests.........................................120.00 Mississippi Welders Supply, Build Repairs.................................1,325.05 Midwest Alarm Services, HS Repairs........................................170.00 NICC, Test Fee/Bus Driver Online Training......................385.00 Nisse.Preschool, 4 Yr. Preschool Partner............................................7,622.80 Northeast IA Montessori, 4 Yr. Preschool...............................2,407.20 Paper Corporation, District Supplies.............................2,696.04 Pitney Bowes Global Serve, Post-MS/CAO................................1,180.57 PowerSchool, Annual Cont.

School Mess...................................3,676.33 Renaissance, MS/CL/JC Subscription...................................3,175.28 Riverside Technologies, Inc., Tech Supply....................................1,050.00 Savvas Learning Company, HS Workbook................................1,852.20 Scholastic, MS/HS Books....................340.66 School Specialty, Supplies-HSAP/HS........................1,374.19 SMI Co., WS/JC Supplies....................780.00 Spahn & Rose Lumber, JC Repairs.....222.20 Spilde, Mark, Gold Line Reimbursement...................................51.76 St. Benedict School, 4 Yr. Preschool Part................................8,024.00 Stevenson Tree Care, WS/JC Tree Remov......................10,850.00 Sunflower Childcare, 4 Yr. Preschool Part.......................8,024.00 Teacher Innovations, Subscription-district..........................608.00 Texthelp, Read/Write Google Licensing...........................3,313.95 Total Tree Care, Tree Removal-WS/HS............................2,050.00 Toussaint, Abigail, ColorGuard Choreograph......................................500.00 Truck Country, Vehicle Repairs & Maint.............................8,516.77 Tyler Technologies, Student Transportation......................205.00 Upper Iowa Erosion Control, Hydroseed......................................3,500.00 Verizon Connect, Phones-district......1,925.32 Vertiv Corporation, MS Repairs.......8,996.64 Viking Pest Control, Pest Control-district..........................100.00 West Music, JC Supplies/ HS Music Equip...........................10,119.54 Total GENERAL Fund Claims...$269,673.58 PPEL Fund All Makes, MS Chairs....................23,805.00 Academy Roofing, MS Roof Project..........................50,905.00 ShiveHattery, MS Roof Project Fees..............

12,000.00 Total PPEL Fund...........................$86,710.00 Total Add’t September GENERAL Fund Payable Alliant Energy, Electricity...............22,450.55 CEC, Server Repairs-district................600.00 Classen, Andrew, HS March Band Design.................2,100.00 Continental Clay Company, Supplies-dist...................................2,673.98 Decorah Leader, Advertising/Publishing...................2,729.03 Driveway Specialist, Parking Lines-dist........................10,860.40 Grainger, HS Supplies..........................219.81 GreenLawn, HS Football Field Fertilizing.................................436.22 IASB, Subscription-district..................800.00 IEW, HSAP Supplies...........................505.00 Iowa Choral Directors, Entry Fee Pre-State.............................35.00 Lakemary Center, Inc., Tuition.........5,057.00 Managed Methods, Annual Renewal.............................5,933.00 MyGuy, Bus Garage Supplies..............100.00 NAPA Auto Parts, Supplies/Repairs............................1,842.57 Oneota Community Food Coop., HS Supply...........................................46.71 Polar, License for 2024-2025...............350.00 Prestwick House, HS Books................930.53 SDI Innovations, HS/CL Student Planners.............................4,406.87 Sherwin Williams, CL Paints.................33.41

Spahn & Rose Lumber, Repairs HS/JC...................................119.61 Total Add’t GENERAL Fund Payables............................$62,229.69 Decorah(Iowa) Leader September 19, 2024

RIDGEWAY CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 10, 2024 The Ridgeway City Council met in regular session September 10, 2024, Engelhardt made a Motion to approve the consent agenda, minutes, and claims, seconded by Schnur.

All aye. Nay: none. Motion carried.

Michelle Barness, from Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission, was present to lead a Hazard Mitigation planning meeting. Michelle did a presentation and a discussion was held.

The wastewater Plant Improvement project progress was discussed.

A Motion was made by Engelhardt, seconded by Schnur to approve the Iowa DOT to install two traffic control devices (2 speed feedback signs) on Highway 9 for 45 mph.

There is no cost to the City for the devices or the installation of them. After installation of the two devices, the City agrees to take ownership of the two speed devices. All aye. Nay: none. Motion carried.

Thank you to Emily and Michael Hauber for a $1,000.00 donation towards the City of Ridgeway pickleball courts.

A Motion was made by Hauber, seconded

by Linderbaum to reimburse Mayor Schnur $600.00 for the purchase of a flat bottom boat and trailer, due to the requirement to have one, for the new wastewater plant. All aye.

Nay: none. Motion carried.

A Motion was made by Engelhardt, seconded by Schnur to approve the fund accounting journal entries. All aye. Nay: none.

Motion carried.

A building permit submitted by Beth and Corey Sims was reviewed. After review of the permit, it was determined that the building permit will need to go through the Variance Board. A Motion was made by Schnur, seconded by Linderbaum to deny the building permit application at this time. All aye. Nay: none. Motion carried.

The maintenance man report was given.

The next City meeting will be October 8, 2024, at 5:45 p.m. at the Ridgeway Community Center.

Hauber made a Motion to adjourn, seconded by Linderbaum. All aye. Nay: none.

Motion carried. Meeting adjourned.

Sharla Berns City Clerk WARRANTS FOR CITY OF RIDGEWAY – September 10, 2024 Alliant Energy, Utilities..................$2,566.89 Alliant Energy, Wastewater ImprovementInstallation.........................................$97.63 Black Hills Energy Utility- shop .........$40.69 Cardmember Services, Shop-.............$618.61 Croell Redi-mix, Sewer drainage repair...............................................$170.00 Dan Pitz, Insurance & phone reimbursement......................$550.00 Engen Express, Shop fuel .................$251.94 Enterprise Media, Publishing...............$85.65 Farmers Win Coop, Lawn sunshade #20...........................$80.00 Iowa Association of Munic., Annual Dues....................................$658.00 Iowa DHS, Child Support payment...$596.28 Iowa DNR, NPDES Permit................$210.00 IPERS, Ipers....................................$1,275.91 Jim Vobr, Wastewater plant – mowing with tractor..........................$81.00 Mabel Telephone, Shop$108.83, Office,$104.75, Hall$35.55.............$249.13 Microbac Laboratories, Lab tests.......$120.50 Pat Sands, Com. cen. Cleaning............$60.00 Payroll.............................................$5,696.02 Payroll tax.......................................$1,446.45 Ridgeway Lumber, Wood for sewer drain repair............$144.50 S & B Construction, Storm drain cover repair...............................................$500.00 Sharla Berns, Reimbursement ...........$100.00 Shimek Sanitation, Garbage............$2,214.03 Sue Schnur, ReimbursementWastewater Plant Boat....................$600.00 Treasurer – State of Iowa, Sales tax..$590.16 Upper Explorerland, Wastewater Improvement CDBG.......................$790.44 Expenditure Accounts Summary to date: General Fund ..................................$3,293.78 Community Center ............................$135.74 Cemetery ...........................................$100.00 Road Use ...........................................$304.96 Water Fund ........................................$878.50 Sewer Fund ....................................$2,992.97 Revenue Accounts Summary to date: General Fund ................................$17,194.05 Community Center .........................................

Cemetery ........................................................

Road Use Tax .................................$2,524.38 Local Option Sales Tax...................................

Water Fund ...................................$40,367.74 Sewer Fund ..................................$90,535.87 Decorah(Iowa) Leader September 19, 2024 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF DECORAH BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Decorah, Iowa, has set 5:15 PM, Wednesday, October 2, 2024, for a regular meeting to be held at the Council Chambers of City Hall, in Decorah, Iowa, 52101, as the time and place for consideration of requested variances from the Ordinance requirements to-wit: Massman Construction for 564 Massman Drive, legally described as Lot 1 Block 2 Massman Addition phase 1 in the City of Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa requesting permission to construct a fence contrary to City Code Section 17.16.135 – Fences.

Truck Country for 2329 Millennium Road, legally described as Lot 1(Proposed) in Decorah Business Park Third Subdivision in the City of Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa requesting a variance for the number of stalls and not having the parking lot of flexible or rigid paving contrary to City Code Section 17.52.020 – Off Street Parking Area.

All interested persons may appear at said time and place to be heard for or against the granting of variances from the Ordinance requirements. /s/ Sue Sander Sue Sander, Chair Decorah(Iowa) Leader September 19, 2024

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Area high school and A-R-C football standings Class 4A District 2 Decorah Western Dubuque Mason City Waterloo East Waverly-Shell Rock Marion

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Conference Overall Central 0-0 2-0 Coe 0-0 2-0 Nebraska Wesleyan 0-0 1-1 Simpson 0-0 1-1 Wartburg 0-0 1-1 Luther 0-0 0-1 Buena Vista 0-0 0-2 Dubuque 0-0 0-2 Loras 0-0 0-2 Last week Luther 7, St. Olaf 53 Wartburg 13, Saint John’s 35 Neb. Wesleyan 34, Mayville State 24 Coe 43, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 41 Buena Vista 13, Wisconsin Lutheran 44 Central 35, California Lutheran 10 Loras 22, Benedictine 27 Simpson 45, Crown 7 Dubuque 7, Wisconsin-Platteville 38 This week Luther vs. Coe Dubuque vs. Simpson Central vs. Wartburg Loras vs. Buena Vista Next week Luther vs. Anderson (Ind.) Simpson vs. Loras Buena Vista vs. Central Coe vs. Dubuque Wartburg vs. Nebraska Wesleyan

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Rediske making impact early in collegiate soccer career Buena Vista University freshman Jeramiah Rediske is making an early impact for the BVU men’s soccer team just a few weeks into his first collegiate season.

Rediske has scored points in three of the team’s first four matches this season, as the Beavers (31) are off to one of their best starts to a single season over the last decade.

During the team’s season-opening match on Jeramiah Rediske Aug. 30 at home versus Martin Luther, Rediske scored his first collegiate goal early in the second half to give BVU a 2-0 cushion en route to a 3-0 victory. Two days later during a home match against Monmouth College, Rediske tallied his first collegiate assist on a goal that tied the match at 1-1 midway through the opening half as the Beavers notched a 3-2 comeback victory.

The Decorah native and 2024 graduate of Decorah High School chalked up his second goal of the year when he tied the match at 1-1 midway through the second half against North Central University (MN) on Sept. 4 as BVU went on to win 3-1.

For the year, Rediske is tied for second on the team in goals scored (2) and is second overall in total points (5).

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Trojans tie for third at Crestwood

By Kelly Terpstra sports@nhtrib.com

Ayden Palafox (50) Braiden Todd (4) and Jordan Einck work together to drag down a tough Wapsie Valley player with the pigskin Friday night. (Photo by Becky Walz)

Wapsie Valley overwhelms SW Warriors

Week two of district play didn’t go as planned Friday night as the South Winn football team (1-2, 0-1) fell at home to Wapsie Valley (2-1, 1-0), 3514.

“Our kids lost a hard fought game,” said Coach Jason Ohrt.

“Unfortunately, we missed too many tackles on defense and special teams. We also had a couple costly turnovers on offense. Wapsie Valley is as good as advertised and will be the district favorite going forward.”

Scoring moments Wapsie Valley got on the board first scoring on a threeyard burst. With the PAT, it was 7-0 early on. After the two Warrior squads traded possessions on a pick by Eric Greve, then a SW fumble, Wapsie Valley found the end zone again from two yards out, taking a 14-0 lead by the end of the first period. Breaking away from the SW defense in the second, the Wapsie Valley Warriors scored on a 54-yard carry and pulled ahead 21-0 by halftime.

The visiting Warriors went back at it in the third, scoring on a 53-yard scamper. Then South Winn junior Carson Streeter stepped into the quarterback role and led the red and white down the field, setting up a pass to Greve for South Winn’s first score of the game. Wapsie Valley wasn’t done yet, as another big play went 30-yards over the goal line, giving the visitors a 35-7 advantage. Streeter went back to the air later in the fourth, this time to Braiden Todd for a 16-yard pass that finished in the end zone and another SW score.

A quick peek There were some individuals that stood out during the contest.

Carson Streeter had to step

in at quarterback and led the Warriors down the field, going 6-for-8 in passes for 78 yards.

Todd was 4-for-10 for 30 yards passing.

South Winn also had some tough running from Kyle Kuboushek and Landon Humpal at the fullback position. Kuboushek finished the night with 59 yards rushing in his 17 carries, while Humpal garnered 40 yards in 10 carries.

Todd and Greve combined for three interceptions in the defensive secondary with Humpal coming up with a fumble recovery. Kuboushek had 12 total tackles to lead the defense, while Todd and Greve each were there for 5.5 total tackles.

“Our pass coverage has been pretty solid the past three weeks, but we have to improve in our defensive run fits and tackling,” noted Coach Ohrt.

Homecoming South Winn will celebrate homecoming Friday, Sept. 20, as the Warriors host Newman Catholic (2-1) in a non-district matchup. The Knights defeated Lake Mills last week 30-14.

Last season South Winn defeated Newman Catholic 27-20.

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q WV 14 7 7 7 South Winn 0 0 7 7

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Scoring sequence 1st Quarter WV – 3-yd. run (PAT) WV – 2-yd. run (PAT) 2nd Quarter WV – 54-yd. run (PAT) 3rd Quarter WV – 53-run (PAT) SW – Carson Streeter 1-yd. pass to Eric Greve (Streeter PAT) 4th Quarter WV – 30-yd. run (PAT) SW – Streeter 16-yd. pass to Braiden Todd (Streeter PAT) Game stats Total yards: South Winn 223; Wapsie Valley 360 Passing (comp/att/yds): Carson Streeter (6-8, 78 yds., 2 TD); Braiden Todd (4-10, 30 yds.)

Rushing (att/yds): Kyle Kuboushek (17-59); Landon Humpal (10-40); Streeter (6-24); Yahir Macario (2-7); Todd (1-0) Receiving (att/yds/TD): Todd (5-77, 1 TD); Streeter (3-27); Eric Greve (2-4, 1 TD) Tackles (total): Kuboushek (12.0); Todd (5.5); Greve (5.5); Logan Tieskoetter (4.0); Streeter (3.5); Humpal (3.0); Y. Macario (2.5); Andres Macario (2.0); Brandon Kriener (1.0); Camden Bullerman (1.0) Interceptions (no/return yds): Todd (1-42); Greve (2-0) Fumble recoveries: Humpal (125) Punts (att/yds): Streeter (3-95) Punt returns (att/yds): Todd (113) Kicking (att/yds): Streeter (3125, 1 TB, 2 PAT) Kick-off returns (att/yds): Streeter (4-118); Greve (2-14)

South Winn’s Eric Greve (7) races to catch the Wapsie Valley ball carrier before he reaches the end zone in the first quarter of Friday’s game. (Photo by Becky Walz)

Trojans blank Blue Devils in home opener

By Kelly Terpstra, sports@nhtrib.com

It didn’t take Turkey Valley’s engine long to get revved up on Friday night in Jackson Junction.

The Trojans blasted West Central in TV’s home opener by a score of 60-0 in an 8-Man, District 3 contest that got away early from the underdog Blue Devils.

Turkey Valley (1-2, 1-1) rolled up over more than yards of rushing and led 36-0 at the break.

“This was a good win for our young team,” said TV head coach Mark Scott, in his 22nd season guiding his Trojans. “We are still improving as the season moves on.”

The win was especially sweet as the Trojans had surrendered over 55 points per contest in their two previous games against Fremont-Mills and ninth-ranked Kee High.

All that matters now is moving forward after TV is finally on the board with win No. 1 of the season.

“We took advantage of two turnovers by WC on defense,” said Scott.

Those turnovers forced by TV came courtesy of Kaden Schmidt’s pick-six for a touchdown in the game’s final score and J.D. Kruse’s recovery of a muffed kickoff.

Turkey Valley junior quarterback Logan Busta started the game’s scoring as he hooked up with fellow junior J.D. Kruse for a 40-yard scoring strike.

Busta also found the end zone on a 13-yard plunge to make it 18-0 in the early stages of the game.

Unfortunately, Busta was hurt in the first half and did not return. His status for Friday’s game versus Central Elkader is uncertain.

“The players overcame some adversity when we lost our quarterback to an injury,” said Scott.

In Busta’s absence, sophomores Hugo Busta and Schmidt took over.

Schmidt scored TV’s third touchdown of the night on a 19yard scamper and Hugo Busta made it rain with another long aerial strike to Kruse – this one from 60 yards out.

Schmidt would end the firsthalf scoring with a three-yard blast to paydirt.

TV maximized its scoring potential in the passing department as it threw just four times, but scored on two of them.

Schmidt had the game of his life with 183 yards on 16 carries. He continued the end zone party for the Trojans with a 51yard race to the end zone on the

ground to make it 44-0. Hugo Busta also ripped off an 11-yard rushing touchdown, followed

by Schmidt’s six-yard interception return for six points.

“Kaden and Hugo took another big step in improving on offense,” said Scott.

Busta rushed for 46 yards on seven carries.

Schmidt and junior Parker Reicks led the TV defense with seven tackles apiece.

West Central fell to 0-3 overall and 0-2 in the district. The Blue Devils managed 162 yards of total offense and were led by Milton Cushion’s 54 rushing yards. WC quarterback Brody Wolff was 7-13 for 67 yards passing.

Plagued by some turnovers in its first two games, TV did not commit a turnover versus West Central and pitched a shutout for the first time since a 14-0 win over Edgewood-Colesburg in the 2021 season opener. That was a contest that lasted just one quarter of play after inclement weather forced the cancellation of the remainder of the game.

Kruse is the fifth-best receiver in his class in terms of receiving yards (317). His five receiving touchdowns also rank him in the top 10 in that category as well in 8-man supremacy.

The Turkey Valley Trojans are in first place in the Upper Iowa Conference standings as of Tuesday afternoon.

Granted, Ashley Walz and Tammy Vrzak’s TV volleyball squad has only played just one league match that’s counted in the standings thus far in 2024.

Sidenote – none of the other eight squads in the UIC have played a conference match, outside of the Central Elkader Warriors, who the Trojans defeated last week Monday in four sets – 25-22, 25-18, 23-25 and 25-18.

The point?

The Trojans – commandeered by the coaching tandem of Walz and Vrzak – are one to keep an eye on this fall in the UIC standings.

While the race for the league crown could well be wide open this year and come down to four or five teams that have a legitimate shot at a conference crown – TV will have as good as a shot as any to vie for a UIC title.

TV placed third in the league last year behind ’23 league champ North Fayette Valley and runner-up South Winn.

The year before TV tied for the conference championship with Clayton Ridge in 2022.

TV took on NFV at the Crestwood Invite on Saturday and those NFV TigerHawks turned back the Trojans by a score of 21-18 and 21-8.

But TV also thoroughly dominated another league foe in the weekend get-together in Cresco in the form of Kee, which the Trojans won going away over the Hawks with a sweep of 21-4 and 21-9.

Turkey Valley (4-6, 1-0) also topped Riceville, 22-20 and 2114, but fell to the host Cadets, 21-13, 21-19.

That 2-2 effort allowed TV to tie for third place.

“The girls are starting to come together and play as a team,” said Vrzak. “All the hitters came to play.”

TV was 40-42 serving versus Riceville and missed just one serve (40-41) in the match against Kee. “Our serving was fantastic and Morgan Vsetecka did a super job digging in the back row!” said Vrzak.

Vsetecka, a senior libero, produced 48 digs in the four matches over at Cresco.

Schley wins first football contest

The first week of the Pigskin Picks football contest is in the books and it was a doozy. The Wartburg versus Monmouth College game was thrown out of the mix due to the sports editor error. That particular game had been played the prior week and it should have been the Knights playing Saint John’s.

With that game exempt, it was Twila Schley of Fort Atkinson winning the top prize with just two misses in game predictions.

Four other entries missed three games with the first tiebreaker coming into play.

Turkey Valley scored the single most points of any team with 60. Decorah’s Sue Roby guessed 63 to earn second place, while Mark Cline of Decorah selected 54 on the tiebreaker, taking third.

Among the most commonly missed games was Western Dubuque over Xavier, along with a pair of NFL games — Minnesota stunning San Francisco and Green Bay besting Indianapolis.

Avery Luzum receives a serve as teammates Allison Hageman (9), Addison Timp (14), Aubrey Hageman and Bailey Kuennen (40) look on. (Photo by Becky Walz)

SW spikers go 4-1 at Jesup The South Winn volleyball team (5-8, 1-0 UIC) is picking up the pace after a slow start to the season, going 4-1 at Jesup over the weekend and opening the conference schedule with a victory over Kee Tuesday night.

Jesup recap The Warriors had a slow start to Saturday’s tournament against the host Jesup, but were able to end both sets better than they began, dropping the match 0-2 (14-21, 11-21).

Valley Lutheran and Central Elkader were both solid, controlled wins, as the Warriors started to take care of their jobs a little better throughout, which led to a very good first set against North Linn. South Winn defeated Valley Lutheran 2-0 (21-5, 21-6) and Central Elkader 2-0 (21-16, 21-14).

In what could easily be a tossup game against North Linn, the SW coaches were proud of the way the girls came out and established themselves early in the set, winning set one 21-12.

That gave them a lot of confidence to come back from 17-18 in the second to win 21-19.

South Winn’s primary lineup took care of business in set one against West Central 21-5, The Warriors ended up dropping set two (20-22), not taking care of the ball, and then taking care of business in set three, 15-7.

Alyssa Holthaus had an outstanding day out of middle with 15 kills to two errors on 37 attempts, totaling a .357 hitting percentage on the day. Ella Theis led her team well and tallied 50 assists on the day while accounting for eight aces going 96 percent in serves. Chloe Wiltgen had a strong day on the other side of the ball defensively with 46 digs and served eight aces from the line while serving at 91 percent. Bailee Frana and Addison Timp both put up three kill blocks each on the day.

“We’re proud of this team’s resilience. It is a tough schedule for us to start the season, and they showed up Saturday, believing we were one of the best teams there,” said Co-Head Coach Ethan Adams.

Stats vs. Jesup Kills – Alyssa Holthaus 3; Addison Timp 3; Britney Hageman 2; Bailey Kuennen 2 Assists – Ella Theis 9; Holthaus 2; Ivey Franzen 1; Chloe Wiltgen 1 Blocks (assist-solo) – Theis (1-0); Bailee Frana (1-0); Holthaus (1-0); Ad. Timp (1-0) Digs – Wiltgen 12; Allison Hageman 8; Ad. Timp 8; Aubrey Hageman 5; Theis 3; Avery Luzum 3; Franzen 2 Serving (success/attempts) – Theis (9-9); Al. Hageman (1-1); Holthaus (0-1); Au. Hageman (3-3); Luzum (3-3); Franzen (2-3); Wiltgen (2-3) Aces – Theis 2

Serving (success/attempts) – Theis (9-11); Al. Hageman (3-3); Frana (0-1); Au. Hageman (3-4); Luzum (22); Franzen (7-7); Wiltgen (10-11) Aces – Wiltgen 2 Stats vs. North Linn Kills – Holthaus 6; Franzen 4; Ad. Timp 3; Theis 2; B. Hageman 2; Kuennen 2 Assists – Theis 15; Luzum 2 Blocks (assist-solo) – Franzen (0-1) Digs – Franzen 11; Al. Hageman 9; Wiltgen 5; Luzum 4; Ad. Timp 2 Serving (success/attempts) – Theis (11-11); Al. Hageman (5-5); Frana (1-1); B. Hageman (3-3); Au. Hageman (3-3); Luzum (1-4); Franzen (6-6); Wiltgen (5-6) Aces – Theis 1; Al. Hageman 1; Luzum 1; Wiltgen 1 Stats vs. West Central Kills – Kuennen 5; Holthaus 3; Theis 2; Al. Hageman 2; B. Hageman 2; Franzen 2; Ad. Timp 1 Assists – Theis 8; Wiltgen 2; Luzum 1; Kleve 1 Blocks (assist-solo) – Frana (20); Briana Boyer (1-0); Theis (1-0); Holthaus (1-0); Ad. Timp (1-0) Digs – Wiltgen 9; Kleve 7; Au. Hageman 6; Kuennen 5; Theis 2; Al. Hageman 2; B. Hageman 1; Ad. Timp 1; Luzum 1; Kiara Bullerman 1 Serving (success/attempts) – Theis (16-16); Al. Hageman (1-1); B. Hageman (3-4); Au. Hageman (1-2); Luzum (5-7); Franzen (5-5); Kleve (11); Wiltgen (10-11); Kuennen (2-2) Aces – Theis 4; Wiltgen 2; Al. Hageman 1; Luzum 1

UIC opener Tuesday, South Winn had the opportunity to open the conference season and took advantage of it, defeating Kee (0-7, 0-1 UIC) in three straight sets. Set scores were 25-12, 25-11 and 25-4.

“It was an opportunity for us to come out and run our offense and serve toughly with success, which we did effectively.

We were able to exercise the depth of our lineup and get a lot of players in, and our players communicated well and kept our lineup and roles intact throughout, including the third set,” said Coach Adams.

As a team, the Warriors had 44 kills on 76 attack attempts, 37 assists, 17 digs and served 94.3 percent (66-for-70) with 18 aces.

Franzen paced the squad with nine kills while 10 others had at least one kill. Theis dished out 23 assists and served 20-for-20 with six aces. Defensively Wiltgen came away with eight digs.

Stats vs. Kee Kills – Franzen 9; Holthaus 7; Ad. Timp 6; Frana 5; Kuennen 5; Theis 3; B. Hageman 3; Bullerman 2; Al. Timp 2; Kelsey Timp 1; Luzum 1 Assists – Theis 23; Luzum 8; Kleve 3; Wiltgen 3 Digs – Wiltgen 8; Al. Hageman 3; Au. Hageman 3; Theis 2; Franzen 1 Serving (success/attempts) – K. Timp (2-2); Theis (20-20); Al. Hageman (4-5); Au. Hageman (12-14); Luzum (8-9); Franzen (4-4); Kleve (22); Al. Timp (9-9); Wiltgen (5-5) Aces – Theis 6; Au. Hageman 4; Luzum 3; Al. Timp 2; K. Timp 1; Al. Hageman 1; Kleve 1

Stats vs. Valley Lutheran Kills – Kuennen 2; Frana 1; B. Hageman 1; Holthaus 1; Franzen 1 Assists – Kali Kleve 4; Theis 1; Luzum 1 Digs – Wiltgen 4; Au. Hageman 2; Holthaus 1; Luzum 1 Serving (success/attempts) – Theis (6-6); Al. Hageman (3-3); Holthaus (1-2); Au. Hageman (5-6); Luzum (10-11); Kleve (1-1); Wiltgen (12-12) Aces – Luzum 7; Wiltgen 4; Au. Hageman 2; Theis 1; Al. Hageman 1 Stats vs. Central Elkader Kills – Kuennen 5; Holthaus 4; Ad. Timp 3; Franzen 3; Theis 1; Frana 1; B. Hageman 1 Assists – Theis 17 Blocks (assist-solo) – B. Hageman (1-1); Ad. Timp (1-1); Theis (1-0); Frana (1-0) Digs – Wiltgen 16; Al. Hageman 10; Franzen 6; Au. Hageman 4; Luzum 4; Theis 3; Ad. Timp 2; Holthaus 1

Allison Hageman went 4-for5 Tuesday for the Warriors at the service line. (Photo by Becky Walz)

SPORTS

DECORAH LEADER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 | WWW.DECORAHLEADER.COM | SPORTS EDITOR BECKY WALZ | BECKY.WALZ@DECORAHLEADER.COM | 563-382-4221 A-15

Good day for area harriers at the All-American Boys’ varsity team results 1. Iowa City City High 85; 2.

Bloomington Jefferson 118; 3. Iowa City Liberty 121; 4. Minneapolis Washburn 185; 5. Blake School 195; 6. LA/RP/H 203; 7. Decorah 210; 8.

Linn-Mar 211; 9. West Salem 254; 10. Waukon 312; 11. Rochester John Marshall 345; 12. Aquinas 388; 13. Cedar Rapids Prairie 396; 14. La Crossse Central 429; 15.

Prior Lake 455; 16. Onalaska 456; 17. Academy of Holy Angels 464; 18. Port Byron (Riverdale) 478; 19.

Apple Valley 501; 20. Rochester Century 504; 21. Pine Island 513; 22. Mason City 549; 23. Pekin 610; 24. Lanesboro/Fillmore Central 644; 25. Iowa City Regina 737; 26. Kee 737; 27. Luther HS 763; 28. New Hampton 853; 29. Osage 862; 30.

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Trojan Madalyn Vsetecka (above) and Deborah Hougen (below) race in the final 800-meter of their respective JV and varsity races Saturday. (Photos by Becky Walz)

Girls’ varsity team results 1. Pleasant Valley 36; 2. Dubuque Senior 91; 3. Minnetonka 117; 4.

Iowa City City High 122; 5. Dubuque Hempstead 164; 5. Bloomington Jefferson 223; 7. Rochester Century 236; 8. Aquinas 267; 9. Iowa City Liberty 271; 10. Linn-Mar 334; 11.

Blake School 345; 12. Decorah 347; 13. Mason City 355; 14. Lanesboro/ Fillmore Central 411; 15. West Salem 481; 16. Westby 494; 17.

Rochester John Marshall 501; 18.

New Hampton 534; 19. Osage 537; 20. La Cross Central 560; 21. Iowa City Regina 577; 22. Pine Island 604; 23. Pekin 627; 24. Cedar Rapids Prairie 638; 25. Port Byron (Riverdale) 692; 26. Academy of Holy Angels 697; 27. Minneapolis Washburn 729; 28. Apple Valley

Luther College hosted the All-American cross country meet, featuring junior high, high school and college races Saturday.

Locally, Decorah, South Winn and Turkey Valley took the course.

Decorah harriers The Decorah boys came in seventh in the field of 30 teams with 210 points. Iowa City City High was the team champion with 85 points. The Vikes had an average time of 17:13 with a spread of 29 seconds among their top five competitors.

Decorah was led by Davis Coppola. He finished 30th in 17:01.7. Seconds behind him was D’mitry Lesser. He finished 35th in 17:08.4. Grant Zilka toured the course in 17:09.1, taking 37th. In 17:15.6 was Garrett See. He earned 48th.

Landyn Hook completed the score for Decorah. He earned 60th with a time of 17:31.0.

Mitchell Stemper (69th, 17:44.9), Thomas Hammel (79th, 17:53.4), Clarence Nimrod (81st, 17:53.9) and William Fullhart (136th, 18:55.7) took the starting line for Decorah as well.

“It was a great day for a run and I am pleased with the improvement of the team,” said Viking boys’ head coach Brad

Johansen. “There was a great effort made by Luther College to run an outstanding meet and it was so well done” The Viking girls finished 12th in team standings with 347 points. Decorah had a spread of 55 seconds, with an average time of 21:39.

“This is always one of our favorite competitions, running at home with a lot of fan support,” said Decorah girls’ coach Cristy Nimrod. “The girls have been practicing well and their performance showed that. I am really proud of them.”

Olivia Volkmann led the Vikes to the finish line in 21:02.6, taking 58th. Riley Christopher crossed the line in 21:41.0, good for 75th with Amelia Wadsworth on her heels in 77th with a time of 21:46.7. Touring the course in 21:49.1 was Raelyn Newhouse.

Her time was good for 83rd.

Completing the team score was Lily Sandhorst. She had a time of 21:57.8, taking 95th.

Also competing for Decorah were Deborah Hougen (103rd, 22:07.4), Brinlee Courtney (121st, 22:30.5), Natalie Stevens (128th, 22:42.0), Eva Hurley (142nd, 22:57.9) and Nora Lesmeister (181st, 24:00.8).

In junior varsity action the Viking boys took third with 98 points. Counting for Decorah were Oak Pasche (10th, 18:00.4), Spencer Christiansen (11th, 18:01.6), Bennett Coppola (28th, 18:42.6), Oliver Bollinger (30th, 18:49.3) and Derek Hrdlicka (35th, 19:00.7).

With 172 points, the Decorah JV girls claimed fifth in the team standings. Completing the scorecard for the Vikes were Leah Garcia-Prats (31st, 23:20.1), Addison Quandahl (38th, 23:28.9), Natalie Goodner (48th, 23:51.8), Claire Storhoff (51st, 23:56.9) and Ellie Adams (56th, 24:06.9).

South Winn’s Izzy Kuboushek (left) and Karissa Wenthold (right) sandwich Decorah’s Nora Lesmeister in the first mile of the All-American varsity girls’ race Saturday. (Photo by Becky Walz) Warriors race South Winn had numerous harriers on the All-American course, with just four competing in the varsity girls’ race.

Ava Franzen paced the Warriors to the finish line in 21:48.8. Her time was good for 82nd place.

Stopping the clock at 22:23.8 was Annie Hageman taking home 114th. Coming across the line next for SW was Izzy Kuboushek. The senior had a time of 22:59.4 for 144th place.

Wrapping up the varsity girls line-up was Karissa Wenthold.

She went the 5K in 23:09.5 to take 158th.

Two more girls competed in the junior varsity race for the Warriors — Addy Conway (69th, 24:37.4) and Katie Shimek (79th, 24:54.6).

All 11 Warrior boys were on the course in junior varsity action and finished sixth in the team race with 174 points.

The freshman duo of Hugh Conway and Cameron Einck crossed the finish line together in 12th and 13th places, respectively. Both posted a time

Total team victory; Vikings smash Mustangs 3-1 After a good performance at home versus Independence last week, the Decorah volleyball team (8-2, 1-1 NEIC) was looking to continue the momentum

Tuesday night at Waverly-Shell Rock.

North Winn night Thursday the gym was full

Set to send the ball over the Independence block for one of her 12 kills Thursday night is Kelby Kerndt. (Photo by Becky Walz)

of gold and black in place of the usual red and blue as the Vikings gave a nod to those who attended North Winneshiek by wearing replica jerseys.

Decorah fans were celebrating as the Vikes defeated Independence (3-5) 3-1. Set scores were 25-21, 22-25, 25-18 and 25-19.

As a team, the Vikings had 52 kills on 154 attack attempts.

They had 50 assists, 67 digs, nine total blocks and served 88.3 percent (83-for-94) with six aces.

Individually, McKinley Massman pounded 19 kills on 42 attack attempts to go with 10 digs and went 16-for-20 at the service line. Kelby Kerndt added 12 kills and 11 digs with Leah Holland hammering out 10. Dylin Thompson handed out 41 assists and had 13 digs in addition to serving 14-for17. Ellie Rolfs had 14 digs and served 10-for-12, while Sara Johanningmeier had 11 digs and

Decorah swimmers fifth in Waterloo

It has been a busy week for the Decorah girls’ swim and dive team as the Vikes competed in an invite over the weekend and hosted Cedar Rapids Kennedy Tuesday.

Taking fifth Saturday, the Vikings totaled 318 points and claimed one title in the annual WaHawk Invite hosted by Waterloo West. The hosts won the day with 447.5

points over Spencer who tallied 433.

Decorah’s 200 free relay bested the large field with a time of 1:47.77. Members of the winning relay were Bella Sailor, Jenna Schissel, Grace Baker and Liz Bucksa. The same quartet also claimed bronze in the 200 medley relay in 2:01.74.

Bucksa had quite the day as she won silver in the 50 free in 26.22 seconds and third in the

Posting a time of 1:10.39, Bella Sailor claimed silver in the 100 backstroke during Tuesday’s home dual meet against Cedar Rapids Kennedy. (Photo by Becky Walz)

100 breast in 1:14.14.

In 2:29.00, Schissel took the bronze in the 200 individual medley and the posted a thirdplace time of 6:01.19 in the 500 free race.

Others finishing in the top five were Sailor in the 200 IM (5th, 2:33.28) and 100 back (5th, 1:11.30) and Baker in the 50 free (5th, 26.97) and 100 free (5th, 1:02.44).

WaHawk Invite team scores 1. Waterloo 447.5; 2. Spencer 433; 3. Grinnell 427; 4. Cedar Rapids Jefferson 336.5; 5. Decorah 318; 6. Williamsburg 175; 7. VintonShellsburg-CPU 38; 8. Ottumwa 29; 9.

Keokuk 1 Race results 200 medley relay – 3. Liz Bucksa, Jenna Schissel, Bella Sailor, Grace Baker, 2:01.74; 12. Kate Pattison, Naomi Kutz, Adeline Bollinger, Liv Anderson, 2:26.57 200 free – 14. McKenzie Tollefson 2:35.25; 15. Reagan Lubahn 2:36.20; 20. Ana Simon 2:50.58 200 IM – 3. Schissel 2:29.00; 5.

Sailor 2:33.28; 8. Kutz 2:41.27 50 free – 2. Bucksa 26.22; 5. Baker 26.97; 11. Bridget Bentley 30.00; 12. Anderson 30.28; 23. McKenna Demaray 32.04; 28. Pattison 32.36; 31. Sophia Gardner 33.00; 40. Stella Pole 35.20; 47. Esme Cuevas 36.79; 50. Isis Timm 36.89; 51. Margaret Hahn 37.02; 54. Kinley Leliefield 37.81 100 fly – 15. Bollinger 1:34.00; 16.

served 16-for-16.

Stats vs. Independence Kills – McKinley Massman 19; Kelby Kerndt 12; Leah Holland 10; Audrey Essa 5; Renae Wilson 3; Dylin Thompson 2; Edyn Bateman 1 Assists – D. Thompson 41; Ellie Rolfs 6; Massman 1; Ella Stille 1; Essa 1 Blocks (assist-solo) – Wilson (23); Massman (1-0); Holland (1-0); D. Thompson (1-0); Bateman (1-0) Digs – Rolfs 14; D. Thompson 13; Sara Johanningmeier 11; Kerndt 11; Massman 10; Savannah O’Reilly 4; Holland 2; Essa 2 Serving (success/attempts) – Johanningmeier (16-16); Rolfs (10-12); Massman (16-20); Holland (10-10); Brynnah Hanson (1-1); D. Thompson (14-17); O’Reilly (16-18) Aces – O’Reilly 3; Holland 2; Rolfs 1

At W-SR The momentum from Thursday unfortunately wasn’t at Waverly-Shell Rock (5-10) Tuesday night as the Vikings dropped the match 3-1. Set scores were 22-25, 13-25, 2523 and 14-25.

“At times we played well and at other times we struggled a bit. Waverly-Shell Rock is a good team and is very scrappy,

Gardner 1:36.18 100 free – 5. Baker 1:02.44; 17.

Bentley 1:09.03; 24. Simon 1:12.76; 26. Aubree Gesing 1:12.94; 27.

Demaray 1:19.09; 30. Allia Ericksen 1:14.08; 47. Hahn 1:25.19; 49.

Leliefield 1:26.01; 52. Pole 1:26.50 500 free – 3. Schissel 6:01.19; 12.

Tollefson 6:58.06; 15. Lubahn 7:12.73 200 free relay – 1. Sailor, Schissel, Baker, Bucksa, 1:47.77; 10. Anderson, Bentley, Gesing, Demaray, 2:05.71; 13. Gardner, Bollinger, Cuevas, Simon, 2:15.09; 19. Pole, Hahn, Timm, Ericksen, 2:24.52 100 back – 5. Sailor 1:11.30; 24.

Pattison 1:35.80 100 breast – 3. Bucksa 1:14.14; 7.

Kutz 1:22.02; 13. Gesing 1:29.42 400 free relay – 6. Gardner, Anderson, Bentley, Kutz, 4:36.78; 10.

Lubahn, Demaray, Bollinger, Simon, 4:52.06; 14. Hahn, Leliefield, Pattison, Timm, 5:31.36

Senior night Three days after competing in Waterloo, the Vikings hosted Cedar Rapids Kennedy in a dual as they celebrated senior night at the Luther College natatorium. While several events won gold and silver Tuesday, Decorah fell to the Cougars 111 to 72.

In the 1-meter diving competition, Ava Carolan scored 127.55 points to take the top spot, while Isis Timm was third

of 18:05.3. Brad Dahl was next in 18th place. The junior had a time of 18:24.5. Senior Lukas Weiss paced himself to a time of 20:40.1, taking home 114th.

Rounding out the team score in 125th was Clayton Kuboushek.

The freshman toured the course in 20:46.8. Others on the course were Myles Green (198th, 22:17.2), Levi Feickert (199th, 22:17.3), Eli Higgins (260th, 24:30.0); Diego Flores (275th, 25:26.7), Matthew Donovan (315th, 28:51.3) and Henry Lensing (316th, 28:52.9).

For Turkey Valley The Trojan cross country trio of Bella Stika, Hazel Nieman and Madalyn Vsetecka took part in the All-American Race at Luther. Stika and Nieman competed in the varsity race, while Vsetecka toured the course in the junior varsity race.

In 22:27.0, Stika was 119th overall with Nieman finishing the 5K in 22:44.4, good for 131st. It took Vsetecka 25:37.5, to complete the junior varsity race in 99th place.

but I feel that we have the ability to play at the level as well,” said Coach Gina Holthaus. “We have a week off, which will be nice to work on somethings to

Decorah’s D’mitry Lesser (above) and Grant Zilka (below) were among the many competitors in the boys’ varsity race. (Photos by Becky Walz)

get ready for New Hampton, Caledonia and our home tournament next weekend.”

Individual stats were unavailable at press time.

McKinley Massman goes up for a solo block attempt against the Independence hitter last week. (Photo by Becky Walz)

with 70.35 points.

Bucksa took the top spot in the 100 free in 55.82 seconds, to go with an individual silver in the 50 free in 26.23 seconds.

The sophomore joined forces with Sailor, Schissel and Baker in the 200 medley race to finish runner-up. The quartet had a time of 2:01.04. That same foursome finished the 400 free relay in 4:04.24, taking second.

Schissel had the best time of the field in the 100 breast, stopping the clock at 1:17.06 for gold, while teammate Avalea Burns took silver in 1:19.37.

Schissel was second to touch the wall in the 200 individual medley, posting a time of 2:28.18. Sailor also had an individual runner-up finish in the 100 back with a time of 1:10.39.

Taking home more hardware for the Vikes in third were Baker in the 50 free (27.22 seconds) and Kutz in the 500 free (6:23.12).

Race results 200 medley relay – 2. Sailor, Schissel, Bucksa, Baker, 2:01.04; 4.

Pattison, Gardner, Becker, Demaray,

2:29.79; 6. Cuevas, Gesing, Lickiss, Pole, 2:36.50; 7. Holthaus, Burns, Bollinger, Anderson, 2:36.53 200 free – 4. Lubahn 2:32.14; 5.

Tollefson 2:35.52; 7. Ericksen 2:44.32; 8. Simon 2:46.99 200 IM – 2. Schissel 2:28.18; 4.

Kutz 2:37.38; 5. Burns 2:41.39; 7.

Anderson 2:58.24 50 free – 2. Bucksa 26.23; 3. Baker 27.22; 6. Holthaus 29.87; 7. Bentley 30.28; 8. Bollinger 31.57; 9. Becker 31.62; 12. Molly Kuehner 31.85; 13.

Demaray 31.86; 14. Pattison 32.06; 17. Jena Peters 32.48; 18. Gesing 32.70; 22. Pole 35.37; 23. Leliefield 35.55; 27. Hahn 36.79; 30. Timm 36.86; 31. Cuevas 37.59 1 mtr. Diving – 1. Ava Carolan 127.55; 3. Timm 70.35 100 fly – 2. Sailor 1:07.11; 5.

Gardner 1:30.91; 6. Lickiss 1:35.20; 7.

Kuehner 1:38.73 100 free – 1. Bucksa 55.82; 6.

Bentley 1:10.16; 9. Erickson 1:15.85; 15. Leliefield 1:20.39; 17. Hahn 1:22.52; 20. Pole 1:25.00 500 free – 3. Kutz 6:23.12; 5.

Tollefson 6:56.04; 6. Lubahn 7:09.48; 8. Simon 7:57.41 200 free relay – 2. Baker, Bentley, Lubahn, Tollefson, 2:03.26; 5. Becker, Gesing, Kuehner, Lickiss, 2:14.69; 7.

Peters, Hahn, Leliefield, Pole, 2:20.90 100 back – 2. Sailor 1:10.39; 5.

Holthaus 1:22.33; 7. Bollinger 1:25.43; 8. Pattison 1:33.27 100 breast – 1. Schissel 1:17.06; 2.

Burns 1:19.37; 5. Demaray 1:29.61; 6.

Gesing 1:33.19 400 free relay – 2. Bucksa, Sailor, Baker, Schissel, 4:04.24; 4. Kutz, Bentley, Anderson, Gardner 4:37.48; 6. Simon, Tollefson, Lubahn, Lickiss, 4:58.49; 7. Timm, Cuevas, Hahn, Kuehner, 5:25.08

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Simon wins bronze at World Championships Decorah High School alum Naomi Simon reached the podium at the U20 World Wrestling Championships in Spain last month, but when she initially entered the sport of wresting in middle school, she was simply looking for an entertaining activity.

“That seventh grade season wasn’t the greatest and I almost quit,” said the 2024 Decorah High School graduate. “After Coach (Lee) Fullhart moved to Decorah and took over the wrestling programs, he gave me a space to wrestle, and helped create the best high school team in the state. This allowed me to find a spot in wrestling and become the student-athlete I am today.”

Had Simon quit, she may not have become the student-athlete and inspired women and girls in wrestling today.

“Overall, I hope that my success on the mat is having a positive impact on girls wrestling,” she said. “I think it is important to have people to look up to, and I hope that I can be that person for young wrestlers coming up through the ranks. I also hope that people see that its okay to be good at a sport and be a good person who genuinely likes to go to school, maintain relationships with people, and also stand up for yourself.”

Achievements As a four-time Iowa high school state champion, 2023 Fargo Champion and threetime Fargo All-American with a long list of other wrestling accomplishments under her belt, there’s not much Simon hasn’t done at the youth level.

She can now add a U20 World bronze medalist to that list.

“Representing USA and USA Wrestling at this level was such an honor,” Simon said. “I knew that the tournament would not be easy, but I also knew that our amazing coaches had prepared me for the tournament.

Competing at this level is a little different, because there is so much pressure to perform well, but it is also super fun because you get to go to so many cool places,” Simon said.

Simon, now a freshman planning to

compete at the collegiate level at the University of Iowa, qualified in April for this month’s U20 World Championship during a USA Wrestling tournament in Spokane, Washington — the tournament is the only way for competitors to make the world team. The Decorah native won the April tournament with six matches.

The finals match was a bestof-three series, in which the wrestler who wins two-out-ofthree matches is selected for the world team.

After finishing her high school career with a 150-0 record, Simon found success in Pontevedra, Spain, by splitting the two matches she wrestled and earning a spot on the podium. While she lost her first match to Ukraine’s Mariia Orlevych — a tight 9-8 defeat — Simon reached the repechage due to Orlevych reaching the final.

Earning a bye into a bronze medal match, Simon’s competition got even tougher with Japan’s Chisato Yoshida, a U17 World Champion and U17 silver medalist. Despite facing one of the top competitors in the field, Simon dominated her opponent in a 9-0 victory.

“Earning my bronze medal was a pretty cool experience,” Simon said.

“Naturally, I was disappointed that I was not in the finals match, but I recovered from my loss and reevaluated a couple things, made weight

Decorah High School graduate, Naomi Simon celebrated her fourth state championship in February and can now add a bronze (inset) medal to her count after the U20 World Championships. (Photo by Becky Walz) the second day and spent the day getting ready to dominate.

I had been training all summer, without much break for this tournament, so I was relieved to be successful at this tournament and represent the country well. When I was on the podium, I was mostly just thinking back to how grateful I am for my coaches and teammates who have helped me reach the podium.”

What’s next?

Now that the U20 World

Championships are complete, Simon will wrestle in the 180-pound weight class as a true freshman at Iowa, where she’ll have some stiff competition with several high-profile wrestlers like Rose Cassioppi, Kylie Welker and incoming Olympic medalist Kennedy Blades, who all are potential wrestlers at that weight. This will be the first time in her career Simon will have training partners who meet and exceed her current level of wrestling.

“I have faced a decent amount of adversity and negativity as a girl in this sport, but I have always thought it is important to stick with the path and make sure that no one else has to endure the same things you did simply because you didn’t want to stand up to the people who didn’t respect you. I hope that people see my actions and think that I embody the morals of a wrestler… hard work, respect, honesty, integrity and family.”

Four second quarter scores enough to lift Decorah to win

Remaining at home Decorah stays at home Friday, Sept. 20, as the Vikes host Independence for their homecoming celebration. Varsity kick-off is set for 7:30 p.m. The Mustangs are also 3-0 entering the non-district contest having defeated Waukon (35-8), Crestwood (41-27) and North Fayette Valley (42-14).

Luke Franzen ties up the Cadet ball carrier form the ground as Gatlin Dahlberg (50) comes to assist on the tackle Friday. (Photo by Becky Walz) An interception in the final minute by Caleb Krieg was the difference Friday night as the Decorah football team (30, 0-0), who is ranked sixth in Class 4A by the Cedar Rapids Gazette, defeated non-district foe Crestwood (0-3, 0-0) at home 28-21.

“This was another good win for us. Crestwood is a tough team and their kids competed hard until the end,” said Coach Mike Tangen. “I thought our defense played well for the majority of the game. Our offense missed some opportunities but made enough plays to secure the win. We have things that we need to clean up. We just need to be more consistent in our execution offensively and we gave up too many explosive plays on defense and special teams.”

Some scoring A flurry of scoring late in the first quarter and early in the second had fans of both teams on their feet.

It took 11:59 for the first score of Friday’s rivalry game and it came at the Vikings’ expense as the Cadets scored on a 40-yard pass and made the PAT to lead 7-0 at the start of the second quarter. Two carries by Trevor Kuennen that sandwiched an incomplete pass to the junior went the necessary 65 yards on Decorah’s opening possession of the second to tie the score.

However, the receiving Cadet found a seam on the ensuing kickoff and ran the pigskin

back for a 90-yard touchdown and put Crestwood back in front 13-7. Undaunted, the Vikings went back to work offensively and moved the ball 43 yards in six plays that took 3:17 to score on a Tommy Sexton eight-yard scamper. Two plays later, a Cadet fumble was recovered by Gatlin Dahlberg at the Cadet 27-yard line, setting up a Louis Bucksa strike to Noah Milburn for Decorah’s third score of the quarter with 7:09 remaining.

Forcing the Cadets to go 3-andout, Decorah took possession of the pigskin with 5:24 remaining and marched down the field, finishing in the end zone with a 17-yard pass from Bucksa to Will Larson and a 27-13 halftime lead.

Neither NEIC team found the goal line again in the third; however, Crestwood was close as the quarter closed and finished their five-play 84-yard drive in the end zone on the first play of the fourth on a 69-yard pass.

That touchdown combined with a two-point conversion left the Cadets trailing by one score, 2821. Fired up, Crestwood picked off a pass with 8:54 remaining and ate up the clock until Krieg came up with the critical interception with 1:07 remaining.

All that was left for Decorah to do was kneel down in victory formation to claim the win.

Quick stats The Vikings ground out 204 yards rushing and 98 passing for a total of 302 total offense.

The Cadets had 239 yards.

Offensively, Trevor Kuennen rushed 21 times for 134 yards, averaging 6.4 yards per carry.

Tommy Sexton carried the pigskin six times for 33 yards.

Bucksa had 36 yards rushing and completed 10-of-22 passes for 98 yards with Will Larson hauling in two receptions for 30 yards. Milburn also had a pair of receptions for 27 yards.

On defense, William Hahn led the way. The senior had four solo and four assisted tackles.

Kuennen had one solo and eight assisted stops, while Dahlberg had a pair of solo and seven assisted tackles to go with his fumble recovery.

1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q F Crestwood 7 6 0 8 21 Decorah 0 28 0 0 28 Scoring sequence 1st Quarter Crest – 40-yd. pass (PAT) 2nd Quarter Decorah – Trevor Kuennen 17-yd. run (Brayden Wemark PAT) Crest – Kickoff-return (PAT failed) Decorah – Tommy Sexton 8-yd. run (Wemark PAT) Decorah – Louis Bucksa 27-yd. pass to Noah Milburn (Wemark PAT) Decorah – Bucksa 17-yd. pass to Will Larson (Wemark PAT) 3rd Quarter None 4th Quarter Crest – 69-yd. run (2-pt. pass good) Game stats Total yards: Decorah 302; Crestwood 239 Passing (comp/att/yds): Louis Bucksa (10-22, 98 yds., 2 TD, 1 INT) Rushing (att/yds): Trevor Kuennen (21-134, 1 TD); Bucksa (5-36); Tommy Sexton (6-33); Gavin Groux (1-1) Receiving (att/yds/TD): Will Larson (2-30, 1 TD); Noah Milburn (227, 1 TD); Groux (1-14); Sexton (2-9); Peyton Webb (1-9); Carter Dlhy (1-8); Kuennen (1-1) Tackles (total): William Hahn (6.0); Gatlin Dahlberg (5.5); Kuennen (5.0); Keaton Orris (3.5); Caleb Krieg (3.0); Larson (2.5); Sexton (2.5); Tanner Caddell (2.0); Henry Brynsaas (2.0); Groux (1.5); Jackson Pipho (1.5); Dlhy (1.5); Luke Franzen (1.5); Bradan Darling (1.0); Milburn (1.0); Josh Adam (0.5); Webb (0.5); Anthony Putnam (0.5) Interceptions: Krieg (1-0) Fumble recoveries: Dahlberg 1 Punts (att/yds): Milburn (5-189) Punt returns (att/yds): Pipho (112) Kicking (att/yds): Brayden Wemark (5-193, 4-4 PAT) Kick-off returns (att/yds): Groux (3-108)

Liz Bucksa

Liz Bucksa is a sophomore on the Decorah girls’ swim team. Out of the water, she participates in basketball, track and softball.

A versatile swimmer, Bucksa leads the Vikings in the water in the 50-yard freestyle in 26.02 seconds. Over the weekend the sophomore raced her way to silver in the event at the WaHawk Invite in Waterloo and finished third in the breaststroke in 1:14.14.

“Liz is a do-it-all type of swimmer,” said Decorah Girls’ Swim Coach Loran Storts. “She can swim every stroke and every distance in the pool. She was the only at the State Swim Meet last year competing in the shortest race (50 yards) and the longest race (500 yards). If our team has a Swiss Army knife, it is certainly Liz.” Liz is the daughter of Jared and Alecia Bucksa.

Brad Dahl

Brad Dahl is a member of the South Winn boys’ cross country team is also active in basketball and track and field.

“Brad has put a lot of work in the past two summers as well as in each sport he participates.

We are a young team and his teammates respect his work ethic and look to him for leadership,” said South Winn Co-Head Cross Country Coach Scott Conway.

Those summer miles paid off with a lifetime best of 18:24.5 as Dahl finished 18th in the junior varsity race at the All-American race at Luther Saturday. As the season continues, the junior is looking to earn his second allconference honor and make a stab at a state-qualifying bid.

Brad is the son of Jill Dahl and Bruce Dahl.

Savannah O’Reilly

Savannah O’Reilly is a member of the Decorah volleyball team. The senior is also involved in soccer, Silver Cord and National Honor Society.

Having played in 26 sets thus far for the Vikings, O’Reilly is serving 93.2 percent (82for-88) with nine aces to go with 46 digs.

“Savannah has accepted her role and stepped in and done a fantastic job for us so far. Her serve reception has been very good as well as her serving. She is a great leader with a positive attitude and is a great teammate. She also leads by always being the first one in the gym helping to get things ready as we are extremely short staffed this fall,” said Decorah Head Volleyball Coach Gina Holthaus.

Savannah is the daughter of Allie Schultz and Mitch O’Reilly.

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Scampering away from the Crestwood defender is Tommy Sexton who ran for 33 yards on six carries in the Vikings’ 2821 win over the Cadets Friday at home. (Photo by Becky Walz)

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