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Dec

Irene A. Henry Riley

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/22/2020 - 13:02

Irene A. Henry Riley, 84, of McGregor, died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, at Crossing Rivers Health in Prairie du Chien, Wis. She was born Sept. 4, 1936, to Raymond and Agnes (Adney) Henry in McGregor. Irene graduated from Mar-Mac High School.

Irene was united in marriage to Gene Riley on June 1, 1957, at The Little Brown Church in the Vale, Nashua. They eventually bought Irene’s childhood home, where she still lived, to raise their three children and later two grandchildren. Throughout the years, Irene worked at the McGregor Hospital for Dr. Pfeiffer, Bickel Insurance, Prairie Federal Savings and Loan and Anchor Savings Bank. She enjoyed knitting, reading and spending time at the McGregor Public Library.

Tue
15
Dec

Garden View residents reflect on childhood Christmas memories

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/15/2020 - 13:36

A group of residents from Garden View Place in Monona shared some childhood Christmas memories during a recent Zoom interview. Pictured (left to right) are Masa Bunting, Ruth White, Shirley Seitz, Donna Thompson, Marilyn Lamker, LaVonne Benzing and Marilyn Hemesath. Not pictured is Mary Lou Thompson. (Submitted photo)

By Audrey Posten, Times-Register

Lovingly decorated trees, hearty meals with family, church services and programs, playing in the snow—What are considered traditional staples in today’s Christmas celebrations aren’t so different from how people enjoyed the festive season decades ago.

“We always had a tree,” said Marilyn Hemesath, who was among a group of residents from Garden View Place in Monona that shared some childhood Christmas memories during a recent Zoom interview. 

“It was a lighted tree of course,” she reminisced, “with those bubble lights. I just loved to sit by that tree and smell it.”

Tue
15
Dec

Central’s support of girls wrestling leads the way in northeast Iowa

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/15/2020 - 13:35

Maria Medberry (top) is one of three girls on Central’s high school wrestling team. The school has been promoting and slowly building female inclusion in the sport. (Photo by Bev Hamann)

By Willis Patenaude, Times-Register

There’s an old adage that says “girls can do anything boys can do,” and at Central, they are leading the way in bringing that to fruition. Since last year, the school has been promoting and slowly building a girls wrestling team, something both head coach Joe Koehn and activities director Aaron Reinhart have been strongly behind. 

While Central doesn’t have an official girls program, the overall program, which is predominantly male, features several female athletes who compete alongside the boys. 

Tue
15
Dec

With potential budget cuts looming, community voices support for Wetlands Centre

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/15/2020 - 13:33

By Audrey Posten, Times-Register

Over 20 community members voiced support for the Driftless Area Wetlands Centre at the Dec. 8 Marquette City Council meeting, as potential budget cuts threaten facility operations and the hours of director Alicia Mullarkey.

At last month’s meeting, city clerk Bonnie Basemann revealed the city of Marquette is looking at cost saving measures in anticipation of a revenue loss of just over $110,000 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes a 50 percent drop in hotel/motel tax revenue, the main funding source for culture and recreation, including the Wetlands Centre.

Tue
15
Dec

Window decorations brighten holiday season for care center residents

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/15/2020 - 13:31

For residents at McGregor’s Great River Care Center and Turner Pointe Assisted Living (GRCC), the holiday season has gotten a littler brighter—literally. Over the past few weeks, community members came together to decorate residents’ windows. (Photos by Audrey Posten)

“I wanted something with lights,” Great River Care Center Activity Director Debbie Johnson said of the window decorating effort, “so that, when residents saw them, it would be like a light in the darkness. It would light up the residents’ lives and remind them that they’re loved.”

By Audrey Posten, Times-Register

For residents at McGregor’s Great River Care Center and Turner Pointe Assisted Living (GRCC), the holiday season has gotten a littler brighter—literally. Over the past few weeks, groups of people—including residents’ families, several businesses, both hospices that serve the facility, daycare and school representatives and other community members—came together to decorate residents’ windows.

The end result is a festive mixture of colorful, twinkling lights, Christmas trees, snowmen, wreathes and red bows around most of the building’s exterior.

Tue
15
Dec

Ole’s 5 Star Realty is ‘Paying it Forward’ this holiday season

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/15/2020 - 13:25

By Willis Patenaude, Times-Register

It’s Christmas time, the season of giving holiday cheer and spreading the festive spirit—giving gifts and love to family and friends. It’s also about giving to those less fortunate, so they, too, may have a merry holiday. 

Giving is what Ole’s 5 Star Realty is doing with its current “Pay it Forward” program that seeks to help those in financial need and provide some economic relief, however brief it may be. 

Tue
15
Dec

14 COVID-19 related deaths in Clayton County over past week

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/15/2020 - 13:22

First COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in state on Monday

By Audrey Posten, Times-Register

Clayton County saw its largest increase in COVID-19 related deaths over the past week, with the total rising from 11 to 25, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH).

In the past two weeks alone, the county has recorded 20 deaths.

All other area counties reported additional COVID-19 fatalities over the past week as well, including 24 in Dubuque County, five each in Allamakee and Delaware counties, two in Fayette County and one in Winneshiek County.

Tue
15
Dec

Wetlands Centre Nature Nook brings the fun of the outdoors inside

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/15/2020 - 13:20

By Audrey Posten, Times-Register

A new space at the Driftless Area Wetlands Centre in Marquette will help visiting kids learn even more about the natural areas around the facility and the critters who call the area home.

The “Nature Nook” is located in its own corner at the Wetlands Centre and contains a variety of nature books, games and puzzles. Over a dozen puppets—ranging from a beaver and a squirrel to an owl and butterfly—sit around the space.

“They’re all native animals you can find in the area,” said Wetlands Centre Director Alicia Mullarkey. “I like that they’re not just stuffed animals. It makes it that much more engaging.”

Tue
15
Dec

Despite reservations, Monona Council approves $12k contribution to MCED

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/15/2020 - 13:18

By Audrey Posten, Times-Register

The city of Monona will continue to support the Monona Chamber and Economic Development, Inc. (MCED) in 2021. The city council, at its Dec. 7 regular meeting, approved a contribution of $12,000—matching the amount it gave this year—but not without some reservations.

Board President Linda Knockel said MCED has been active in 2020. 

“Number one, we have all kinds of advertising, Facebook accounts, fliers, newspapers, community things that go out for all the businesses to try to promote them and keep Monona growing,” she shared.

Tue
15
Dec

Elkader Friends of the Library stay connected to community with Family Fun Bags

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/15/2020 - 13:16

This tree activity is just one of the things kids will find in the Family Fun Bags from the Elkader Friends of the Library and library staff. (Submitted photos)

With this activity, kids can tell their own mitten story.

By Willis Patenaude, Times-Register

It was eight years ago, on a trip with her granddaughters to an American Girl Doll-themed tea party sponsored by the Elkader Friends of the Library, that Faith Blaskovich first fell in love with the organization. 

“It was an outstanding afternoon, and before we left, I’d made a donation and became an official ‘friend,’” she said. 

Since then, Blaskovich has risen to be the group’s current president, overseeing members, or “friends,” on a civic minded quest “to promote, improve and support the library.”

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