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Mar

Law enforcement personnel recognized for defusing potentially-lethal situation

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/31/2015 - 12:41

Guttenberg Police Officer Derek Chambers (left), Clayton County Jail Administrator Chad Werger and MarMac Police Officer Dylan Rumph were recognized March 26 for defusing a potentially-lethal situation on March 21. (Photo by Pat McTaggart)

By Pat McTaggart, Freelance Writer

Three Clayton County law enforcement personnel were recognized March 26 for defusing a potential lethal situation.

MarMac Police Officer Dylan Rumph, Guttenberg Police Officer Derek Chambers and Jail Administrator Chad Werger responded to an ongoing domestic violence incident at 3:24 a.m. on March 21 after the victim called 911. The dispatcher heard the subject say he had a gun.

Tue

Mar

Sweet success

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 13:16

Erwin Ruff shows off some of the maple syrup created at Ruff’s Sugar Bush this spring. He and his family have made maple syrup on their farm outside McGregor for the past 50 years. (Photos by Audrey Posten)

Two spouts are drilled into each maple tree at Ruff’s Sugar Bush. The sap is collected each day and transferred into a tank pulled by a tractor, which takes it to the cooking shed.

Erwin said he tapped 30 to 40 trees in the beginning, but the number has now grown to 400.

The sap is then transferred into these two tanks behind the building where the cooker is located. Gravity takes the sap through a tube that goes through the wall and into the cooker.

Erwin peers into the cooker, which separates the pure syrup from the sap through a boiling process.

Erwin Ruff shows the material that is strained off the syrup before it is bottled for consumption.

Ruff’s Sugar Bush has made maple syrup for 50 years

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

Spring is one of the sweetest times of the year for Erwin Ruff. Literally. For the past 50 years, he and his family have made maple syrup on their farm outside McGregor.

It started as a hobby, Erwin said, adding that he’d had no experience tapping trees before he and wife Eileen, who have eight kids, gave it a try soon after arriving on their farm.

“It was curiosity,” he said. “We were outdoor people.”

Tue

Mar

Forum raises Lyme disease awareness

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 13:03

Katrina Moyna (left) and Larry Gibbs share their Lyme disease experiences at a recent awareness forum held at the Driftless Area Wetlands Centre in Marquette. A multisystem inflammatory disease, Lyme disease can be transmitted to humans by deer ticks that carry the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. (Photos by Audrey Posten)

Moyna shows some of the medications she's taken to help combat Lyme disease.

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

Orangish-brown in color, a female deer tick is no bigger than a sesame seed. Her male counterpart is even smaller. But don’t let this insect’s diminutive size fool you. Their bite can pack a mighty punch. Carriers of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, infected deer ticks, sometimes referred to as blacklegged ticks, can transmit Lyme disease.

A multisystem inflammatory disease, Lyme disease was identified in the late 1970s in Lyme, Conn., after an unusual amount of people developed unexplainable arthritis-like symptoms in a tick-infested area.

Tue

Mar

Students chat with NBA.com blogger

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/24/2015 - 12:56

Beau Benzing

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

MFL MarMac seventh graders in Scott Boylen’s literature class recently had a learning experience of a lifetime when they got the opportunity to chat, via Skype, with NBA.com blogger Sekou Smith.

The question and answer session was the brainchild of student Beau Benzing, who enjoys watching and playing basketball.

Tue

Mar

Young Americans has fun, family-like atmosphere for students

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/17/2015 - 13:06

Members of the Young Americans show choir and band include (front, left to right) Ashley Smith, Nathan Mclaughlin, Austin Bernhard, Christopher Larson, Corbin Gardner; (middle) Rachel DeMoss, Anjela Waterman, Bailey Dunlap, Brooklyn Landt, Chrisopher Wright, William Check, Adrian Rudnitzki, Micah Decker, Logan Taylor, Chelbe Feuerhelm, Emily Hanson, Dakota Hickman, Ayla Boylen, Magdalena Young; (back) Ali Crogan, Sharlene Routt, Kaitlyn Grady, Victoria Van Wey, Chloe Landt, Ashely Heins, A.J. Van Wey, Spencer Rose, Sierra Wiebensohn, Hope Mcglaughlin, Victoria Kricke, Lizzie Miene and Lizzie Kricke. (Submitted photo)

The Wisconsin Singers from UW-Madison will perform at MFL MarMac Sunday, March 22, at 4:30 p.m., in the high school auditorium. The show will highlight over 60 songs from well-known performers like the Beatles and Madonna to Taylor Swift and One Direction. (Submitted photo)

Wisconsin Singers to perform at MFL MarMac March 22

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

Ever since MFL choral director Fremont Ogle formed the Young Americans show choir 40 years ago, the group has dazzled audiences with fun and flashy song and dance numbers.

“I saw how much fun it was and I wanted to be involved,” said member Maggie Young. “We’re like a big family. We spend a lot of time together.”

Tue

Mar

INKspiration Tattoo opens in McGregor

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/17/2015 - 13:04

Tattoo artist Crystal Scarff, owner of the newly-opened INKspiration Tattoo in McGregor, gives Rachel Parisi a circus elephant tattoo between her shoulder blades. (Photo by Audrey Posten)

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

For those looking to get inked, there’s a new, local option, with the opening of INKspiration Tattoo in McGregor. Owned by artist Crystal Scarff, a McGregor native, the tattoo studio is located at 330 Main Street, next to the McGregor Public Library.

“I grew up here and I love it here,” Scarff said of her choice to open up shop in McGregor. “It’s a beautiful place.”

Tue

Mar

Marquette moves forward with overlook and boardwalk project

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/17/2015 - 12:59

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

Marquette moved forward with its overlook and boardwalk project March 11, awarding a contract to Taylor Construction, Inc., of New Vienna, for $1,112,315.70.

The bid was 19 percent over the estimated construction cost of $932,286, said project manager Tim Cutsforth, of H.R. Green, Inc., of Cedar Rapids.

Tue

Mar

Monona Council approves library expansion project plans

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/17/2015 - 12:57

By Audrey Posten, North Iowa Times Editor

The Monona Council approved the plans and specifications, form of contract and cost estimate for the Murphy Helwig Library expansion project Monday evening.

The latest total cost estimate, said architect Christina Monk, with FEH Associates, Inc., is $899,514, up $14,500 from the previous estimate.

Some of the new cost, she said, relates to the need for a temporary bathroom during phase I of contraction. In that time, work will be done on the front portion of the library, including the addition of the children’s and young adult sections, as well as the meeting room. As part of the roof and a wall will be removed, a temporary bathroom will be installed in the staff room.

Fri

Mar

Leona Maxine Troester

Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/13/2015 - 10:16

Leona Maxine Troester, 88, Monona, died Monday, March 9, at the Great River Care Center, McGregor.

Leona was born on Dec. 1, 1926, rural Monona, to Ray and Hazel (Frink) Rush. She was baptized and confirmed at the Rossville Presbyterian Church in Rossville, Iowa, on Dec. 25, 1938. Leona attended Jefferson Township Country School until it closed. She then attended school in Waukon, graduating from Waukon High School with the class of 1947.

Fri

Mar

Mary Lou Jensen

Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/13/2015 - 10:15

Mary Lou Jensen, 75, passed away peacefully, Feb. 25, at the Great River Care Center, McGregor.

Mary Lou Jensen was born Sept. 16, 1939, in West Branch, to Parvin Jensen and Mabel (Christensen) Jensen. In 1946, she moved with the family to Cedar Rapids. In 1972 she moved to Cherokee Village, Ark. with her parents and in 1989 they moved to Marion. Upon the death of her mother in 2002, Mary Lou became a resident of Great River Care Center in McGregor.

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