January 2016

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Jan

Warrior girls 2-1 after break

 

The Warrior girls’ basketball team has won two of its three matchups since the holiday break, including wins over Ed-Co and Sumner-Fredericksburg. Senior guard Ashley Walz has been influential in sparking the positive play by the Warriors. She contributed three steals over the week’s span, which also included a loss to Class 3A Decorah. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

Warrior girls 2-1 after break

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

 

The South Winneshiek girls’ basketball team seems to be finding its groove following the holiday break, winning two of its first three games of the new year.

Wed
13
Jan

Lucille Holthaus

Lucille Holthaus

 

 

Lucille Holthaus will be celebrating her 90th birthday.

Join her family in wishing her a happy birthday by sending cards to Lucille at Ossian Senior Hospice PO Box 98, Ossian, IA 52161.

Wed
13
Jan

Joe McCasland

Joe McCasland

 

 

 

  Joe McCasland, age 73, of Calmar, IA, died on Thursday, December 31, 2015, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA.

Wed
13
Jan

Marlene Tangen

Marlene Tangen

 

 

Marlene M. Tangen, 78, of Ossian, Iowa passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.  Marlene Muriel, the daughter of Arnold and Nettie (Narveson) Soeder, was born June 14, 1937 in Decorah, Iowa.  She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church (Locust), Decorah. Marlene graduated from Decorah High School in 1956 and attended Luther College in Decorah. 

Wed
13
Jan

'Raising the bar'

 

Marsha Winter makes notes as she listens to student Gavin Geickert read to her. Winter, along with Jenny Larson, is an instructor that leads the Title I and Reading Recovery programs at South Winneshiek, DeSales, and CFS schools. The programs, which provide reading and writing assistance to first- through third-graders, has been a part of the district’s curriculum for 18 years. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

'Raising the bar'

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

 

“If a child is struggling with something, I look to myself, not the student,” shared South Winneshiek district Reading Recovery and Title I instructor Marsha Winter.

That mentality is just one small piece of the equation that helps make the district’s Reading Recovery and Title I programs so successful.

“South Winneshiek really took a leap of fate when it first decided to implement the program,” explained Winter. “I was part of the first training class at Keystone in 1998. We are currently in our 18th year with the Title I program.”

Since its implementation, the program has grown every year, helping hundreds of young students along the way.

Wed
13
Jan

-6 Degrees? Worth every second

 

Zak and Mak Kriener, along with father Darryl Frana (l-r) stand near the field at TCF Bank Stadium prior to kickoff between the Minnesota Vikings vs. Seattle Seahawks playoff game. The three, along with over 52,000 other fans, were part of the third-coldest game in NFL history as they braved the -6 degree temperature to root on the their team. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

-6 Degrees? Worth every second

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

 

As I crawled out of bed at 5 a.m. Sunday morning, dressed myself in several layers, and stepped outside into the frigid temperatures, I began to question my decision to join my dad and brother on our trip north. 

Last Sunday, Jan. 3, I received a call from my brother, Mak, shortly after the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Green Bay Packers and secured a home playoff game. He said that Dad was buying us both tickets to join him in Minneapolis to watch our favorite team play in the first round of the NFL playoffs.

Over the years, I have attended several games in Minneapolis. I have seen some pretty memorable moments, including Adrian Peterson setting the NFL single-game rushing record, the longest play in NFL history, and a last-second Hail Mary touchdown pass from Brett Favre to give the Vikes a win. The one thing these games all had in common? They were all played in the warm, comfortable Metrodome stadium.

So as we left northeast Iowa on Sunday, with enough extra layers to make us look like we each weighed an additional 50 pounds, we knew what we were in for.

Wed
13
Jan

Mr. and Mrs. Cody Reed

Mrs. and Mrs. Cody Reed

 

 

Madelon Zupke, daughter of Brad and Daphne Zupke of Sumner, and Cody Reed, son of Andy Reed of Sumner and Wendy and Dan Jellings of Fayette, were married June 13, 2015, at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sumner.

Grandparents are Dean and Judy Zupke of Sumner, Robert and Sandra Deering of Postville, Buzz and Ann Hackman of Deer Run, Minn., and Charlie and Sandy Reed of Sumner. Gerry Hackman of Rochester, Minn., is a great-grandmother.

Madelon is employed by West Union and Oelwein Dental Associates, and Cody is employed by Lifeline Emergency Vehicles.

Wed
13
Jan

Sullivan elected Vice Commander

District Commander David Cassell (right) swears in 2016 elected Coast Guard Auxiliary flotilla officers Steve Gress (center) and Art Sullivan at a Change of Watch ceremony on Dec.12.

 

Sullivan elected Vice Commander

 

 

Art (Sully) Sullivan of Clermont has been elected to his first one-year term as flotilla vice commander. In 2012 the former chief of police for the city of Clermont Iowa retired after 35 years in law enforcement having served in South Carolina and Iowa. In May 2012 Sullivan joined the Coast Guard Auxiliary where he also serves as the flotilla public affairs officer (FSO-PA).

Steve Gress of McGregor was elected to a second one-year term as flotilla commander. In 2012 company president Gress retired from Sysco Food Services of Iowa, where he’d been employed for 34 years and joined the Auxiliary in December of that year.

Wed
13
Jan

Decorah swimmers win

Decorah swimmers win

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

The Decorah swim team started 2016 off on the right stroke, beating Vinton-Shellsburg, 64-30, Tuesday  (Jan. 5) night in Vinton.

NFV athletes Matt Appler and Justin Kueker each played a big role in the victory.

Appler won three gold medals as he won the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke and led off the 160 medley relay. He also was on the bronze medal-winning 320 freestyle relay.

Kueker won the 500 freestyle and helped the 160 freestyle relay win bronze.

The two area athletes were also on the 160 freestyle relay that finished second.

Wed
13
Jan

Heartbreak in Oelwein for Blue Devils

 

West Central sophomore Colin Kime scores two of his four points on an offensive rebound late in the third quarter in a 54-52 loss to Oelwein on Saturday, Jan. 9. 

 

Heartbreak in Oelwein for Blue Devils

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

It came down to a rebound. Grab it, and the West Central Blue Devils boys’ basketball team would have sent the road contest against the Oelwein Huskies on Saturday, Jan. 9, into overtime. Instead, WC fell, 54-52.

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