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News
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With
social distancing in full effect due to COVID-19 a child's birthday may
be hard to celebrate, and the Decorah Volunteer Fire Department has
offered some assistance.
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Matthias Houdek, 30, Fort Atkinson, was injured in a Wednesday morning accident west of Spillville.
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Decorah educators want to reach out and connect with their students.
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Decorah Newspapers has been fielding questions from readers about the resources Winneshiek Medical Center has available to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Four cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the county.
WMC officials recently provided these responses:
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The city of Decorah is notifying residents the current street closure on East Water Street will be extended through Friday, April 17, to allow the contractor to continue with work on the street improvement project.
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The coronavirus continues to spread across the U.S. and across the world.
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Decorah Superintencent Mark Lane sent the following email to Decorah School District parents Wednesday:
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Decorah Parks and Recreation is challenging the community to Explore Decorah throughout the month of April.
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Eric Runestad, vice president for finance and administration at Luther College, has accepted a new position as vice president and treasurer at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.
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The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has approved the Iowa Department of Agri-culture and Land Stewardship’s hemp production program.
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The Decorah Area Chamber of Commerce (DACC) is committed to supporting the local business community, according to Chamber Director Kristina Wiltgen.
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The newly formed Decorah and Winneshiek County Mutual Aid Network invites the public to help community members respond to COVID-19.
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The Iowa National Guard delivered personal protective equipment (PPE) to Decorah over the weekend.
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The Decorah Public Library closed to the public on Monday March 16; however, since that time Library staff members have been hard at work trying to meet the needs of the community in other ways, according to Library Director Kristin Torresdal.
Sports
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Two local young women —Bryar Duwe and Ali Hoffert — were selected by their respective classes to represent Region 3 by the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association.
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Despite falling one game shy of state, the Turkey Valley boys’ basketball team (22-4) has nothing to hang its head about. The squad posted the most wins of any team in school history, was part of four straight Upper Iowa Conference championships and was just the fourth team to reach the sub-state game.
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The Decorah boys’ basketball team ended its season with a loss to Center Point-Urbana (17-8) Thursday, Feb. 27, in Center Point, 70-58.
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The Decorah Viking Athletic Booster Club is hosting a gala event Saturday, March 14, at T-Bocks upstairs.
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All five starters, plus one off the bench Trojan, along with two starters for South Winn, were named to the Upper Iowa Conference all-conference girls basketball list.
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Five members of the Decorah boys’ basketball team were recognized as being named all-conference.
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Three members of the Decorah girls’ basketball team were named all-conference, released last week.
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It has been said it’s hard to beat the same team three times in a season. Tuesday night (Feb. 25), the Turkey Valley boys’ basketball team (21-3) proved it can be done, as it defeated South Winn, 57-44, in Nashua in the District semifinal.
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Winning its eighth game in a row and 14 of its last 15, the Decorah boys’ basketball team advanced to the Class 3A substate quarterfinal.
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Four members of the Decorah bowling teams were honored by being named second team all-conference by the coaches of the North Central Conference.
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Dreams of a state title ended for four Winneshiek County wrestlers last week.
Decorah grappler Jackson Rolfs, along with South Winn trio Ethan Maldonado, Zach Taylor and Damon Meyer, put on singlets at the State Wrestling Tournament in Des Moines Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 20-22.
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After eight days of down time since its last competition, the Turkey Valley boys’ basketball team needed the first half of Thursday’s Class 1A District 4 quarterfinal to get into rhythm versus Central Elkader. Once the dust was off the playbook, the Trojans put together a complete game to defeat the Warriors, 68-34.
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The South Winn boys’ basketball team (14-8) edged a win over Nashua-Plainfield on the Huskies’ home turf 51-46, Thursday, Feb. 20, in Nashua.
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It wasn’t the ending the Turkey Valley girls’ basketball team was looking for as it squared off with No. 13 Central Elkader (21-3) in West Union Friday night. The Warriors ended the Trojans’ state bid after mounting a fourth-quarter come-from-behind win, 53-46.
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The Decorah girls’ basketball team (12-10) fell to No. 9 Cedar Rapids Xavier (15-7) in the regional playoffs Saturday, Feb. 22, ending its 2019-2020 season in the Class 4A regional semifinals.
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