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News
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A special election to fill the Ward 2 position on the Decorah City Council is Tuesday, Sept. 24.
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The Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors has scheduled a public hearing on a proposal to expand a hog confinement operation in Sumner Township in southwestern Winneshiek County.
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Family Weekend 2019 runs Friday through Sunday at Luther College.
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The Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors has scheduled a public hearing on a proposal to expand a hog confinement operation in Sumner Township in southwestern Winneshiek County.
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Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders will host a town hall campaign event at 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, in the North Gymnasium in Regents Center on the Luther College campus. The event is open to the public with no charge for admission.
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The city of Decorah will be offering free compost and wood chips at the city’s yard waste disposal site located on Trout Run Road.
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“Extreme Salad Man” Stephen Barstow will deliver the presentation “Around the World in 80 Plants: An Edible Perennial Vegetable Adventure” at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Thursday, Sept. 26, at 6:30 p.m.
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Historian Michael Eckers will speak at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the Decorah Public Library about the hard work and sacrifices of the folks “back home” who toiled to support the troops fighting overseas in a variety of ways, both large and small, during World War II.
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ArtHaus and The Hook – a network of writers, dancers, musicians, poets, actors, performers and professional storytellers founded in 2016 by award-winning performance poet and storyteller Akwi Nji – present “Truths be Told,” to be held at and sponsored by the Courtyard and Cellar.
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The Luther College Student Activities Council is bringing ComedySportz to campus as an exciting part of the Luther homecoming experience.
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Northeast Iowa Peace & Justice Center has partnered with Iowans for Gun Safety to offer an afternoon of music and action in remembrance of America’s victims of gun violence Sunday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m.
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Word Salad, Decorah’s own monthly literary open mic, will have an extra attraction this month.
On Wednesday, Sept. 18, in addition to the writers who come to read, there also will be a special guest artist, Keith Lesmeister, author of the story collection We Could’ve Been Happy Here (MG Press, 2017). His most recent work appears or will appear in New Stories from the Midwest, Wapsipinicon Almanac, and Driftless Writers Anthology. He teaches writing and literature at Northeast Iowa Community College.
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Thursday is the deadline to file nomination papers to run for school board elections in Iowa.
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Winneshiek County is completing an update to their Hazard Mitigation Plan, which assesses hazard risks and prioritizes mitigation actions in order to reduce disaster impacts on people and property.
Sports
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They didn’t just break it. The South Winn football team (2-1, 1-0) smashed the previous single-game total offensive yard record.
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The Decorah Vikings swim team tallied 238 points to surpass four other teams at the Tro-Hawk swimming and diving invite in Waterloo Saturday. The Lady Vikes posted seven first-place finishes of the 12 events, including all three relay events.
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The start of district play pitted a pair of unbeaten teams against each other in Jackson Junction Friday night with the hometown Turkey Valley Trojan (3-0, 1-0) defense stopping Midland (2-1, 0-1) in its tracks, 52-6.
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Fluctuating temperatures and recent rain led to a comfortable racing atmosphere at the 47th Annual Luther College All-American race Saturday morning.
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The set scores don’t tell the full tale of how evenly matched the Turkey Valley (2-5, 1-0 UIC) and South Winn (0-13, 0-2 UIC) volleyball teams were, as the two local squads tangled in Jackson Junction Thursday night. The Trojans finished the night with the 3-0 victory, with set scores of 25-19, 25-15 and 25-15.
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The South Winn volleyball team (0-12, 0-2 UIC) are showing improvement on the court, as it continues to seek it first win.
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Luther’s oldest non-conference series continued Saturday afternoon in Carlson Stadium. The Norse hosted the Oles of St. Olaf College and were defeated by a final of 33-20. This was the 64th meeting between these two schools, dating back to 1921.
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Three games, three high-ranked opponents.
There is no doubt the Decorah football team has fought for every yard and point it has gotten as it faced Class 3A No. 1 Western Dubuque at home Friday night, falling 23-2.
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The South Winn volleyball team (0-6) had a rough couple of days on the court last week. The Lady Warriors hosted Crestwood (1-2) Thursday, Sept. 5 and competed in the highly competitive New Hampton tournament Saturday.
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The Turkey Valley volleyball team (1-2) claimed its first win over Riceville (0-3) Tuesday at home.
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The Viking cross country teams finished near the top of the large fields at Tuesday’s Dick Pollitt-Go Hawk Classic.
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The Decorah volleyball team (3-4, 1-0 NEIC) once again dug itself out of a hole to win in three sets over Waukon (1-1, 0-1 NEIC) at home Tuesday night. Set scores were 25-20, 25-18 and 25-16.
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The Decorah freshman football team (0-2) was shut out by Cedar Rapids Xavier Thursday night on the road, 35-0.
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Paul Strand and Spencer Weis, 2017 graduates of Decorah High School are members of the Luther College men’s soccer team. Strand plays as a junior defender, while Weis is a junior midfielder.
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The season-opener triangular between the Turkey Valley (0-2), MFL MarMac (1-2) and New Hampton (5-0) volleyball teams was a challenge Tuesday, Sept. 3, as the Trojans fell in both matches at New Hampton.
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