October 2017

Wed
18
Oct

Lane Harold Foster Brekke

Lane Harold Foster Brekke

 

 

 Abby and Justin Brekke are happy to announce the birth of their son, Lane Harold Foster Brekke.

 Lane was born Friday, Aug. 11, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. He weighed 5 lbs., 2 oz. and was 18 inches in length.

 Lane was welcomed home by his sister, Vera, 5, and brother, Walter, 3.

 Grandparents are Don and Deb Foster of Clarksville and Lonnie and Mary Ann Brekke of West Union.

Great grandmother is Eileen Molokken of West Union.

Wed
18
Oct

Three new Fair Board members

Three new Fair Board members

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

 

 

 

The Fayette County Ag Society held its annual meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Dance Pavilion on the Fayette County Fairgrounds in West Union. 

Three new members, Andy Bilden, Shawn Albers, and Eric Albert, were all elected to the Fayette County Fair Board. Current board member Brian Boess was re-elected. 

Also running for the Fair Board was Jim Granger, Lucas Steinlage, and Gary Kuker. Each person who ran was given a chance to present their case as to why they should be elected to the Fair Board. Granger certainly made things interesting when instead of saying why he wanted to be on the Fair Board again, he decided to sling mud at Boess. He told the ag society members in attendance that Boess called the Fayette County Fairgrounds an expletive. Boess denied ever saying that. 

Wed
18
Oct

Council accepts Tobin's resignation

Mike Tobin

 

Council accepts Tobin's resignation

 

 

 

By Chris Deback
cdeback@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

Mike Tobin has resigned from the West Union Police Department after being placed on administrative leave last week. 

The West Union City Council approved the resignation at its regular Monday meeting, Oct. 16. It was effective Friday, Oct. 13.

“This resignation comes with a heavy heart as to the condition the [West Union] Police Department is headed,” Tobin’s letter of resignation read. “It has been made clear that the direction of the department and my moral fortitude are no longer in line. I pray that the [West Union Police] Chief, [West Union] City Council, and other city officials will take action to correct the issues that are causing so many officers to leave this agency. It is my opinion that the citizens of this amazing city deserve more out of their representatives than what has been displayed in [my] four years of being an officer [in West Union].”

Tue
17
Oct
Fri
13
Oct
Thu
12
Oct

SW improves to 6-0 in UIC play

 

Senior Taylor Numedahl lines up a serve during recent Warrior volleyball action. South Winneshiek improved to 6-0 in Upper Iowa Conference play after a 3-0 shutout win over Clayton Ridge last week. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

SW improves to 6-0 in UIC play

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

 

The Warrior volleyball team continued its strong 2017 campaign last week as it picked up a 3-0 victory over Clayton Ridge on Monday, Oct. 2.

The win means South Winn remains atop the Upper Iowa Conference standings as the team approaches the final matches of season.

“Going into this match (against Clayton Ridge) we knew that it was going to be one of our toughest conference matches,” said head coach Glenna Munuswamy. “We had seen the Eagles play at the Decorah tournament and they looked very scrappy and capable of defeating any team that let down it’s guard.”

Thu
12
Oct

SW XC competes at North Linn

 

Warrior cross country runners Mariah Durham (left) and Jenna Knutson run side by side during last week’s South Winn Invitational in Calmar. Durham scored 24 team points by posting a time of 22:18.93, while Knutson scored 23 team points with her time of 22:14.25. (Zakary Kriener photo)

 

SW XC competes at North LInn

 

 

Zakary Kriener

News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com

 

 

 

The South Winneshiek boys’ and girls’ cross country teams continued to show their strength as they placed near the top of the results at the South Winn Invitational, held Tuesday, Oct. 3, in Calmar.

The Class 1A No. 3-ranked South Winn boys earned runner-up honors at their home meet with a respectable 43 points, behind only Class 3A No. 2-ranked Decorah with 19 points. The entire top-ten finishers were either Warrior or Viking runners.

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