You are here

Home › Archives ›

October 2019

Wed
30
Oct

Dillon named assistant attorney

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2019-10-30 10:32

Jill Dillon (right) was recently named a Fayette County Assistant Attorney. She recently attended a Fayette County Board of Supervisors meeting with County Attorney Wayne Saur, where the Board approved hiring her as the new assistant County attorney. (Jack Swanson photo)

 

Dillon named assistant attorney

 

By Jack Swanson
jswanson@fayettecountynewspapers.com

 

The Fayette County Board of Supervisors approved the hiring of Jill Dillon as an assistant county attorney at the regular board meeting, Monday, Oct. 21.

Dillon will replace Pat Ritter who, according to Fayette County Attorney Wayne Sauer, is going back to private practice.

“I’ve worked enough cases with her to know she’d be a good replacement,” Saur told the supervisors.

Wed
30
Oct

Anthony Guyer

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2019-10-30 10:21

Anthony Guyer

 

Anthony Joseph Guyer, 29, of Aplington, Iowa formerly of West Union, Iowa died Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa.

 

Visitation will be Thursday, October 31, 2019 from 3-8 pm at Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, West Union, Iowa and one hour before services at the church on Friday.

 

Funeral Services will be at 11:00 am on Friday, November 1, 2019 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, West Union, Iowa with Pastor Rusty Phillips as the Officiant.

 

Inurnment will be at a later date at Garden of Memories, Waterloo, Iowa.

 

Burnham-Wood-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service in West Union, Iowa is helping the family with the arrangements.-

Wed
30
Oct

Marie Schaufenbuel

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2019-10-30 10:18

Marie Schaufenbuel

 

Services were held on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at the St. Lucas’s Catholic Church, St. Lucas, IA for Marie Schaufenbuel with interment in the St. Luke Cemetery, St. Lucas, Iowa.

Marie Schaufenbuel, age 96, of Sumner, IA, formerly of St. Lucas, IA, passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019 at Community Memorial Hospital in Sumner, IA. 

Wed
30
Oct

Mary Steffens

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2019-10-30 10:14

Mary Steffens

 

Mary Steffens, 91, of Clermont, Iowa passed away peacefully at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, Iowa where she had been on hospice care since August 28, 2019. Mary was born in Story City, Iowa, on May 10, 1928, to Otto and Agnes (Valen) Christensen. Mary began her education in a rural school near Story City. When she was almost 13, the family moved to a farm near Randalia. Mary graduated from Randalia high school in 1946 where she had many wonderful memories and friends. After graduation Mary worked in Waterloo as a clerk at the "Three Sisters" dress shop. She then worked as a telephone operator in Waterloo and later West Union. It was in the West Union telephone office where she first saw Reuben when he came in to make a call. Soon after that, they got together at a dance at the Oelwein Coliseum.

Wed
30
Oct

Carol Kuennen

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2019-10-30 10:07

Carol Kuennen

 

Mass of Christian Burial was held on Saturday, October 26, 2019 at the St. Luke’s Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa, 10:30 a.m. Interment was in the St. Luke Cemetery, St. Lucas, IA.

 Carol Ann Kuennen, age 67, of St. Lucas, IA, passed away on Monday, October 21, 2019 at her home with her family by her side.  

Wed
30
Oct

VB goes down in 5 sets

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2019-10-30 10:03

Alyssa Bohr serves one up Wednesday Oct. 23, in Jesup. The TigerHawk sophomore made eight kills and had 10 digs while going 10-10 for an ace in the Class 3A regional contest. (Mike Thomas, Oelwein Daily Register photo)

 

VB goes down in 5 sets

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

NFV volleyball was eliminated in round one of the Class 3A regional playoffs to Jesup, but the TigerHawks went down swinging taking the J-Hawks to five sets. 

Playing in Jesup, the hosts got off to a quick 2-0 start, winning, 25-20 and 25-18. 

Just when it looked like an easy night, NFV got hot, taking the next two sets, 25-20 and 25-18.

“We stepped up the passing and were able to run the offense more in those two sets,” explained head coach Jenny Lee. 

Wed
30
Oct

Boys 2nd at SQM; Miller 15th

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2019-10-30 09:57

After finishing second at last Thursday’s State Qualifying Meet in West Union, the NFV boy’s cross country team is going run at the State Meet Saturday in Fort Dodge. Posing in front of the banner they won Thursday in West Union are (front, l-r) Leo Phan and Weller Clark (back) head coach Neal Bentley, Caleb Zurbriggen, Ben Miller, Peyton Halverson, Nathan Crooker, David Crooker, Korbin Yount, Nathan Jensen, and assistant coaches Rachael Strong and Jon Kullen. (Jerry Wadian photto)

 

Boys 2nd at SQM; Miller 15th

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

It was a good day for the NFV boys' cross country team as the TigerHawks jumped over two ranked teams to finish second and qualified to run at the State Cross country Meet Saturday in Fort Dodge.

In addition, Ben Miller put on a real burst over the final 150 yards to finish 15th overall, so he will also compete Saturday as an individual.

Top-ranked Tipton dominated, finishing 1,4,6,7,8,9 for 26 team points.

NFV used its depth to advantage. Miller led the way, but Davan and Nathan Crooker and Peyton Halverson, as they’ve done all season, ran in a tight pack, finishing 18, 19, and 20, respectively. Weller Clark, running in his first race in over two weeks, finished 44th despite significant back spasm pain, to give the TigerHawks 116 points.

  That was enough to edge sixth-ranked Camanche, who finished with 123. Waukon and Crestwood were also ranked, but finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

Head coach Neal Bentley said afterwards, “A team qualifies only when every runner puts forth their top effort. Five of our seven runners set personal-best times, including the pack of the Crookers twins and Halverson.”

The girls faced a very tough field as they finished eighth as a team. Starmont won with Waukon and Tipton taking second and third, respectively.

“The girls battled hard and it was neat to see them finish the season on their home course,” Bentley stated. 

Wed
30
Oct

Turnovers, missed tackles doom TigerHawks

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2019-10-30 09:51

Lukas Lau (28) scores the first touchdown of the second half Friday as the junior wins the foot race for a 15-yard score. (Jerry Wadian photo)

 

Turnovers, missed tackles doom TigerHawks

 

 

By Jerry Wadian
jwadian@thefayettecountyunion.com

 

Last week when NFV head football coach Justin Heins previewed Friday’s game against Waukon he observed, “We have to control the ball, force some turnovers and not turn the ball over ourselves.”

 None of that happened during a disastrous first half as the Indians blew out to a 50-8 halftime lead.  

To their credit, the TigerHawks came back in the final 24 minutes to make it interesting before falling, 56-36. 

In the process, NFV scored more points than the two teams who scored the most points  (Crestwood, 21 and Oelwein, 14) against Waukon put together. Of course, the TigerHawks did most of its damage after the Indians played second stringers over the final 24 minutes.

 The first half was a nightmare as the TigerHawks lost two fumbles and were intercepted once. In all, NFV had lost four of six fumbles to go with the pick.

Wed
30
Oct

Nadine and Grant Walvatne

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2019-10-30 09:45

Nadine and Grant Walvatne

 

Grant and Nadine Walvatne were married in La Crosse, WI on November 5, 1994.

They have two children Cameron at home and Renee (Mrs. Ivan Penner) of Phoenix Arizona.

Cards may be mailed to:

24953 160th ST., Sumner, IA 50674

Wed
30
Oct

Joyce and Karel Rawson

Submitted by Clauer on Wed, 2019-10-30 09:40

Joyce and Karel Rawson

 

The daughters of Karel and Joyce Rawson are thrilled to announce the 60th wedding anniversary of their parents.  While at Ossian High they dated, then married a couple years later on October 31, 1959 in the E.U.B. church in Castalia.  

Prior to moving to West Union forty years ago, they and their daughters lived in 4 different communities in NE Iowa, including Decorah where their son Haldain, the eldest of their 4 children, was born.  He died as a child following a long illness.

Farmers for nearly 50 years, including 25 years of Rawson Berries, Joyce and Karel also team drove semi-truck across country while farming and operating the berry patch. These days Karel continues to drive part-time and Joyce knits sweaters (literally hundreds) to donate.  As always, they continue to be very involved in their church.  

Pages

Comment Here