The Postville Herald

11/26/2025

Postville Annual Holiday Lights and Craft Show this Saturday, Nov. 29

11/26/2025

Don't miss out! Find holiday happenings and more in this week's Herald! 🎁
• Postville inducts eight into National Honor Society
• Dacia Ash opens Back Home Chiropractic and Wellness in downtown Postville
• Sarah Murray to share her story 'Hope is a Strategy' at the Community Resource Fair on Dec. 7 Northeast Iowa Wellness and Recreation Center
• Postville's second annual Holiday Lights and Craft Show to be held Saturday; luncheon begins at 11
• Merrill Gruber's legacy lives on through $25,000 gift to Postville Clinic
• Postville's first grade class tells us 'How to Cook a Thanksgiving Turkey' 🦃
• Koenig officially wins mayor's hat
• Burns is second winner of 'Find the Pie' contest
• Postville Dollars for Scholars receives grant
• Postville Volunteer Fire Department Inc. receives UMGC grant
• Supervisors approve cybersecurity training
• Postville Volleyball awards banquet
• Pirate football team hands out postseason awards
• Upper Iowa Conference Boys Basketball Preview
• Pirate girls 10th in season-opening mat tourney
• Postville Volleyball page
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11/19/2025

Pick up this week's Herald 👀
• Council hears Childcare request, housing code concerns
• Postville School Board: Postville sees success
• Shack on Greene offers breakfast, sandwiches, ice cream and more
• Six veterans receive Quilts of Valor at the Veterans Day Program
• Kregel is featured speaker at Veterans Day Program
• Supervisors canvass election results
• Holiday Lights and Craft Show to be held Saturday, Nov. 29
• Helgerson is first winner of 'Find the Pie' contest; There is another pie hidden in the paper this week! Call and you could be the next lucky winner to receive an apple pie made by the Holy Rollers of Community Presbyterian Church
• Newly organized Friends of the Library Postville will enhance library events, programs and more
• Candidate Turek to hold town hall Nov. 22 in Waukon
• From ideas to action: students shape community soluntions at 4-H Summit
• Seven returnees lead Postville girls' wrestling team
• Postville cancels varsity girls' basketball season
• Postville Football page
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11/18/2025

11/13/2025

Koenig reelected Postville mayor on write-in vote
Huinker, Sass take School Board positions

By: John Jensen
Mid-America Publishing
POSTVILLE – Dennis Koenig will serve another four years as Postville’s mayor after winning on a write-in vote during Tuesday’s city and school election.
Koenig received 150 of the 157 votes cast and said he would accept the position. There were no declared candidates for the position.

There was also a contested race for Postville School Board, where three candidates were running for two open seats. Mary Huinker won reelection to the Board with 235 votes while Michael Sass was elected with 175 votes. Crystal Duffy received 125 votes.

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11/13/2025

Don't miss this week's Herald 👀
• Koenig reelected Postville mayor on write-in vote; Huinker, Sass take School Board positions
• Upcoming Resource Fair coming to Allamakee County Northeast Iowa Wellness and Recreation Center
• 5K Walk/Run, Trot for Tots, being held Nov. 29; register by Nov. 14 and receive a shirt - https://www.raceentry.com/trot-for-tots-5k-walkrun/race-information Postville Childcare
• Kregel is guest speaker at Veterans Day Program; More photos and information will be printed in the Nov. 19 issue of the Postville Herald
• Supervisors hear VMH update
• 'Find the Pie' is back - FIND the pie hidden within this week's Herald, CALL our office before 4pm on Nov. 14, and you could WIN a pie made by the Holy Rollers of Community Presbyterian Church
• Postville FFA competes at Nationals
• Holiday Lights walk through night returns for 2025
Helping Services for Youth & Families
• Postville Clinic campaign continues-great need evident with growing demand and providers
Veterans Memorial Hospital
• Update on SNAP Benefits from Iowa Department of Health and Human Services and Allamakee County Public Health
• Postville Cross Country page
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11/11/2025

11/06/2025

Elevated Fire Weather Conditions this Afternoon... to 6:00 PM CST for Allamakee County, IA: Elevated Fire Weather Conditions this Afternoon

The combination of low relative humidity values, southerly winds,
and dry fuels will result in elevated fire weather conditions
this afternoon across northeastern Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin,
and southeastern Minnesota. Afternoon relative humidity values
fall to around 25 to 30 percent with southerly winds of 15 to 20
mph, gusting to 25 to 35 mph.

Under these conditions, fires could start and spread easily.
Please exercise caution with any activities that involve outdoor
fires or create sparks, including campfires, grilling, and
operating large equipment. Ci******es should be disposed of and
extinguished properly. Please heed any local burn bans.

The combination of minimum relative humidity values between 25 and 30% and breezy south winds, gusting between 25 and 35 mph, will promote elevated fire weather conditions this afternoon in SE Minnesota, NE Iowa, and SW Wisconsin.

11/06/2025

Classes in Postville are being held at Northeast Iowa Wellness & Recreation Center

11/05/2025

NOTICE: Allamakee County Emergency Management Corey Snitker shared that the monthly outdoor warning siren test is set for tomorrow Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 10 a.m.

Corey Snitker
Emergency Management Coordinator
Allamakee County Iowa

11/05/2025

Check out this week's Herald 👀
• LOOK INSIDE: Salute to Veterans special section inside this week's Herald
• Postville Veterans Day program to be held Nov. 11 at Postville Schools; Guest Speaker is Kent Kregel
• Election results https://allamakeecountyelections.iowa.gov/
• Deering saves best for last at State Cross Country meet
• New Business Spotlight: Ashley, Jonier Picada open new Postville food truck, La Mezcla
• Volunteers eye shutdown impact
• Postville Pirate Theatre presenting original play "The Witching Hour" this weekend, November 7-9
• Postville's Chris Hackman receives Operator of the Year Award
• Campaign for new Postville Clinic receives largest gift to date
• Emplify Health by Gundersen welcomes Dr. Marin Ehler PT, DPT, to West Union
• Volunteers of the year named for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum
• 'A Christmas Vacation' theme for 34th annual Christmas Fantasy
• Season Review: Defense leads Pirate volleyball team to best season in years
• Season Review: Postville football team sets table for future success
• Dahl earns first-team all-conference honor
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