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Contractor Portzen Construction last week started concrete work on sidewalks and intersections as part of McGregor’s Main Street reconstruction project. Utility install also continued. Over the next week, the city said the plan is to focus on concrete work at the A Street intersection by Paper Moon and Bickel Insurance. The goal is to have that intersection paved by the week of Aug. 21, as this is when work on the B Street intersection is scheduled to begin. (Photo by Audrey Posten)
Temporary downtown detour route will be put in place
The statue of Emir Abdelkader, which arrived in Elkader in May, will be on display at the community’s Art in the Park festival this weekend, in order to spark conversation.
Kimberly Ann Staples, age 61, of Cross Plains, Wis., passed away on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in her home surrounded by family. She was born on July 6, 1962, in Ann Arbor, Mich., the daughter of William and Doreen (Kiefer) O'Brien.
Richard “Dick” Allen Owings, age 75, passed away Aug. 10, 2023, due to complications of Myelodysplastic Syndrome, an auto-immune disease affecting the bone marrow.
Pauline Dettmann is a vendor at the Monona Farmers Market, which has grown from fewer than a handful of vendors a year ago to over a dozen in 2023. (Photos by Audrey Posten)
“It’s fresh and [customers] know where it’s growing,” said vendor Walter Hammerand of the goods people can purchase at the farmers market. Hammerand travels to Monona from Fennimore, Wis.
Rachel Schutte, of Luana, sells fresh cut flowers and homemade crafts at the Monona Farmers Market. “This is close by. It’s a nice place to come during the week and there’s good attendance," she said.
Hilary Davis also sells flowers along with her family's maple syrup and honey from another local producer.
Monona Chamber and Economic Development, Inc. Executive Director Ardie Kuhse (in pink) speaks with vendors at the Monona Farmers Market.
As she leaves Central for a new challenge, Ann Gritzner recreated the first photo she took 30 years ago when she started her career in Elkader as an eighth grade science teacher.
