The Postville Herald

A Salute to Local Heroes is inserted inside the October 7, 2020 paper. It features Fire Fighters, EMTs, Police, Sheriff’s Department employees and others essential workers. The section is a joint effort between the Postville Herald, The Monona Outlook and the Calmar Courier.

Seniors chosen as 2020 Homecoming candidates are queen candidates (Front, left to right) Karissa Loera, Mackenzie Mohs and Arayely Vazquez. In back are the king candidates Noe Gonzalez, Brayden Lenth and Enzo Jochola. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

RaeAnne Martin stands behind the counter of Next Door, the coffee shop she opened two weeks ago on West Greene Street. Martin offers a variety of coffee selections and many other choices including teas and fruit smoothies. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARY JO MOORE

This section of the rock pictures James Bryson Hagen, who was reported missing in action during World War II and Roy Martin Vickery, who died while being detained as a prisoner of war in 1951. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

This view of the Allamakee County Freedom Rock includes portraits of Hugh Pratt Kidder, a U. S. Marine during World War I; Arthur F. Brandt, who was killed during World War I in France; James Gilbert, who served during the Civil War and David Wilson Reed, who also fought in the Civil War. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO