Posts Tagged ‘elsa wiemerslage’
Blood drive honors Elsa
Waterloo Junior High School recently hosted a blood drive in honor of local cancer warrior Elsa Wiemerslage. The Red Cross Blood Drive was largely organized by Linze Zarzeck, who leads…
Read MoreTurkey day run really taking off
With Thanksgiving come and gone, some in Waterloo might have noticed a substantial crowd moving through town Thursday morning. That crowd was the bulk of the ninth annual Rau-a-thon, a…
Read MorePollinator garden created for cancer warrior
A tribulation that struck three Waterloo Junior High School families has led to a special garden at the school in honor of sixth grade cancer warrior Elsa Wiemerslage. The unique…
Read MoreMixed bag on mask optional schools
As local schools are settling into a new “mask optional” policy, mixed reactions are surfacing. The change was a result of Sangamon County Circuit Judge Raylene Grischow issuing a temporary…
Read MoreA happy place for Elsa
With an electric fireplace, day bed topped with fluffy pillows and cuddly blankets, a special reading space and her very own mini fridge, local cancer warrior Elsa Wiemerslage has the…
Read MoreWaterloo is Elsa Strong
For about 4.5 years, Elsa Wiemerslage has been battling a rare form of pediatric cancer called acute myeloid leukemia. And for almost that entire time, Waterloo has been helping Wiemerslage…
Read MoreWorkout for Elsa
A cardio-kickboxing workout titled “Kick Cancer’s Butt” to support young Elsa Wiemerslage’s fight against acute myeloid leukemia takes place in the Waterloo Junior High School gym this Saturday, Feb. 22,…
Read MoreTough young girls keep fighting
Three Waterloo girls – Lydia Boyer, Elsa Wiemerslage and Audrey Stanley – have spent the last few years battling various ailments. That fight continues for all three of the girls,…
Read MoreCommunity shows love for little Audrey and Elsa
Support for Audrey The news keeps getting better for a 7-year-old Zahnow Elementary student who underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor late last year and encountered various complications as…
Read MoreShaved Head Challenge for Elsa a success
On Saturday, the community came together once again to help a Waterloo kindergarten student battling cancer. A “Shaved Head Challenge” for young Elsa Wiemerslage, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid…
Read MoreHoops team fights for Elsa
Sports can bring seemingly random groups of people together within a community. For one young cancer patient, a new bond was formed recently with the Waterloo Junior High School sixth…
Read MoreWaterloo shines love light for Elsa
The community is rallying in support of a young Waterloo girl in her fight against cancer. Elsa Wiemerslage, a kindergarten student at Zahnow Elementary, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia…
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