Tom Pickel and Stacy Kaiser, Kieler, announce the birth of their son, Kobe Ivan Pickel, at 12:58 p.m. on Thursday, July 10 at Southwest Health in Platteville.
Kobe weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces and was 21 inches long.
Grandparents are Barb and Junior Pickel, Kieler, Kathy and Joe Davis, New Diggings, and Steve and Sherry Kaiser, Hazel Green.
Great-grandparents are Lois and Jerome Kaiser, Cuba City, Gerry Swart, Platteville, Laura Davis, Galena, and Joyce Rice, Milton.
Kobe’s father is a salesman at Packer’s Chemical in Kieler and his mother is a nursing student at Clarke University in Dubuque.