News
Conrad’s Black Dirt Days (left) and Wellsburg Daze (right) were both held in 2020 but on a scaled down basis. Both events are back in full swing this weekend in their respective communities. (Grundy Register file photos)
06/09/2021 - 9:15am
AREA- Unlike the other town festivals in Grundy County, both Black Dirt Days and Wellsburg Daze did happen last summer, albeit on a scaled down basis and about two months later than usual. With most COVID-19 restrictions lifted, however, it’s...
Opinion
06/09/2021 - 9:20am
Have you been sitting around, scratching your head recently wondering where the movie character Cruella de Vil came from? Or how about Willy Wonka? Maybe not, but Hollywood is intent on providing us with these answers. Origin stories about well-...
Sports
Grundy Center girls golf finished third at the Class 1A state meet in Ames last week. Holding the trophy is Lauren Krausman, the Spartans’ only senior on the team. (Jake Ryder photo)
06/10/2021 - 10:27am
AMES – Even as the only senior on the Grundy Center girls golf team, Lauren Krausman's teammates made it easy on her.
"We just had a lot of laughs," Krausman said. "I don't feel like my job as a senior was very hard."
Krausman finished her high...
Obituaries
06/14/2021 - 4:05pm
Charles M. Strack, 69, passed away at his home in Logan, Utah, June 3, 2021.
The youngest child of Thomas (T.C.) and Lorraine Strack, he was born on December 17, 1951 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He moved with his family to Grundy Center in 1954,...
