September 2019

Palmer returns to military base safely

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The Navy sailor and Conrad native who went missing for roughly two weeks in Hawaii after an apparent altercation at a local bar has returned safely to his base and is being integrated back into his unit.
           
Shaun Palmer, age 24, sparked a national manhunt after the news broke that he had not reported for duty on Sunday, July 1, and little was known about the nature of his disappearance. On July 16, he posted a link from his personal Facebook page and commented, “I’m fine. I’m back on base waiting to figure out what’s going on.”
           

Hames' hit helps send AGWSR to state semifinal

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FORT DODGE – Scott O'Brien didn't want Alyssa Hames to end her last at-bat on Monday afternoon with her bat on her shoulder.
 
With only one hit in her previous 11 at-bats this postseason, O'Brien gave Hames a little tough love to try and focus her on the situation.
 
"I got a little upset," O'Brien admitted. "I just wanted her to get out of her shell, she was getting too tight. Don't give up, don't just stand there. Make something happen."
 

One run short: Rebels eliminated by Don Bosco after furious comeback attempt (with photo slideshow)

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Gladbrook-Reinbeck couldn’t buy a hit—or a baserunner, for that matter—during the first six innings of Saturday night’s Class 1A district final against Don Bosco, but when senior Walker Thede broke through and smashed the first home run of his high school career in the top of the seventh, it put a spark in his teammates that nearly propelled them to a substate appearance.
           

Rebels soar past Comets

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REINBECK – Taking pitches isn't exactly in the playbook for the Gladbrook-Reinbeck baseball team.
 
The Rebels would much rather show what they can do swinging the bat, and Thursday's 11-3 district final romp over BCLUW served as Exhibit A with G-R pounding out 12 hits to dispatch the NICL West foe.
 
G-R (21-10) advances to Saturday's district final against Don Bosco (23-8) at 7 p.m. in Reinbeck. The Dons pounded AGWSR 15-1 in five innings earlier in the day to claim their spot in Saturday's game.
 

A-P baseball knocks out Wolverines

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STORY CITY – The Dike-New Hartford baseball team's season came to an end on Tuesday evening in a 3-1 loss to Aplington-Parkersburg, a Class 2A district semifinal at Roland-Story High School in Story City.
 
A-P advanced to Saturday's district final against South Hamilton at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
 

Scherling tapped as new GCMH leader

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An internal candidate with a plethora of prior experience inside of the Unitypoint umbrella has been chosen to succeed Jennifer Havens as the president of the Grundy County Memorial Hospital (GCMH), according to a press release issued Monday.
           
Adam Scherling currently serves as the Director of Operations-- Specialty Services at the Unitypoint Clinic in Waterloo, and he was the rural liaison between Allen Hospital and GCMH from 2014 to 2017.
           

One dead after Highway 20 accident

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A 51-year-old Evansdale man suffered fatal injuries in a one-vehicle accident on Highway 20 in Grundy County on Saturday evening.
           
According to a sheriff’s office press release, Scott VanGorder was westbound in a 2000 Saturn between The Mill and the Wellsburg turnoff about 2 ½ miles west of Highway 14 when the he drove off the right hand shoulder of the road, entered the ditch and struck a fence and a tree. VanGorder was pronounced dead at the scene. 
           

Wednesday's sports: BCLUW baseball takes NICL West lead

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Read more in next week's Grundy Register.
 

City officials hope to kick off public art initiative in Grundy Center

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GRUNDY CENTER – What’s something that can really put Grundy Center on the map and set it apart from all of the other rural, small town communities across Iowa? What could bring more people to visit, and maybe even to live here?
 
In search of an answer to those questions, and inspired by the creativity of other small towns around the country, a small team of city officials and community members have landed on a possible answer: public art.
 

Grundy County Relay for Life raises $36,000 and counting

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REINBECK – This year, Grundy County Relay for Life organizers decided to switch things up a little.
 
Instead of hosting the event at a track like usual, the Relay was hosted in downtown Reinbeck on Friday night, with live music, food vendors and local restaurants offering specials, and even a bar at the American Legion building. Instead of a survivors lap and a caregivers lap, survivors, caregivers and community members were asked to gather in a circle and hold hands with their neighbor to show solidarity in the fight against cancer.
 

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