September 2019

Moeller looks back fondly on time at BCLUW

Call it a midlife crisis, or call it rediscovering a past love. After nearly 20 years spent outside of the educational realm, retiring BCLUW business teacher Jim Moeller decided that it was time to give the profession he went to college for another try. To this day, he hasn’t regretted it.
           

Fern property declared a public health nuisance

Amidst repeated reports of squalid living conditions, animal infestation, drug-induced hallucinations, mountains of junk and generally unruly behavior in an otherwise quiet unincorporated community of about 20 residents, the board of supervisors, Sanitarian Carie Sager and Grundy County Attorney Erika Allen have announced plans to file a lawsuit aimed at condemning the home of Gregory Risse and abating the nuisance once and for all.
           

Letter to the editor

Rob, I can’t believe you wrote an editorial that says “Does anyone care?”
 

I missed you, Norm

Some people live to be praised and admired, and others can’t wait to be scolded.
           
As the snow birds return from their winter nests (and remind me that I’ll probably never be able to afford a winter nest or even retire), plenty of familiar faces are resurfacing around the area, and perhaps none more so—for me, anyway—than Norm Kruse, who’s always good for a comment, a laugh and a great conversation even if we disagree about everything we’re discussing.
           

Supervisors recommend approval on Palermo Township hog site

Just weeks after giving Heath Myers and Joe Dier of Clearview Farms the go-ahead to construct a two-building hog site near the Grundy-Tama County line, the board of supervisors voted unanimously on Monday morning to recommend the approval of a similar site under the same management nearby in Palermo Township between Grundy Center and Beaman.
           

G-R receives three bids for Gladbrook asbestos removal

During a brief meeting at the high school last Tuesday, Gladbrook-Reinbeck school board member Rod Brockett, business manager Deb Oleson and Superintendent David Hill opened three bids for asbestos removal at the Gladbrook building as plans to demolish it move forward.
           
Because the fitness center and swimming pool are now likely to come down along with the rest of the facility, Hill noted that the board would need to accept a bid including both alternates.
           
“It’s a 99 percent chance we’ll do all three,” he said. 
 

NICL golf: BCLUW girls, Grundy boys claim West titles

REINBECK – BCLUW's Lauren Anderson shot a 92 to lead the Comet girls golf team to the team title at the NICL West meet at Oak Leaf Country Club in Reinbeck on Monday, May 7.
 
BCLUW finished with a 406 team score, 17 strokes better than runner-up Grundy Center. West Marshall was third with a 428. AGWSR finished sixth overall with a 489 and Gladbrook-Reinbeck scored 514 for seventh.
 

Cougar girls, Spartan boys lead locals at NICL West track

GRUNDY CENTER – The AGWSR girls track and field team narrowly snatched the runner-up spot at the NICL West Championships in Grundy Center on Monday, May 7.
 
The Cougars scored 103 points to edge Grundy Center by two points for the second spot, trailing team champion West Marshall (155 points). BCLUW was fifth in the team standings with 59 points and Gladbrook-Reinbeck scored 24 team points.
 

Going out on top: GCHS senior ends Academic Decathlon career with new records

GRUNDY CENTER – With graduation right around the corner, GCHS senior Noah Boquet can be pleased with his accomplishments as he ends a record-breaking four-year-long Academic Decathlon career.
 

A virtual world

 D-NH Robotics Club students create augmented reality sandbox to teach geography
DIKE – With the help of a new augmented reality sandbox the Dike-New Hartford Robotics Club is constructing, students will soon be able to use technology to explore geography, topography, weather and more in an immersive, virtual setting.

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