September 2019

BCLUW board accepts early retirements from Moeller, Omvig

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Two longtime instructors with over 40 years of combined service to BCLUW will accept early retirement packages at the end of the 2017-2018 school year.
           
Business Education teacher Jim Moeller (17 years) and Physical Education teacher Randy Omvig (24 years) plan to call it quits after lengthy tenures with the district, and the school board voted unanimously to approve the moves at Monday morning’s regular meeting.
           

Conrad council hears budget proposals from city departments

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Members of the Conrad city council listened to budget proposals from spokespeople for several city departments, including fire, BCERTS, the Heritage Hall Museum and the park board, during Thursday night’s regular meeting.
           
Gary Stattler of the museum board told the council that the group needed more room to store items and was interested in a possible expansion. The Smithsonian’s Museum on Main will be coming to Conrad next winter, and Stattler noted that of the current board members, two are over 80 and one has cancer.
           

Supervisors narrowly reauthorize HIPAA compliance program

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By a 3-2 vote, the Grundy County Board of Supervisors reauthorized an agreement with Carosh Compliance Solutions for trainings and software related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) during Monday morning’s regular meeting.
           

AGWSR basketball sweeps Grundy Center in girls-boys twinbill

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ACKLEY – Mandy Willems and Aubrie Fisher scored in double figures as the AGWSR girls basketball team defeated Grundy Center, 46-38, in a battle of unbeaten teams on Friday.
 
Willems scored 19 points and Aubrie Fisher added 13 points with five rebounds and four assists for the Cougars. Ally Finger added 10 rebounds as AGWSR improved to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the North Iowa Cedar League West.
 

December 14, 2017

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Women who care

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Local organization donates funds to Operation Threshold 
GRUNDY CENTER – A brand new group – 100+ Women Who Care in Grundy County – has banded together to support local causes and organizations around the county, just in time for the holiday season.
The group describes themselves as a passionate group of local women who each are committed to contributing $100 three times a year to local nonprofit organizations.

The season of giving: Baptist Church presents donations to several area organizations

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GRUNDY CENTER – The holidays are traditionally a time of giving, and the congregation at the First Baptist Church of Grundy Center is making an extra effort to give back locally this season.
During Sunday’s church service, Pastor Nathan Barkley – on behalf of the church – presented three checks to three different area organizations: the Grundy Center Police Department, the Grundy Community Preschool and Childcare Center and the Little Rebels Learning Center in Reinbeck. Each organization received $1,100, which was collected through a fundraising effort by members of the church.

No suspects named in Johns case

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Just over a week after authorities positively identified the body of 28-year-old Michael Johns of Grundy Center in rural Floyd County, law enforcement officials have not publicly named any persons of interest in the suspected homicide.
           

The puck drops here: city of Dike constructing new ice rink

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Shane Metz still vividly remembers his first Waterloo Black Hawks game. It was 1980, he worked at John Deere, the union provided him with free tickets and the beverages were aplenty.
           
“If something’s free, you’re gonna go,” he said. “I went and had a great time, and pretty soon my wife (and I)—after I got married—we went, and before you know it, the whole family’s going almost every night.”
           

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