September 2019

Cougars win soggy, stormy home finale

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ACKLEY – A weather-shortened 38-0 victory was captured by the AGWSR football team, blanking Clarksville on a rain-soaked field here Friday during 8-Player, District 2 action.
 
The two teams battled in rainy conditions from a light mist all the way to a downpour and everything in-between for nearly three quarters. Lightning was spotted with 2:58 showing in the third quarter, delaying the game followed by Clarksville coach Adam Anthony throwing in the towel.
 

Grundy County to take part in annual Bible Reading Marathon

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GRUNDY COUNTY – In 2015, former Governor Terry Branstad signed the Iowa 99 County Bible Reading Proclamation, which encourages citizens in all of Iowa’s counties to take part in public Bible reading.
In Grundy County, local organizers have put together a Bible Reading Marathon, which will be held on the courthouse lawn on Friday, October 20th and Saturday, October 21st from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Pat Greiner, one of the event organizers, said that the marathon is a great way for community members to stand together.

Learning to fly

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For the first time in my life, I felt a sense of fear, loathing and dread about attending a concert on Friday evening, and I’ve been to plenty. During an intermission before Chris Stapleton, the man all 12,500 of us at Wells Fargo Arena had come to see, took the stage, Kellie caught me gazing off into the rafters and asked me what I was thinking about. I couldn’t lie.
           
“I’m wondering how a shooter could get in here,” I replied.
           

Heartland spokesman questions Mid-Iowa tax breaks

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Heartland Cooperative Vice President of Administration Terry Frahm inquired about what incentives Mid Iowa Co-Op would receive on its expansion project north of Grundy Center and bemoaned what he considered a potential unfair advantage for his competitors during Monday morning’s Grundy County Board of Supervisors meeting.
           

The most interesting man in Grundy County

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Longtime GOP staffer reflects on travels, politics and small town roots
 

BCLUW welcomes first ever FFA chapter

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For the 34 members of the BCLUW FFA chapter who received their jackets on Sunday evening, the ceremony represented more than just the beginning of a new year: it’s an entirely new era under the leadership of ambitious director and second year Vocational Agriculture instructor Tara Leytham.
           

Panther Power

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Volleyball players from Grundy County schools push UNI to early success...
CEDAR FALLS – Just a few years prior, it might have been hard to convince Heather Hook that life would have turned out this way.
 
The former Grundy Center volleyball standout is a fifth-year senior with the University of Northern Iowa's volleyball program as she finishes studying her triple-major education; which admittedly is not much of a stretch for Hook, who won all-state, all-academic, all-state tournament, and all-American awards as a Spartan.
 

Marshalltown man charged with sixth probation violation

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A Marshalltown man who was convicted of felony burglary in Grundy County in 2012 has recently been charged with his sixth probation violation after allegedly pouring urine on a female victim and hitting her over the head with a bedpan on August 19.
           

City council continues discussion on planned development at former Baptist Church lot

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GRUNDY CENTER – For several months now, the Grundy Center City Council has been in discussions with Echo Development over the proposed construction of a five-plex apartment building on the former First Baptist Church lot.

Mobile food pantry helps locals in need

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GRUNDY CENTER – The First Baptist Church of Grundy Center recently became the first outlet in the area to host a free, mobile food pantry from Eden’s Eats – a project started by a local youngster.
Nine-year-old Eden Davis – daughter of Nick and Kristle Davis – attends Timothy Christian School in Wellsburg, and came up with the idea for Eden’s Eats after realizing how many people, all over the place, are going hungry.

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