September 2019

New sign in Conrad warns South Main speeders

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In response to complaints directed to city hall and the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, law enforcement officials have increased their presence along South Main Street in Conrad and installed a sign that reads “Slow Down, Kids Playing.”
           

Supervisors view new voting machines, take no action on purchase

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:42am

The Grundy County Board of Supervisors walked to the annex building and received a detailed summary of new voting machines from Dani Dunham of Matt Parrott Election Services during Monday morning’s regular meeting.
           

Close encounters of the third kind: UFO enthusiast presents at Kling Memorial Library

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After speaking to a group of children and adults for about a half hour at the library in Grundy Center last Wednesday morning, Chad Lewis had them split almost evenly into who believed in Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and who doesn’t.
           
Lewis has been fascinated by the topic for as long as he can remember, perhaps in part due to his home state of Wisconsin: three of its cities claim the title of “UFO Capitals of the World.” In Grundy Center, he shared several Iowa-centric stories, even including some of the downtown buildings from here in town.

Sweet treats: New ice cream shop opens in Grundy Center

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GRUNDY CENTER - The people of Grundy Center have spoken: they wanted ice cream, and now they have ice cream … along with malts, milkshakes, sno cones, and other sweet treats available at the community’s newest business: Sweet Tooth Icy Treats.
 
Located in the former Grundy Motor building at 1309 G Avenue, Sweet Tooth Icy Treats opened for business late last month and has been teeming with customers ever since.
 
Vern Folkedahl, who owns the building, says the ice cream shop is a partnership between him and his 9-year-old granddaughter Jenna Blythe. 
 

City of GC approves development agreement for upper elementary renovation

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GRUNDY CENTER - As local daycares take on more new youngsters and the wait list for preschool spans three to four years, the City of Grundy Center is faced with the ever growing need for preschool and child care services in town.
 
In an effort to address the needs of families and children in the community, the city is taking a step towards action.During their Monday night meeting, the council voted unanimously to hire 571 Polson Development, LLC, to assist in a plan for the renovation of the old upper elementary building.
 

Iowa Select Farms donates pork loins to Operation Threshold Food Pantry

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GRUNDY CENTER - Early last week, the Operation Threshold Food Pantry in Grundy Center received a generous donation of 120 fresh pork loins from Iowa Select Farms.
Jodi Rowe, of Operation Threshold of Grundy County, said the donation is a huge help to the pantry’s mission, saving them money that can be used to provide other necessities for families in need of some extra help. 
“We want to give a big thank you to Iowa Select,” Rowe said. “We appreciate their generous donation and support of the pantry.”

NICL East Baseball Champions: D-NH ready for final regular-season tests

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DIKE – Sean Leonard feels like his team is going to compete for an NICL East title, year in, year out.
  
Dike-New Hartford baseball came through again this summer, making it four league titles in a row after clinching the championship last Monday in Dike with a sweep of Wapsie Valley.
  
Now, the Wolverines turn their attention to a tough end to the regular-season schedule, trying to prepare themselves for what they hope will be a deep postseason run.
  

NICL West Softball Champions: BCLUW makes undefeated run

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CONRAD – BCLUW softball felt like they left something on the table last summer.
 
The Comets' bid for a three-peat as NICL West champions was disrupted by a four-loss league campaign and BCLUW was bounced from the postseason in the regional semifinal by East Marshall.
 
"I think that set us on fire to come back this season," Comet senior Bailey Ashton said.
 

Spartan baseball walks it off on Senior Night (PHOTOS)

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GRUNDY CENTER – Grundy Center baseball's defense made enough plays to fight back an AGWSR rally for an eight-inning victory, 4-3, at the George Wilhelm Sports Complex on Wednesday night.
 
In the eighth inning, Jensen Clapp's hustle in right field snagged a shallow fly ball that prevented AGWSR from breaking the tie with runners on the corners. That led to the bottom half of the frame, where Travis Kuester took a leadoff walk, moved to second on a ball put into play by Marshall Day and Brayden Sawyer delivered the game-winner on a base hit scoring Kuester from second.

Frances N. Lage

Published by admin on Fri, 09/13/2019 - 8:42am

Frances “Fran” N. Lage, 83, of Grundy Center passed away unexpectedly on Monday, June 24, 2019, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. The funeral service for Fran will be held on Friday, June 28 at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center. 

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