September 2019

Edwards appointed as chair of national math panel

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GRUNDY CENTER – Dr. Clay Edwards, who has taught math at Grundy Center Middle School for the last 11 years, was recently honored by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) when he was appointed as the chairperson of the organization’s Math Teaching in Middle School editorial panel.
Edwards has served on the panel for the last two years, but he will be transitioning into his new leadership role for his third and final year of a three-year term.

Grundy Register, May 18, 2017

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GCGR boys tennis rallies past North Polk

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   BOONE, GRUNDY CENTER – The Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck boys’ tennis team flew under the radar heading into last Thursday’s district meet in Boone.
   The Spartans have made their impact now, and are making an impressive splash under first-year coach Dale Boren.
   After taking second in the team standings at Boone, GCGR rallied for a 5-3 dual victory over North Polk in a preliminary substate match at Grundy Center last Saturday to stay alive in the team tournament despite not advancing any players to the singles/doubles state tournament.

Speculation swirls around potential Grassley appointment

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Will Pat Grassley be Iowa’s next Secretary of Agriculture? A lot of people seem to think so.
           

Graduation 2017

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Local high school state track and field qualifiers

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The following athletes from AGWSR, BCLUW, Dike-New Hartford, Gladbrook-Reinbeck, Grundy Center were listed in the state's tentative state track and field meet qualifiers published on Friday afternoon. The 2017 Co-Ed State Track and Field Meet runs from May 18-20 at Drake Stadium in Des Moines. Check out the May 18 edition of The Grundy Register for more information leading up to the 3-day event.

When it's time, it's time

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As strange as it sounds, I thought of my late grandmother while I was watching and live streaming the demolition of the former First Baptist Church in Grundy Center on Monday afternoon.
           
Geraldine Heller lived to be 89 before she passed away in 2011, but anyone who knew her, including her three daughters (one of whom is my mother) would tell you that the last few years were painful, to say the least. You see, like Ronald Reagan, Norman Rockwell, Glenn Campbell and millions of other Americans, Grandma Gerry had Alzheimer’s disease.
           

Bangasser, Spartans win big at home sectional meet

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Jake Bangasser never lets a bad swing or two get him down. Fresh off of a triple bogey on hole five of the back nine at a Class 1A sectional meet Friday afternoon, the Grundy Center junior took a deep breath, relaxed and played one over golf the rest of the way on his home course en route to a score of 81 and a team title that will allow the Spartans to advance to districts in Mason City.
           

BCLUW's Dolphin named NICL West Meet MVP

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   STATE CENTER – Troy Dolphin of the BCLUW boys’ track and field team received Most Valuable Performer honors after the North Iowa Cedar League West Meet at West Marshall High School on Thursday.
   BCLUW finished fourth as a team with 94 points, three points behind Grundy Center with 97 in third. AGWSR scored 114 points as the best area team finish of the night, while Gladbrook-Reinbeck was sixth in the team standings with 43 points.

Ex-employees allege culture of negligence at Wolf Creek Child Care

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 Amidst an ongoing criminal investigation into former director Dana Brown, at least five former employees of Wolf Creek Child Care and Preschool in Conrad have charged that Brown routinely neglected her duties and that the facility’s board of directors failed to adequately address complaints.
           

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